GITI Tyres Big Test, Scania XT G500 B8x6HZ NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2023-03-06 | GITI Tyres Big Test, Scania XT G500 B8x6HZ featured in the March issue of NZ Truck & Driver magazineHigh and Mighty: It can be hard to keep the wheels turning when wet weather hits the forests. But new six-wheel-drive Scania XT loggers at work in the Gisborne region give Pacific Haulage and forest owners a new option to keep the logs moving.
GITI Tyres Big Test, XCMG E700 ULT 6x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2023-02-09 | GITI Tyres Big Test XCMG E700 ULT 6x4 Precious Metals: The first battery electric truck to appear on the cover of New Zealand Truck & Driver is the XCMG E700. We take a look at theChina-built 6x4 and how it fits the metro Auckland operations and decarbonisation goals of Phoenix Metalman Recyclers.
GITI Tyres Big Test Kenworth C509 6x4 Day Cab NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-11-30 | GITI Tyres Big Test Kenworth C509 6x4 Day CabTimber Train: It’s a record for the New Zealand Truck & Driver monthly Big Test as we head in to the Kaingaroa Forest to get behind the wheel of the new Rotorua Forest Haulage Kenworth C509 logging treble.
GITI Tyres Big Test FUSO SHOGUN FS3146 Euro 6 8x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-10-25 | GITI Tyres Big Test FUSO SHOGUN FS3146 Euro 6 8x4Shogun Serendipity: A 460hp FUSO Shogun added to the Transcon Fleet is a lot more than another new truck for the Warkworth-based carrier. It’s delivered a new career and marriage plans for driver Catherine Wilson.
GITI Tyres Big Test Volvo FH 16 8x4Sleeper Cab NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-09-25 | GITI Tyres Big Test Volvo FH 16 8x4Sleeper CabLuxury Logger: Hautapu Haulage brings the comfort and technology of Volvo’s flagship 750hp FH16 to the logging industry. The big Swede proves to be effortless performer when hauling big loads on Central North Island highways.
GITI Tyres Big Test Western Star 4884 FXC8x4 Day Cab NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-08-29 | GITI Tyres Big Test Western Star 4884 FXC8x4 Day CabWestern Warrior: Mangatainoka’s Beale Trucking has added a new Western Star 4884 FXC to its growing logger fleet. We travel to Hawke’s Bay to test the sharp looking Detroit powered 8x4 which is hauling logs to Napier and Wellington ports.
GITI Tyres Big Test MERCEDES-BENZ AROCS 1835 4x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-08-08 | GITI Tyres Big Test MERCEDES-BENZ AROCS 1835 4x4Super Spreader: A winter day in Canterbury provides the ideal environment to put a new Mercedes-Benz Arocs 1835 4x4 to the test. The new spreader unit is working for Ellesmere Transport and boasts the latest Daimler MirrorCam system and some clever technology to achieve precise fertiliser application rates.
GITI Tyres Big Test HINO 700 FS2848 6x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-06-27 | Giti Tyres Big Test, HINO 700 FS2848 6x4 Southern Comfort: South Otago and Southland roads prove to be a comfortable home for the latest evolution of the Hino 700 series. NZ T&D takes a ride along with Eastern Concrete and their new 480hp 6x4 carting cement from Dunedin to Gore.
GITI Tyres Big Test, Freightliner Cascadia 8x4 116-inch Day Cab NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-05-31 | GITI Tyres Big Test, Freightliner Cascadia 8x4 116-inch Day CabOne of a kind: When the Freightliner Argosy reached the end of the road, Kerikeri’s Carter’s Bulk Haul faced a dilemma. The answer has been to put a one-of-a-kind Freightliner Cascadia to work on Northland highways with a significant improvement in fuel efficiency.
GITI Tyres Big Test, DAF CF 850 530 8x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-05-05 | GITI Tyres Big Test, DAF CF 850 530 8x4Baker’s Delight: A new DAF CF 530 in Euro 6 specification has recently gone to work in the tough terrain of the Wairarapa forestry industry. We test the first new truck to be purchased by G&B Baker Ltd and outline the decision-making process which put the DAF on the road.
GITI Tyres Big Test, Shacman X3000 8X4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-03-29 | GITI Tyres Big Test, Shacman X3000 8X4China’s Shacman is the most recent addition to the line-up of truck brands sold in the New Zealand market. Last year Shacman focussed on the concrete mixer and tipper segments but has wider aspirations from 2022. This month we drive the Cummins powered X3000 8x4 concrete mixer.
