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NEWS Our round-up of the news and events from the truckbody and trailer scene

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REACH FOR THE SKY OTEL and Swanson Transport team up for this longreach crane truck

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS Warren Auger Bins builds a made-for-NZ open-top auger bin for Waharoa Transport

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GOING WITH THE FLOW Lowes Industries migrates the popular PreciPure tanker metering system

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MAXITRANS MAKES MOVING EASY Safe and easy mezzanine deck adjustment with Maxitrans’ new SafeADJUST

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KIT & FINISH Taking a warm view of Tauranga’s Automated Truck Body Solutions fridge bodies

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FISHERMAN’S FRIEND Stark Bros creates a unique heavy duty crane solution for a fishing challengew

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NEW BUILDS The latest builds and registrations from around the country

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NEW REGISTRATIONS Robin Yates compiles and analyses the latest round of NZTA sales and registration data

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TBT DIRECTORY Listing NZ’s truckbody and trailer manufacturers and suppliers

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FROM THE EDITOR

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Cover: Warren Auger Bins

DID YOU BLINK AND MISS THE FIRST FEW MONTHS

example of finding a niche and making the most from it.

of 2018? As we sit – incredibly – almost in the second

Over just five years, that company, brand and niche has

quarter of 2018, with barely a chance to reflect on

grown to a market that has easily shown the demand

2017, the significance of the sales success of the trailer

for it. Similarly, Onehunga Transport Engineering Ltd,

industry last year should not be forgotten or easily

Stark Bros and Automated Truck Body Solutions are

dismissed.

all companies seeing the need for specialised, smaller

A record-setting year, 2017 bettered the previous title

scale equipment. And like many smart businesses,

holder – and the back-to-back boom years of 2014 and

there’s eagerness and willingness to grow, but measured

2015 – by the smallest margins: an incredible 14 and

caution not to grow too quickly and strain resources.

two units, respectively. And while 2016 did experience

Orders that span the next three-to-six months, at least,

a slight dip, last year proved that it was simply an

is very reassuring for these kinds of companies.

anomaly, offering record-setting years for three out of

an industry and the numbers tell the tale, with 2018 sales

the last four sales years.

The 30,000-40,000t market is still the strongest size,

already mirroring 2017, and the top five manufacturers’

accounting for half the market share, with Patchell,

registration total already up one unit on 2017 after just

Fruehauf and Roadmaster leading the way, but if

one month. Understandably, manufacturers are finding

we’re to talk about Modern Transport Engineers for

the limitations for registrations are not in customers

a moment, its count of 20 builds of 50 tonne-or-over

and demand, but the ability to produce, and this is

units is similarly impressive, and double the combined

where operational improvement and manufacturing

registered count of 50t+ from TRT and Patchell.

efficiency may prove a factor in increasing output.

While the bread-and-butter freight, bulk and tanker

So a deserving pat on the back to every builder who

builds form the backbone of the industry, it’s also

contributed towards 2017’s record year of sales success –

encouraging to see the specialist companies doing

and we’re keenly interested in seeing what and how the

strong in their own way. Auger bins may be a specialised

industry builds in 2018, both big and small.

market, but our cover focus this issue is a classic

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HEAVY TRUCK BODY AND TRAILER MANUFACTURER MILLS-TUI

heavy transport industries – with senior management roles at TCL Isuzu

Rotorua Limited has changed hands.

and Manheim, and most recently as FleetPartners’ heavy commercial

Husband and wife Dean and Carey-lee Purves purchased the company, which came into effect from the end of January.

GM. Dean adds that former Mills-Tui owner Jeff Miller will continue

“I’ve always been on the hunt for a business at some stage in my

with the new company as its engineering manager and adds that all

career,” explains Dean. “You could say I was ‘passively looking’ and this

the existing staff has been retained. Furthermore, says Purves, “with a

opportunity came up.”

strong outlook for forward orders, we’re already looking at recruiting

It’s business-as-usual for Purves, with the company continuing to operate at its current Rotorua site on Pururu St, its location for more than 30 years.

