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FEATURE
Aussie/Kiwi Martin Wilson poses with his Kenworth C509, pulled up at a roadhouse en route back to Orange Creek Station
YOU COULD SAY I LIVE A DOUBLE LIFE: I’M
Aussie-born...but have lived and worked in
New Zealand most of my life.
For the last 30 years I’ve run a farm west of Te
Awamutu and operated a truck and trailer (a Mack RB 400, which replaced its FR Mack predecessor 13 years ago), a bulldozer and an excavator, doing earthmoving work.
Now 62, I was just 18 when I first came here – and started driving a Leyland Comet for Don Brook Earthmovers in Glenfield, Auckland.
Later on I drove for Warkworth Transport for four years, carting stock and freight – starting out on a Mercedes-Benz 1418 and finished on an ERF.
Ever since then I’ve been running my farm and the earthworks contracting business.
Truck & Driver | 73
om
Te Awamutu
...to Alice
Story & photos
Martin Wilson
Springs