GITI Tyres Big Test, Iveco EuroCargo ML 160-320 4x2, NZ Truck & Driver March 2022 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-02-27 | Versatility is the main theme as NZ Truck & Driver tries out the latest Iveco EuroCargo 320. Owner David “Wilky” Wilkinson has come up with a unique design for the ‘Mini Road Train’ he uses for the distribution of new LPG bottles and a range of other work.
GITI Tyres Big Test, Scania 770 S 6x4, NZ Truck & Driver February 2022 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2022-01-25 | GITI Tyres Big Test, Scania 770 S 6x4 Longtime truckie Kenny Wilson reckons the hills are disappearing from New Zealand’s highways. Could have something to do with his new ride – a new Scania. Yep, one with 770 horsepower on tap
GITI Tyres Big Test, Mack Anthem 8x4 Rigid, NZ Truck & Driver December 2021 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-11-21 | GITI Tyres Big Test, Mack Anthem 8x4 RigidIt’s hardly surprising where NZ’s first two new-breed Mack Anthems have found their homes. After all, the HW Richardson Group has been running Macks for almost half a century…and currently has 240 Bulldogs on its national fleet.
GITI Tyres Big Test, Kenworth T610 6x4, NZ Truck & Driver November 2021 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-10-28 | Giti Tyres Big Test: Kenworth T610 6x4Fuel hauler Tranzliquid Logistics is very particular about the sparkling clean appearance of its (almost) wholly Kenworth tanker fleet – and with its latest addition, aT610 tractor unit, it’s getting a cleaner engine to go with it….namely a Euro 6 version of the Cummins X15
GITI Tyres Big Test, Scania R 500 A6x4NB. NZ Truck & Driver October 2021 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-09-20 | Safely, carefully carting 12 to 15 tonnes of glass 400 kilometres five days a week over the usual SH1 mix of potholes, bumps, patches and just plain rough road clearly takes some doing. Which is why a great deal of careful planning went into APL Direct’s new Scania tractor unit and Roadmaster B-train. We go along for a (hopefully smooth!) ride
GITI Tyres Big Test: IVECO ASTRA HD9 88.52 8x8 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-08-23 | GITI Tyres Big Test: IVECO ASTRA HD9 88.52 8x8Getting logs out of steep forest harvesting locations to skid sites can be half the battle. So logging contractor Gareth White has come up with a unique solution – hiring out ultra-capable all-wheel-drive offroad trucks…for a day, a month…or longer
GITI Tyres Big Test - FUSO SHOGUN EURO 6FV2651 6x4 - NZ Truck & Driver August 2021 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-07-26 | GITI TYRES BIG TEST - FUSO SHOGUN EURO 6FV2651 6x4 - NZ Truck & Driver August 2021Provocatively, Fuso NZ boss Kurtis Andrews reckons that the latest addition to the Shogun heavy-duty range is the first Japanese truck on the Kiwi market powered by “a true 500-horsepower” engine
GITI TYRES BIG TEST, NZ TRUCK & DRIVER JULY 2021 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-06-17 | Jason Williamson decided to try the “bigger is better” philosophy when he bought his latest all-wheel-drive bulk spreader. When the towering Mercedes- Benz Arocs 6x6 arrived, everyone thought: “How’s this going to work!!”
GITI TYRES BIG TEST: ISUZU GIGA CYJ530 8x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-05-24 | GITI TYRES BIG TEST: ISUZU GIGA CYJ530 8x4Saiyaz (Sunny) Khan is a truckie alright – but his job calls for him to spend as much time (if not more) engaged in what looks like a giant game of Tetris, as he does actually driving his Isuzu CYJ530
GITI TYRES BIG TEST: Kenworth T410 SAR 6X4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-04-28 | GITI TYRES BIG TEST: Kenworth T410 SAR 6X4The just-arrived Kenworth T410 SAR is an exercise in blending new technology and a traditional, old-school North American look. Similarly, Phil Collinson – owner of NZ’s first T410 SAR – was looking to achieve seemingly opposite needs: Good looks…AND cold, hard, commonsense business practicality
Giti Tyres Big Test: FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA 116 6x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-03-25 | It’s no surprise that TSI Logistics contractor Alex (Tex) McKillop has been the first to put a Cascadia – Freightliner’s latest and greatest – on the road in New Zealand. He loves Freightliners – and has almost exclusively run them in his fleet (there’s been just one exception) for 19 years
GITI TYRES BIG TEST - Mercedes-Benz Actros 5 LFHS 2663 GigaSpace 6x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-02-22 | Giti Tyres Big Test Accurately predicting the future is about as difficult as it gets. But when it comes to“seeing” what’s around the next corner, over the next brow, truckie Allan Timms has his Merc’s Predictive Powertrain Control to give him a high-tech hand
Truck and Driver Appreciation Week Feb 2021 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-02-21 | TRUCK DRIVERS DELIVER EVERYDAY! We are so proud of the industry we are a part of & the people in our industry and what those people deliver to you on a daily basis.