Specialising in the design and manufacture of a range of heavy transport truck and trailer units, fire appliances, ambulances, defence vehicles and other high-tech specialty vehicles, Dean says there will be “more of a focus on strengthening tipping and logging markets. They’re the ones coming to us at the moment, so we’ll go where we’re needed.

“We want to carry on the good work they’ve [Mills-Tui] been doing to this point,” adds Dean.

Purves has over 20 years’ experience in the automotive, finance and

“More of a focus on strengthening tipping and logging markets,” says new owner Dean Purves (above right).

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TRT Apprentice Awards EXCELLENCE AND COMMITMENT GETS RECOGNISED AND REWARDED. Late last year, Tidd Ross Todd Limited (TRT)

The finalists were supported by TRT’s senior team, including MD, Kevin Chubb; manufacturing

director,

Bruce

Carden;

attended the Apprentice of the Year awards at

engineering director, Robert Carden; new

the annual Gallagher Rotary Awards Dinner,

COO, Lawrence Baker and HR Manager, Jamie

recognising excellence in industry training.

Priemus.

Kevin Chubb said “TRT currently has 17

companies that attended, who each made

apprentices that qualified for these awards,

presentations to their top performing trainees

and it was a difficult process to select our

or apprentices.

three finalists from many very deserving

Congratulations to Luke Martin, TRT’s

entries.” The finalists were selected based on a

Apprentice of the Year, 2017, and two other

number of criteria including results achieved,

finalists, Matthew Morgan and Kent Morley.

quality of workmanship and enthusiasm and

Luke is an apprentice in Automotive Parts and

commitment to their trade.

the TRT heavy commercial vehicle parts team.

Supported by Sir William and Lady Judy

As TRT’s apprentice of the year, Luke Martin received a certificate, a $1000 voucher from The Tool Shed, and a tool bag.

As finalists, Matthew Morgan and Kent Morley each received a certificate, a $100

TRT was one of several successful Waikato

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As a large NZ and Waikato engineering company, TRT has diversified its business over many years and has developed a significant

Gallagher, the awards were hosted by the

apprenticeship

programme

internally.

combined Frankton and Te Rapa Rotary Clubs,

Apprentices range from steel fabrication and

and held at Wintec Atrium events centre.

welding, engineers, heavy diesel mechanics to

Kevin Chubb (far left) presents to winner Luke Martin (centre), with finalists Kent Morley (left) and Matthew Morgan (right).

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NZ’S TOUGHEST HINO

A three-month long competition to find New Zealand’s Toughest Hino has found its champion - Ross MacMillan’s Palmerston North-based 2007 700 series five-axle.

IN HIS ENTRY, MACMILLAN SAID THAT WHILE HIS TRUCK ONLY

It was great to see tough Hinos really are being used everywhere, for

has 180,000km on the clock, it has already marked up nearly 15,000

everything.”

engine hours. Despite the stress of its large rear-mounted Palfinger, it still passes a clean COF every time.

As a part of his win, Ross has earned himself and his father-in-law, Shane, an all-expenses paid trip worth $3000 to attend the NZ Road

“She’s able to pull 16 tonnes, or 2 tonnes at 20m, and regularly gets

Transport Hall of Fame Dinner. The event, held at Bill Richardson’s

put through her paces strength-wise,” says MacMillan, whose truck

Transport World in Invercargill, one of the best private automotive

is owned by Lift Haulage. “It’s a great truck that suits its purpose very

museums of its type in the world.

well, and it’s good-looking too.”

“I always wanted to visit Transport World so I’m really excited,” said

The entries were judged by Hino General Manager Michael Doeg

MacMillan upon accepting his prize. “When the competition came up

and Randolph Covich, an industry expert. Doeg says that there were

I said to the wife ‘Should I be cheeky here and give it a go?’ and I’m so

three key criteria their winning truck had to fulfil: it had to be a daily

glad I did, it’s paying off. It’s my favourite truck and I will definitely be

worker, a truck that had been proudly cared for, and had to tell a story.

in it for a few more years.”

