Giti Tyres Big Test: Mighty Merc
Location: The Saddle Road, across the Ruahine Ranges. Time: Nightfall, early winter.
Conditions: Heavy drizzle, turning into steady light rain as the climb progresses.
Payload: Fabricated metal bridge beam – 22 metres long, by 2.2m high….and weighing 50.5 tonnes.
Holy rows of eight Batman, this sounds like a job for a REALLY serious heavy-haul combination!
And that's what we've got Robin – in the form of Tomoana Warehousing's Mercedes-Benz Arocs ...
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