GITI Tyres Big Test
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GITI Tyres Big Test -Rock Solid

Once again New Zealand Truck & Driver has headed east to go west. Towards the East Coast to test a new Western Star that is.

This is the third time since 2018 a Big Test story has started from Napier for the test of a Western Star. But this time the product is all-new – the very first of the new generation X-Series models to go to work in New Zealand.

The 48X in Day Cab 8x4 spec belongs to Napier-based Berkett Earthmovers. It went to work a couple of weeks before Christmas,...

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