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“We wanted something that has been a tough daily performer,” says Doeg. “Long service did influence our thinking - our second place winner has been in action since the 1980s - but it wasn’t the only thing.

We also wanted a truck that was well-maintained, as that is critical to keep a unit performing well.”

“Finally, we wanted to be able to tell this truck’s story - the details that tell you what ‘tough’ looks like on a daily basis. Ross’ vehicle delivered all of this in spades.”

Interest in the competition was very high, with entries received from all over New Zealand. “We’ve had such passionate engagement from the community - there were trucks sent in from Whanganui to Fairlie.

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“It is a very generous investment in us – it’s an investment because we need to be producing more drivers from our region, and employing more drivers in our region. It’s an investment in us to deliver fully-trained drivers back to the industry for the next three years and beyond.”

It’s the third truck and trailer tanker unit that Fonterra has loaned to tertiary education institutes.

It will be used for training students doing their Class 4 and Class 5 truck licences with NorthTec. It can also be used for completing driver competency tests and assessments and other training opportunities like safety inspections, mechanical inspections and truck safety days. TB&T

Officiating at the handover and blessing of the milk tanker in Whangarei are (from left) NorthTec programme leader, commercial transport Errol Gray; RTANZ regional executive Keith McGuire; NorthTec kaumatua Hohepa Rudolph and chief executive Mark Ewen; Fonterra national transport and logistics manager Barry McColl; Fonterra regional transport training manager North Island, Darrin Rhodes; and Fonterra Kauri representative Ernie Gent.

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Using VR, employees are trained to

knowledge: “Trainees don VR goggles as well

company Fulton Hogan is pioneering the use

decontaminate bitumen sprayers and tankers

as headphones to immerse themselves, with

of Virtual Reality (VR) to help employees deal

when water has become present – potentially

realistic sound effects.

with potentially dangerous situations, in a safe

creating a ‘boil-over effect, where bitumen can

The risk factors are outlined clearly at the

environment.

be sprayed with considerable force over a wide

start of the training and when mistakes are

area, putting people’s safety at risk.”

made, trainees are virtually transported to a

A new app developed by Fulton Hogan

room where a screen outlines the errors they

with Corvecto allows employees to practice

made and the steps they should have taken.

and perform the ‘boil over’ decontamination

They’re then able to repeat the task and, with

procedure step-by-step using VR – seeing

the knowledge of their previous mistakes,

the potentially harmful consequences of any

improve their performance.

mistakes – while in a safe environment.

With over 3000 vehicles, Fulton Hogan

Fulton Hogan innovation manager Chloe

purchased two state-of-the-art simulators in

Smith says that VR not only eliminates the

2015 capable of re-creating a range of NZ

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NARVA Introduces Its Ultimate Driving Light NEW ULTIMA LED 215 LAUNCHES INTO NZ.

Along with a light and strong pressure

Narva says its new Ultima flagship sets a

die-cast aluminium housing and mounting

new standard in auxiliary driving lights.

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the development of a class-leading hybrid

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on-road without other light sources, as well

trim colour changes from standard blue to

as being highly suited to off-road use. The

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Above: The performance of the new NARVA Ultima 215 L.E.D driving lamp suits those who cover long distances at night, like the driver of this Kenworth.

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REACH FOR THE SKY Story: Dean Evans

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Swanson Transport solves long-reach problems, and built by OTEL, this 10-wheeler crane truck has all kinds of answers.

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PECIALISED WORK NEEDS SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT AND FOR Auckland’s Swanson Transport, one of its niche specialities is lifting into and onto long reaches. With a reach of 32 metres, its 10-wheeler crane

truck is a clever piece of engineering work that’s been managing a range of often unique jobs, thanks to its partnership with OTEL (Onehunga Transport Engineering Ltd).

“This is our second 10-wheeler,” recalls Swanson Transport General Manager Nick Longuet-Higgins. “The first one was built in 2007, and it gave us more range with what we could do, especially with the long reach stuff: all the housing where you can’t get a truck in, so the reach is further back.