GITI TYRES BIG TEST NZ Truck & Driver February 2021 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2021-01-27 | When UD Trucks/Nissan lost a heavy-duty 8x4 model from its range in 2013, Whanganui operator Brendon Molan was also at a loss – as to what to buy instead. For a company that had been loyal to the make for over 20 years, it’s been a trying time….one that’s happily now come to an end, with his recent purchase of a new UD Trucks Quon CG-32-460
Big Test November 2020 - Fuso FS2536 Super low 8x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-11-01 | The new FUSO Super Low has the best of both worlds – an engine and AMT that’s part of Daimler’s global powertrain platform, ditto for its suite of safety features….and FUSO-engineered features like air suspension all around and 19.5-inch wheels, to suit it perfectly to operator Carr & Haslam’s purposes
Giti Tyres Big Test 2020 Scania R 620 B8x4NA NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-09-24 | Longtime truck driver Roger Cross reckons that someone once told him “that I’m a lazy person – meaning that I try to find the easiest and quickest way to do something.” Now his new truck is helping him! It’s teaching him some new tricks
NZ Truck & Driver Giti Big Test September 2020 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-08-24 | At 24, Blake Rickaby’s at the wheel of NZ’s first Euro 6 DAF XF. The only thing is….he’s a bloke who loves Kenworths. Ah well, at least it means this livestock driver therefore shapes up as a man likely to deliver a nobull opinion on the new DAF
GITI Tyres BigTest, NZ Truck & Driver August 20 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-07-29 | Figures. You’ve sometimes gotta be a wee bit careful with them, because they can blindside you until you dig a little deeper. Take this simple power comparison – between a 620-horsepower (462 kilowatts) R-Series Scania and this month’s Giti Big Test truck, Iveco’s new X-Way – rated at 570hp (425kW).
NZ Truck & Driver Giti Tyres Big Test July 2020 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-06-17 | Gardner Transport’s new truck is a magic Merc….with a difference: Rather than the good old “all smoke and mirrors,” the new MirrorCam Actros is exactly the opposite: No smoke, no mirrors”
SINOTRUK C7H 8x4 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-05-20 | Join the team from NZ Truck & Driver magazine as we test a SINOTRUK C7H 8x4
TD Big Test April 2020 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-03-22 | Join the team from NZ Truck & Driver magazine as we test a MACK SUPER-LINER CLX64T 6x4 100 YEARS LIMITED EDITION
NZ Truck & Driver Big Test March 2020 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-02-18 | Join the team from NZ Truck & Driver magazine as we test an ISUZU CYH530D GIGA 8x4
NZ Truck & Driver Big Test Feb 2020 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2020-01-20 | Eastern Bay of Plenty’s Waioeka Gorge, and Traffords Hill – at the Gisborne end of it – are together regarded as a pretty tough test of a truck’s handling and hillclimbing performance. So….perfect then for trying out Volvo’s new, smooth-shifting, no-lag, I-Shift Dual Clutch in a McFall Fuel FM13 540...Get your copy of the February 2020 issue of NZ Truck & Driver magazine NOW! bit.ly/2G7mV88
Giti Big Test Dec19Jan20 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-11-29 | What better place to put a new Euro 6 DAF CF through a Kiwi fitness test – to ensure that the truck acclaimed in Europe is also suitable for New Zealand conditions before its imminent launch – than the Southern Alps? Twice a day – over some of the country’s highest-altitude stretches of highway...
