GITI Tyres Big Test - Valley Cruiser

North Canterbury is always enjoyable to visit. By turning off the hustle of State Highway 1 there are quieter roads to discover, flowing through constantly changing terrain and scenery – set against the southern alpine backdrop in the distance.

In early December there’s still some green remaining in the pasture and a slight chill to the morning breeze. Perfect conditions to hit the road in the GVT (Greta Valley Transport) Iveco S-Way 570 livestock unit for a busy morning co...

GITI Tyres Big Test - Heavy Metal

The six tall chimney stacks at the old Meremere Power Station which were roughly a half-way landmark during the Hamilton-Auckland journeys of my childhood have long gone.

But appropriately there is a pair of tall metal stacks awaiting us in the grounds of the former coal-fired power station on the morning of this month’s New Zealand Truck & Driver Giti Tyres Big Test.

They belong to the new Nikau Contractors Kenworth T909 heavy haul unit, built to a custom specification and rat...

GITI Tyres Big Test - The Cattle Beast

The Tararua district provided dry cows and a rainy springtime morning for New Zealand Truck & Driver to try out the latest addition to the Beale Trucking fleet.

The 750hp Volvo FH 16 Globetrotter XL stock unit in the familiar red, black and silver livery of Beale Trucking is a work-in-progress for Regan and Toyah Beale’s Mangatainoka-based company.

Although the firm’s young driver Regan Taylor has been busy clocking up 10,000km in the Volvo across five weeks, t...