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GITI Tyres Big Test | Rock Solid
 
GITI Tyres Big Test
      Western Star 48X 8x4 Day Cab   Story Colin Smith Photos Gerald Shacklock

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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The University of Penrose

It was only 15 years ago when Jack Tutill would plead with his father John to take a day off from high school – so he could ride along in one of the olive green Tutill Carriers tru...

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Not only does Darrell Hoskin of Dave Hoskin Carriers believe in teamwork within his business, but the former Whanganui and Harlequins rugby player is evidently a big fan of it on a...

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New truck registrations continue to make a slow start to 2025 with February numbers well down on the same month last year, and the trailer segment is also performing at a slower p...

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