Giti Tyres Big Test | Birthday Bulldog

 
Giti Tyres Big Test
 April 2020     MACK SUPER-LINER CLX64T 6x4 100 YEARS LIMITED EDITION   Story Dave McLeod Photos Gerald Shacklock

Giti Tyres Big Test - Birthday Bulldog

In one way, Christchurch earthmoving and demolition contractor Gerard Daldry is absolutely and utterly the kind of bloke Mack Trucks was thinking of when it decided to build its latest special edition trucks.

Then again…..he was also one of the most unlikely people to buy one of the 100 Macks (a mix of Super-Liners and Tridents) fancied-up to commemorate a century of Macks in Australia.

Daldry is a man who loves Macks. Simple as that. It's a passion that shows clearly whe...

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