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Above: Some of the various uses and projects the crane trucks have been used for, from reaching over residential houses, to far and high reaches, such as replacing AC units from the roof of multi-storey buildings, lifting pallets to roof tops or tricky residential jobs.

Left: The crane’s design even allows it to move objects through low spaces. With up to 32m reach, the crane truck uses a fly jib and winch for added length and placement of objects.

Below: One of Swanson’s projects was lifting a spa 28metres over a residential house and winching it into position. Note the flex of the mast, which can safely bow 2m.

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Swanson Transport has commissioned three 10-wheeler crane trucks for long-reach projects, using a Palfinger crane that folds neatly over the added axle at the rear.

At the end of the job, the 32m crane folds neatly into a relatively compact space.

Before that, adds Nick: “We were using our eight-wheeler long-

Once the extra axles are added, the 10-wheel chassis is then

reach 22m trucks, but we needed something with a bit of extra

delivered to OTEL to build the subframe, body, and to fit the deck and

reach. So we came up with this 10-wheeler: we buy the truck as

crane. As good as the truck and chassis is, it’s the crane component

an eight-wheeler, from UD or Hino, and have the extra axles fitted.

that sets this machine apart. Using a Palfinger PK 50002 EH, the

“The first 10-wheel design put the extra axle in front of the rear

crane offers an even more unique set of skills around long-reach

set, but for the newer trucks, we’ve fitted it to the rear. That axle lifts

lift and placement. Using E-HPLS - Palfinger’s High-Power Lifting

70mm, which makes the truck a lot more versatile and manoeuvrable

System - the crane’s lifting capacity increases 15 percent, offset by a

as it shortens the wheelbase and turning circle. Each design has its

reduced operating speed. Sliding elements of the crane are made of

own merits, but with the initial design, the axle lift was limited by

synthetic material with a high-quality KTL coating, which simplifies

mechanicals, and when it was lifted, it actually increased the turning

service schedules. The crane’s ‘Powerlink Plus’ also offers a 15

circle. With the axle on the rear, all of a sudden it becomes an eight-

degree reverse linkage system, allowing it to reach through low-door

wheeler and it’s pivoting tighter and gets into site much easier,

openings and also work inside buildings. AOS – Active Oscillation

where a conventional 10-wheeler couldn’t.”

Suppression – is also particularly helpful in long-reach jobs.

The 10-wheeler design allows improved access, particularly

Though rated for heavier loads, Nick limits the lifting and focusses

around residential and increasingly tighter city and suburban areas.

on the crane truck’s key purpose. Explains Nick: “It’ll lift around 9-10t

“We mostly cover the greater Auckland area,” adds Nick, “primarily

on a short-reach… we shy away from anything over 10t, but we

construction with new builds and residential. We’ve got two of these

specialise in the long reach and fiddly stuff. The reach stretches out

10-wheelers operating, and we’re currently building a third.

as far as 32m: the main shaft can go up 18 metres, and then the fly

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Swanson’s latest 10-wheeler truck was being finished in February, its third truck of that type, replicating the second version, with an added rear axle that lifts 70mm, allowing easier site access. Updates will include bollards to make the deck a safe working place.

jib adds another 15 metres, and provides extra flexibility for where you can get stuff onto sites. So you can go up 4-5 flights and across a building… then this one has a winch as well, so you can lower it on the other side of a building. Obviously not heavy stuff: at full reach, you’re good for maybe 250kg, things like air-conditioning units on the top of buildings, pallets with timber onto building sites, roofing tiles, spa baths into backyards, for example. We also have a TMC trombone trailer that can transport 25m sheets of roofing for us to lift.”

Nick also recalls a recent residential job, where the buildings were so close together, they couldn’t walk a water tank to the back, so had to lift it over and in.

“It’s amazing to see the bow in the crane,” adds Nick. “When it’s lifting at full reach, once the weight hits the ground and takes the weight off, the crane visibly lifts around two metres!”

