Giti Tyres Big Test | Ultimate Truck Just Got Better

 
Giti Tyres Big Test
 July 2018     Scania S 620 B8x4NB   Story: Wayne Munro | Photos: Gerald Shacklock

Giti Tyres Big Test: Ultimate Truck Just Got Better

Career Truckie Reg McCorkindale has reached retirement age...and then some. But even though he's already notched-up around half a century behind truck steering wheels, the Dunedin driver's very happy to keep going "for a while yet."

That's no big surprise when you meet Reg and his new truck - which he rates the best he's ever driven. And that's saying something when you consider that his last three were all 730-horsepower Scanias!

It rates as even higher praise when...

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