GITI Tyres Big Test
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GITI Tyres Big Test - Busy in Blenheim

On a weekday you don’t need to spend very long watching the traffic in Blenheim or around the Marlborough highways to see the multi-shaded blue trucks belonging to Gills Construction at work.

One of the newest of the Gills Construction trucks – and one that is busy on Blenheim streets and around the edges of the town – is this new Isuzu CYZ 460 tipper.

The latest Isuzu in the Gills colours went on the road immediately after the Christmas-New Year holiday break last s...

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