Having a good partner has been vital to the vehicle, says Nick.

“The team at OTEL gets involved up-front in the design and checks everything all the way through. If there is ever a question or a problem, they’re on the phone to double-check and we are invited onsite for regular catch-ups and build meetings. Sometimes the truck manufacturers change little things, even though it’s the same truck, so something that was done on the last truck, might have to be moved on a new one. But communication is really good, and we always end up with a good product.

OTEL Managing Director, Kane Metcalfe says: “Swanson Transport has been a long-standing and valuable customer of ours. More than that, they are both customers and friends. Nick and Jeff often pop in for a chat and it is always a pleasure to deal with them. Over the last few years, both our businesses have grown and we have a great partnership that has stood the test of time. I love seeing the orange and white trucks out on the road, they really look smart”.

“With OTEL, you go to them with an idea of what you want and they run with it and usually make it better. You know what you want, but until you see it, you’re unsure. For example with this new 10-wheeler being built, we’re looking to fit bollards to make it a safer working platform on the deck of the truck. Often being at an elevated point gives a better view of the site, but if you’re standing on the deck of the truck, it’s a fall hazard, so we’re putting bollards to stand up there and have it as a safe zone - which for us is a lot safer than being on the ground where there are many other hazards. So we’ve explained that to OTEL and they’re working with us to come up with a solution. And make it work in the real world.”

With the success of the 10-wheeler prompting the third build, you could say for OTEL and Swanson, building crane trucks like this isn’t too much of a reach.

Contacts: OTEL 09 579 3890 Swanson Transport 09 833 6079 14 | Truckbody&Trailer

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OPEN FOR Story & photos: Dean Evans

Warren Auger Bins lifts the lid for easy loading, and Waharoa Transport is one happy customer.

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T’S AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE, AS FAR AS BRADLEY Scott is concerned. Managing Director of Warren Auger Bins in Matamata, Brad’s in the midst of what he sees as a big shift in

auger bins, away from the traditional, conventional narrowopen top bins, to an open-top design where the benefits far outweigh the downsides ten-to-one.

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As the New Zealand distributor and manufacturer for the American Warren Manufacturing bulk feed equipment, the auger

loads out of a mill so there isn’t the market for an open-top like there is here - so it’s an American design with Kiwi influence.”

bin components come all the way from Birmingham, Alabama, to

Designed for distributing just about any soft feed, Warren Auger

Matamata in the Waikato, where Brad builds the trucks and trailers…

Bins are a monocoque design, rather than a full chassis trailer, and

recently with a few Kiwi tweaks.

traditionally use a ‘tank’ style bin, with a narrow top opening. But

“I’ve been building for Waharoa Transport since 2013,” says Brad, who opened the business with partner Scott Garland in 2012, and

the recent shift towards an open-top design has seen Brad alter the Warren Auger design, with the parent company’s blessing.

has run with such success, the agreement of buying him out after

This open-top built for Waharoa is one of the first, a four-axle, five

five years came off in 2017 – not bad for a 31-year-old who’s devoted

compartment 25ft bin, with a 28ft discharge auger, radio remote and

to his business. Closing in on build number 60, Brad has recently

a tare weight of seven-tonne. “We’ve left the division walls slightly

seen the start of what could be a major shift in the auger bin industry:

lower to help stop damage while loading,” explains Brad, “and put

“Glen Clothier from Waharoa specified an open-top - he’s the one that

flex poles in them that support the cover and can bounce back – it’s

brought the idea forward and pushed for it. In America, everything

all purposely built for the wheel-loader, and it’s so much easier and

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Opposite page top: Waharoa Transport’s new open-top auger fouraxle trailer works with its conventional design auger bin, though the company is moving towards new open design.

Opposite page botom: Warren Auger Bins NZ Director Brad Scott.

Top: The new open-top bin design allows wheel-loaders easy access, rather than specialised loading equipment like aeroplane buckets and specific machines.

