GITI Tyres Big Test - Class Glass Carter
This is, it’s clear, a very specialised freight operation. That much is transparently obvious.
We are, after all, talking about glass here. Hundreds of pieces of it….in a whole range of sizes – recently made by Architectural Glass Products (AGP) at its spectacular, state-of-the-art new factory at Hautapu, near Cambridge…
And now, closing in on 3am, this fragile load is about to head off on its way to Palmerston North – f...
Giti Tyres Big Test | Class Glass Carter
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Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Balance of power shifting in the economy
Firstly, let me say how excited I am by the rebranding of the Road Transport Forum into Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand.
Replacing the tired RTF brand with Ia Ara Aotearoa Transpo...
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Teletrac Navman Fleet Focus
Teen Trucks On
Not yet turned 48, Jason Williamson is already an old hand in the bulk fertiliser groundspreading business.
Remarkably, the Dargaville-based Williamson bought his first truck at just 18 – ...
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Southpac Legends
Putting back in
With a ‘working lifetime’ of experience within the transport industry, Road Transport Hall of Famer Graham Sheldrake has essentially seen it all. He’s been a mechanic, a truck driver, a truck ow...
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Recently Registered
COVID strikes...again
New Zealand’s new truck and trailer market came down with COVID-19 again in August – the country’s Level 4 lockdown decimating sales.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency statistics show that t...
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Double Coin Imaging Awards
TKO’s knockout
Generation Y Auckland transport operator Kohan Wilson’s background shines through in the look of his fast-growing fleet of trucks.The 35-year-old channels an interesting mix of a love of ...
NZ Truck & Driver Magazine
October 2021 | Read Now
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October 2021 | Read Now
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