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GITI Tyres Big Test
      Kenworth C509 6x4 Day Cab   Story Colin Smith Photos Gerald Shacklock

GITI Tyres Big Test -Timber Train

It’s an interesting slice of trivia that New Zealand Truck & Driver started 2022 featuring the new Scania S 770 – the most powerful highway truck to appear on the magazine cover. And the year is ending with the largest truck and trailer combination the magazine has ever tested.

The weight and length of the new Rotorua Forest Haulage (RFH) Kenworth C509 logging treble are in another league compared to trucks wo...

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If you’ve spent any time around the Tokoroa region and the forestry industry, Alan Forbes is a name you’ll be familiar with.

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