Giti/ Trevor Big Test November 2019 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-11-11 | Kenworth’s new (wider, better) cab project has filtered down from the successful T610 to the more modestly-powered T410. The first 8x4 version has gone to work for Mangonui Haulage – running some tough country (and rough roads), carting milk in Northland. We see how that’s working out...Get the full story in the November issue of Nz Truck & Driver magazine on sale now at your nearest retail outlet or subscribe here: bit.ly/2X3BXUc
NZ Truck & Driver Magazine GITI Big Test October 2019 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-10-03 | There have been lookalikes around before this, but Shane Bunnings’ new logtruck is actually the first of its kind in the world. Those others were Cats…his is an International ProStar…The truck those Cats were based on
Scania S650 Big Test - NZ Truck & Driver Magazine Sept 2019 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-09-04 | Heikell Transport’s new Scania S650 – thefirst one on the road in NZ – has beennamed Legend 2. Driver Jim Baker reckons it’s simply because his last truck, an R620 Scania, was one of the first of the so-called Legend series here. The boss says it’s also down to Jim himself, his work ethic and his driving abilities. Either way, both truck and driver appear to live up to the moniker...Get the full story in the September 2019 issue of NZ Truck & Driver magazine. You can get your subscription here: bit.ly/2yynMhg
NZ Truck & Driver Magazine August 2019 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-07-29 | A 22-metre fabricated steel bridge beam, weighing 50.5 tonnes, you say? To be shifted from Napier to Wellington’s Transmission Gully Motorway project? Over the steep, tight Saddle Road, across the Ruahine Ranges? Perfect… just the way to get a taste of Tomoana Warehousing’s purposebuilt Mercedes-Benz Arocs heavyhaulunit and its capabilities
Big Test Final July 19 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-07-08 | A truck the people at Volvo refer to as a “base-spec” tipper is winning itself a fanbase. We spend a day with one to find out how it compares...Get the full story in the July 2019 issue of NZ Truck & Driver magazine at your nearest retail store or you can purchase it online here: bit.ly/2Yh1kS4
Big Test June 19 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-06-06 | The current Hino flagship, the 700 Series IS getting a bit long in the tooth. A replacement is due here next year, in fact. But the current model still commands a loyal following – from people like Mainfreight contractor Navi Sidhu...Get the full story in the June 2019 issue of NZ Truck & Driver Magazine here: bit.ly/2HWvEf4
Trevor/Hayden Big Test May 19 - NZ Truck & Driver Magazine NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-06-06 | Okay, so this is the first New Zealand test of FUSO’s brand new heavy-duty truck – the Shogun HDT Euro 6. Fuso NZ and Daimler Trucks alike see it as a game-changer – THE most important new model in the make’s revival, both here and in Japan....Get the full story in the May 2019 issue of NZ Truck & Driver Magazine HERE: bit.ly/2XRBXFS
NZ Truck & Driver Giti Big Test April 2019 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-05-23 | Christchurch quarry operator Isaac Construction is running NZ’s first Iveco Astra HHD9 8x6 dumptruck as a test-case – to see if it’s a more profitable, more comfortable alternative to articulated dumptrucks. We find out how that’s going...Get the full story in the April 2019 issue of NZ Truck & Driver Magazine here: bit.ly/2VcYfkj
NZ Truck & Driver Big Test March 2019 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-03-05 | In the March issue of NZ Truck & Driver magazine. Trevor tests the Freightliner Coronado 114 34" Sleeper 8x4. He says "The Coronado handles the tight, twisty stuff on the 'back road' from Otorohanga to Ngaruawahia beautifully...but the bumps, slumps and potholes provoke jolts, rattles and squeaks" See how this truck did on the Giti Truck Tyres Big Test... For the full story get your copy at your nearest retail outlet or here: bit.ly/2TbmouK or subscribe to future copies here: bit.ly/2yynMhg
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Trevor Big Test February 2019 - Mack Titan NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2019-02-01 | This story begins at a large rock, located at a quiet junction on a road that’s so off the grid it doesn’t even appear on Google maps. Te Awa junction – fondly known as “The Rock” – is deep in the heart of the Kaingaroa Forest, somewhere southeast of Rotorua.... Get the full story in the February 2019 NZ Truck & Driver magazine... bit.ly/2HJqqW3
NZ Truck & Driver Big Test Dec 2018 FUSO ENDURO NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2018-11-27 | In marketing-speak it’s a “muddy it up and wash it out, no-nonsense range of trucks, built with one purpose – getting the job done.”For the full story buy your copy of NZ Truck & Driver Magazine here: bit.ly/2TL6jbO
NZ Truck & Driver Giti Big Test November 2018 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2018-10-31 | In the November issue of NZ Truck & Driver magazine, Trevor tests the International ProStar R8-BT 8x4... After an enforced six-year absence, the International ProStar has arrived on New Zealand roads. Now importer/assembler Comer Board reckons it's probably better to have been made to wait... For the full story get your copy here: ➡️ bit.ly/2O1n1Q6
NZ Truck & Driver November 2018 NZ Truck and Driver Magazine 2018-10-24 | ON SALE NOW!! The latest in the world of transport, including….new Road Transport Forum CEO; Isuzu and Cummins plan a future together; IVECO appoints new NZ boss... Get your copy here: bit.ly/2O1n1Q6
