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IN STOCK NOW! Canter Tipper – your best new workmate. More and more landscapers are turning to FUSO Canter Tipper for its ease and flexibility. The 6T model can be driven on a car licence with up to a 3.3T payload, while the 7.5T model carries 4.2T. Both come with advanced safety features for greater peace of mind, including Active Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning and Electronic Stability Control, plus a limited slip diff and tight turning circle for those trickier sites!
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Osflo’s youngest operator Jared and the company’s newest truck, a MAN TGM 13.320 4x4.
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Above: Lucky draw winner of the 65 inch TV, Grant Stewart pictured with Southpac Trucks CEO, Maarten Durent. Left: Starter kits for each team with bags generously sponsored by Patchell Group. Lower left: Lucky Draw winner Clive Gordon from Overland Transport pictured with Mike Hurley, Managing Director Diesel Services NZ.
Below: Mack Peach measured and released the longest snapper, accepting his award from Kurtis Andrews, Managing Director FUSO NZ.
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Top left: Lucky Draw winner Tony Doust from Overland Transport pictured with Richard Smart, General Sales Manager Southpac Trucks. Top right: Top angler Greg Haliday pictured with Richard Smart, General Sales Manager Southpac Trucks.
Lower left: Winning team Animal from Car Haulaways pictured left to right: Shayne Holloway, Mark Thorburn, Alan Syme, Dave Lee with Southpac Trucks CEO, Maarten Durent. Lower right: Sam Coles measured and released the longest Kingfish, accepting his award from Glenn Heybourn, Sales and Marketing Manager Patchell Group. out the overall prize. Rob Stevenson aboard Kotutu won the heaviest snapper prize with an 8.3kg fish. First, second and third in the snapper measure and release went to Mack Peach (Super Freight, on Diesel) with a 77cm snapper, Paul Crooks (Super Freight, on Diesel) with a 65cm snapper and Russell Bill (Pyramid Trucking, on Anchorage) with a 65cm snapper. Shayne Holloway aboard Animal won the heaviest kingfish prize with a 14.25kg fish. Kingfish first, second and third measure and release went to Sam Coles (West Coast Loggers, on Te Hana) with a 103cm kingfish, Phil Sandford (Kenworth, on Ata Rangi) with a 102cm kingfish and Mark Thorburn (Car Haulaways, on Animal) with a 102cm kingfish. There were a number of lucky draws as there were no weighed
marlin or tuna this year. Clive Gordon and team-mate Tony Doust of Overland Transport were two of our winners who have fished the tournament every year since it began and travel all the way from Christchurch. Sponsor Shaun Morse from SI-Lodec, who has also fished it for a number of years with the Plan B team, was another lucky winner. Best photo submitted this year was from the team, Woods Family All in! They measured an 8-month-old member of their family on a measure mat. A special thanks as always must go to the tournament sponsors; Southpac Trucks, Patchell Industries, SI-Lodec, Keith Andrews Trucks, Castrol, Cummins, CrediFlex, Auckland Oil Shop, Diesel Services Ltd (DSL), NZ Truck & Driver magazine and NZ Logger magazine. T&D Truck & Driver | 71
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Palmerston North-based Matthew Sherlock Contractors is moving containers and general freight around the lower North Island with a new Mack Trident 8x4. The 535hp unit features the last MP8 engine matched to an 18-speed Road Ranger to be built at the Mack plant in Wacol, Australia. Also featured are a King Bars ‘Texan’ bumper with marker lights, Hella driving lights, offset front rims, cab side skirts, chassis and under-step toolboxes, custom sun visor, roof kit and additional paint work by Advanced Panel and Paint in Palmerston North.
