The September 2024 issue of New Zealand Truck & Driver appears this week with a new addition to the J. Swap fleet on the cover.

Our September Giti Tyres Big Test hits the roads of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty in the first Fuso Shogun 510 to join the J. Swap operation. The seven-axle tipper combination is carting aggregate between J. Swap quarries and construction sites in the Bay of Plenty.

Teletrac Navman Fleet Focus visits Hawke’s Bay for Storm Harrison to tell the story of his dual careers in the NZ Army and the log transport industry. And we look into the heritage of the impressive trucks which the Harrison family operate at Ngati Haulage and Waikawa Haulage. 

A busy month of news sees Fruehauf NZ launching New Zealand’s first fully electric refrigerated trailer and a fast-tracked programme of works on State Highway 1 through the centre of the North Island has been announced. 

We also outline an opportunity in Europe for Kiwi Super Truck champ Alex Little and report on the launch a big electric dumper working for Winstone Aggregates at the Belmont quarry near Wellington. 

Transporting New Zealand celebrates its Young Driver Award winners and looks ahead to the North Island seminar in Napier in early October while this month’s Southpac Trucks Legends feature showcases the creative talents of leading truck signwriter Cliff Mannington.

There’s also a visit to KT Cartage at Kerepehi to profile an innovative new 10x6 Isuzu crane truck that sets new design standards and we are at Hampton Downs race circuit where Volvo introduces the first 50-tonne electric truck model to New Zealand.

We also report from EROAD Fleet Day 2024 at Mystery Creek where the latest transport and road safety innovations were in the spotlight. And National Road Carriers Association CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers explains how Time Of Use Charging could be of benefit to the transport industry if implemented properly.

Our Double Coin Tyres NZ Transport Imaging Awards pull-out poster features a new truck in familiar colours from the 1980s and 1990s and a bumper edition of CrediFlex Recently Registered provides a gallery of new rigs on the road and updates the July registration activity across the new truck and trailer segments.