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FEATURE Diamond Ts for Kiwis BIG TEST New tricks | FLEET FOCUS Kev’s happy place | FEATURE Diamond Ts for Kiwis
The Official Magazine of the
ISSN 2703-6278 Issue 239
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BIG TEST
Story Dave McLeod Photos Gerald Shacklock
The new Scania R 620 bristles with new technology – best of all, according to driver Roger Cross, is its adaptive cruise control....which allows him to run between the Bay of Plenty and Auckland with minimal need for him to touch the brake or throttle pedals
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place Story Wayne Munro Photos Gerald Shacklock
This 6x4 Volvo FH 600 is the odd one out in a Hautapu Haulage fleet of 8x4s. Pictured here in Apiti Forest, in the Manawatu, it was bought for a specific run....with a 44-tonne-rated bridge on the route
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OLD IRON
W Story & Photos: Gavin Abbot
HEN THE REPUBLIC TRUCK COMPANY STOPPED BUILDING the popular North American chassis in 1934, Auckland truck importers Cavanagh & Company had a problem. Having sold around 800 Republics in New Zealand over the previous nine years it needed a replacement – and went on a mission to the United States to find one. It was fortunate enough to secure the Diamond T truck franchise – and, with perfect timing, just as it was entering its so-called “golden” era. It was a make that had been founded almost three decades earlier, when C.A. Tilt – the son of a shoe manufacturer – formed the Diamond T Motor Company in Chicago in 1905. The name dated back another 25 years – to when the J.E. Tilt Shoe Company gave its top grade of shoes the Diamond T title.
Kaukapakapa operator J.S. King & Sons fleet lineup includes all four Diamond T series that came to New Zealand
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Available for daily, weekly or monthly hire. Also available to buy.
Available for daily, weekly or monthly hire. Also available to buy.
Available for daily, weekly or monthly hire. Also available to buy.
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