GITI Tyres Big Test
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GITI Tyres Big Test - Return of the Shogun

One of strongest branding messages on local highways displays the people, machines, and values of the big J. Swap operation in high quality graphics along the side of some of its familiar white and blue trucks and trailers.

Among the newest of these working billboards is this 2024 Fuso Shogun 6x4 tipper, working out of the Greerton depot and driven by Tauranga’s Steve Thomson.

This is the second time we’ve tested Fuso’s premium 510hp Shogun. The first test oppor...

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