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CONTENTS
Issue 212 – May 2018
2 News 44
The latest in the world of transport, including....Toyota and VW truck divisions partner up; Labour Government’s fuel taxes “a complete nonsense,” says Road Transport Forum boss; Volvo follows Fuso in putting electric trucks to work
20 Giti Truck Tyres Big Test
Western Star sales are tipped to get a boost this year, thanks to the addition of the Cummins X15 as an alternative to the Detroit DD15 that’s been the only engine option on the 4800 and 4900 models
for a few years. We take a stormy trip to Napier with Robert Kingi to see how the new combination shapes up in his Opa Transport 4864 FSES logger
37 Transport Forum
Latest news from the Road Transport Forum NZ, including.....Trump-triggered trade war would be bad for NZ exports
– and therefore the transport industry; Manawatu Gorge alternative route
just the first of a number of roading investments that the Government may have to face up to
Fleet Focus
You can find surprisingly big and well- equipped trucking operations in the most unexpected places – like the highly- specialised fleet that’s an integral part of Lyttelton ship repair, marine engineering and boatbuilding company Stark Bros
FEATURE
62 Decades of DAF
It’s 90 years since DAF had its beginnings in the Netherlands, 19 years since the make was officially launched here...and 28 years since, controversially, the first bulk shipment of DAFs arrived here
73 From Te Awamutu...to Alice Springs
Martin Wilson lives a double life – runs a truck and trailer and some earthmoving machines around his home area in the Waikato most of the time....but also spends three months of the year driving roadtrains in the Australian Outback
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Big turnout, big catches
This year’s Truckers & Loggers Fishing Tournament is one of the biggest ever... with some big fish caught too
PPG Transport Imaging Awards
Recognising NZ’s best-looking truck fleets....including a giant pullout poster of this month’s finalist
TRT Recently Registered
New truck and trailer registrations for March
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