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A small hauler landing on a steep hillside high above the coast near Waihi is exactly the environment that the Astra 8x8 was bought to deal with
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Daimler opens the door... to its electric future Story Wayne Munro
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Daimler Truck’s electric trucks and buses have already clocked-up more than 10million kilometres in customer operations. Now, as it tests a heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell eActros (above), it is quickly moving towards a zero emissions future
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This is one of two new DAF CF530 day cab 8x4 tractor units put on the road by Waste Management subsidiary Canterbury Waste Services. They have 530hp Paccar MX engines, ZF TraXon AMTs and a DAF driveline, on ECAS rear suspension. The tractor, which has a Palfinger hook unit, fitted by Foot Engineering, has a full electronic safety suite.
Dalefield Transport in Carterton has this new Iveco Trakker logger in work around the Wairarapa. The AD500 8x4 has a 500hp Cursor 13 engine, a Eurotronic 2 AMT, Iveco hub reduction diffs and Waimea Engineering log equipment.
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Invercargill’s Northside Sand & Gravel went looking for a new four-wheeler tipper with the best GVM/tare weight combination…and came up with this new Hino GH1828, capable of an 8.75t legal payload. It has a Hino JO8 engine, a Transport Engineering Southland alloy body, a diff lock and the capability to pull a three-axle trailer.
Taupo’s Self Loader Logging is now carting logs around the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions with this new Volvo FH600 unit. It has an all-Volvo powertrain – a 600hp engine, an I-Shift AMT and bogey, with Patchell logging gear and a matching five-axle trailer. Truck & Driver | 97
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