GITI Tyres Big Test
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GITI Tyres Big Test - Baker's Delight

Selling a new truck to long-time Masterton transport operator Bruce Baker demands a lot of patience. In fact, until last year many might have considered it impossible.

But now there’s a brand-new DAF CF 530 in the blue, white and red colours of G & B Baker Ltd. Like its three sisters in the fleet – a Hino 700 and a pair of Freightliner Argosy’s of mid-2000s vintage - the new DAF is at work carting logs away from rugged Wairarapa...

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Taylor Made 50 years of forestry roading

It may be a fleet of a different kind, but Taylors Contracting’s earthmoving equipment has served the company well over its 50 years in the bush. The company has delivered thousands of kilometre...


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Warwick Wilshier

In a career filled with memories and memorable achievements, Warwick Wilshier reckons some of the greatest highs have come from the way business competitors have often put aside financial differ...


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Back to record levels

The New Zealand truck market continues to establish new records.

The monthly total of 511 new registrations (GVM 4.5 tonnes-plus) is the best March result on record, a 1.5% increase on the...


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