23,001kg-max GVM
4501kg-max GVM 2022 Brand FUSO HINO ISUZU SCANIA KENWORTH MERCEDES-BENZ IVECO UD FOTON DAF MAN VOLVO HYUNDAI SINOTRUK FREIGHTLINER INTERNATIONAL VOLKSWAGEN FIAT RAM MACK SHACMAN WESTERN STAR PEUGEOT Total
Vol 254 226 201 89 81 79 78 57 55 48 28 27 21 20 10 6 6 5 5 5 3 1 1 1306
% 19.4 17.3 15.4 6.8 6.2 6.0 6.0 4.4 4.2 3.7 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 100
March Vol 100 82 93 42 25 31 30 22 18 23 11 10 10 6 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 511
22 % 19.6 16.0 18.2 8.2 4.9 6.1 5.9 4.3 3.5 4.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 100
March Vol 18 12 14 7 4 4 5 2 1 67
22 % 26.9 17.9 20.9 10.4 6.0 6.0 7.5 3.0 1.5 100
March Vol 46 26 24 18 22 9 10 1 0 1 1 158
22 % 29.1 16.5 15.2 11.4 13.9 5.7 6.3 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.6 100
3501-4500kg GVM 2022 Brand FIAT VOLKSWAGEN MERCEDES-BENZ FORD CHEVROLET RENAULT RAM LDV IVECO Total
Vol 78 36 26 15 9 8 8 5 1 186
% 41.9 19.4 14.0 8.1 4.8 4.3 4.3 2.7 0.5 100
4501-7500kg GVM 2022 Brand FUSO ISUZU MERCEDES-BENZ IVECO HINO FOTON HYUNDAI VOLKSWAGEN FIAT RAM PEUGEOT Total
Vol 107 71 52 48 41 30 18 6 5 5 1 384
% 27.9 18.5 13.5 12.5 10.7 7.8 4.7 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.3 100.0
2022
An impressive 39 registrations moved Scania to the top of the premium segment. 7501-15,000kg GVM 2022 Brand ISUZU HINO FUSO FOTON IVECO HYUNDAI UD MERCEDES-BENZ Total
Vol 73 69 57 25 10 3 3 2 242
% 30.2 28.5 23.6 10.3 4.1 1.2 1.2 0.8 100
March Vol 38 20 17 9 3 0 1 1 89
22 % 42.7 22.5 19.1 10.1 3.4 0.0 1.1 1.1 100
15,001-20,500kg GVM 2022 Brand HINO FUSO UD ISUZU SCANIA IVECO MAN DAF MERCEDES-BENZ Total
Vol 40 15 12 9 7 6 4 1 1 95
% 42.1 15.8 12.6 9.5 7.4 6.3 4.2 1.1 1.1 100
March Vol 16 7 4 5 3 4 2 0 1 42
22 % 38.1 16.7 9.5 11.9 7.1 9.5 4.8 0.0 2.4 100
20,501-23,000kg GVM 2022 Brand HINO SINOTRUK Total
Vol 3 1 4
% 75.0 25.0 100
March 22 Vol % 2 100.0 0 0.0 2 100
Brand SCANIA KENWORTH FUSO HINO ISUZU DAF UD VOLVO MERCEDES-BENZ MAN SINOTRUK IVECO FREIGHTLINER INTERNATIONAL MACK SHACMAN WESTERN STAR Total
Vol 82 81 75 73 48 47 42 27 24 24 19 14 10 6 5 2 1 580
% 14.1 14.0 12.9 12.6 8.3 8.1 7.2 4.7 4.1 4.1 3.3 2.4 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.2 100
March Vol 39 25 30 22 24 23 17 10 5 9 6 5 3 1 1 0 0 220
22 % 17.7 11.4 13.6 10.0 10.9 10.5 7.7 4.5 2.3 4.1 2.7 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 100
March Vol 12 12 12 11 9 9 5 6 5 6 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 17 140
22 % 8.6 8.6 8.6 7.9 6.4 6.4 3.6 4.3 3.6 4.3 2.9 1.4 1.4 2.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 0.0 0.7 1.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.0 1.4 12.1 100
Trailers 2022 Brand Vol 32 PATCHELL FRUEHAUF 30 M.T.E. 28 ROADMASTER 24 DOMETT 20 TRANSPORT TRAILERS 20 TMC 16 TRANSFLEET 14 FREIGHTER 14 FAIRFAX 11 CWS 7 EVANS 6 KRAFT 6 MILLS-TUI 6 MTC EQUIPMENT 6 JACKSON 6 TES 5 HAMMAR 5 LUSK 4 TES 4 TANKER ENGINEERING 4 TIDD 3 MD ENGINEERING 3 MAXICUBE 3 WHITE 3 SEC 3 MAKARANUI 2 STEELBRO 2 OTHER 47 334 Total
% 9.6 9.0 8.4 7.2 6.0 6.0 4.8 4.2 4.2 3.3 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 14.1 100
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