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As a boy, Pete Dormer got his start in the trucking industry washing machinery and cleaning around the yard at March Construction in Christchurch.

While working at March Construction, Pete spent a lot of time around driver Bob Gerrard (known as Scouse) and his W924 Kenworth Running Bear. Pete would ride shotgun with Bob doing heavy haulage, carting excavators and shingle, along the way learning many life lessons from listening to Bob’s words of wisdom.

After working his way up through the ranks and learning the business, Pete decided to start his own operation in 1994 at the age of 17.

Since starting out on his own Dormer Construction has grown into one... ... 

As the saying goes “every dog has its day” and this 2019 Mack Trident, aptly named “Master of Puppies”, has just been through a three-month makeover that drag queen Ru Paul would be proud of.

Built to handle forestry roads, the Mack hasn’t missed a beat in its three-and-a-half years of tackling southern conditions, clocking up 500,000 k... ... 

There is a wave of black, blue and silver on the move around New Zealand, becoming one of the most recognisable colour schemes on our country’s highways. And among the fleet of modern Booth’s Transport trucks, the S730 Scania Highline of owner driver Blair Boyd’s rates as one of the standouts.

The Booth’s Transport we see today with a fleet of over 300 trucks was started by Graham Booth in the small rural settlement of Opiki in the Horowhenua district. Graham’s first truck was a humble potato farm support truck with yellow and red livery but by the early 1990’s, due to service and reliability issues with outside transport operators, a single truck was deployed to c... ... 

Hawke’s Bay highways are where you’ll see some of New Zealand’s newest big horsepower logging rigs and head turning paint schemes.

Storm Harrison’s new Waikawa Haulage Scania S 730 logger is a prime example with a Euro 6 spec 16-litre V8 producing 730hp, premium specifications and a `Show & Shine’ quality custom finish.

Christened `Tane Mahuta’, the Scania combines Swedish muscle with Kiwi finish quality to convey its “God of the Forest” theme.

The S 730 is Storm’s first new truck and he’s set aside a long time liking for Kenworth’s to take the European route.

“Pretty much I’ve always been a Kenworth fan but when I looked into the horsepower of th... ...