Right: Old and new, the truck and trailer combination highlights the advantage of the new style of bins, which loads easier and faster than the conventional bin design.

Below: A slightly lower centre-of-gravity helps on-road.

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Old and new auger bin designs. The deletion of the walkway and slightly less material helps offset the thicker sheetmetal of the new design, which is used to maintain or improve strength over the older design.

cleaner to load.”

gives it strength,” says Brad. “So I’ve made the open-top a little

From the mid-point of the bin down, it’s all conventional, using

heavier out of 4 and 5mm, but we haven’t gained a lot of weight…

separate compartments allowing split loads, with crank handle-

maybe 150kg for the tare of the truck bins, and 300kg for the trailer…

operated doors that rise to gravity-feed the product into the horizontal

we’ve lost the walkway, but it’s also a lot stronger and more durable

auger, which feeds into the discharge auger. But above that mid-

and has a lower centre of gravity.

point, rather than closing in and over the feed, the sides simply go straight up, creating the open-top design.

It’s a huge difference with the opening expanding from 900mm to 2.4 metres – almost three-times the size. Once it’s all loaded, a large tarp simply rolls over to cover it in a matter of seconds.

Weight increases as a result, but so does payload (3-4 tonne).

“When we build a normal bin, we use 3mm sheet, and the shape

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Adds Brad: “The biggest advantage is safety, as there’s no need to climb up on top of the bin. Most sites won’t allow you up there these days.

“Loading is faster… it takes 10-15 minutes instead of 30-40, and when you’re doing 7-8 short-haul loads a day, it makes a hell of a difference,” he adds. “There’s way less spillage and waste, so it doesn’t need to be cleaned as often – maybe hosed off once a day.

“Plus you don’t need a specialist loading machine, like the aeroplane bucket.

We joined Brad and Waharoa Transport’s Roydon Prince, with a truck and trailer combo that perfectly highlights the differences between the conventional and open-top auger bin designs. With the truck already

Above: Waharoa’s Roydon Prince cranks the compartment handles to load the feed into the horizontal auger, slapping the bin with an open palm to audibly measure the load level.

Below: The open top is covered by a tarp, but atop the bins, it’s easy to see the wider loading area, which allows for faster and cleaner loading.

loaded, we head to the local bulk store to load up the trailer, and as promised, within 10 minutes it’s full and ready, via the wheel-loader, with barely any spillage or mess.

We drive to a local farm to fill the silos with feed, Roydon parks in position and starts manoeuvring the trailer’s auger into place.

Then he starts the trailer’s diesel powerpack, another key difference: the diesel engine slung under the trailer has become an integral part of

Warren Auger Bins NZ started in Matamata in 2012, the area home to a number of key manufacturing and transport companies.

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Jack-knifing the truck and trailer allows double unloading, thanks in part to the Deutz diesel engine which powers the self-contained trailer.

Warren Auger Bins, and is fitted to 95 percent of trailers.

“We run a Deutz oil-cooled, three-cylinder 45hp diesel engine,” explains Brad. “Because it’s such a rough environment, we moved away from a radiator, so it’s just hydraulic oil, engine oil and diesel - the whole system only carries around 60-litres of oil, and it barely gets over 45 degrees.

“It’s all reasonably foolproof: it runs an ECU looking after oil pressure and temperature. It starts at idle, which allows the boom to fold out, and once the augers start moving, you flick a switch and it comes up to a preset rpm. And the 40-litre diesel tank will do at least 12 loads.

Waharoa’s open-top bin under construction in 2017.

Above: Radio remote allows safer and better viewing when standing back to view the top of a silo. It’s also faster to switch off when it fills, and makes it easier when double-filling from truck and trailer.

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“Most of the farms have two silos,” adds Brad. “So the driver will back up and fold the auger out and get the trailer engine going, and then unhook the back of the truck and unload them both together.

Some even jack-knife the trailer so it doesn’t have to be unhooked.

Below: The Deutz oil-cooled three-cylinder diesel engine powers the trailer’s augers and keeps the trailer independently operating in situations when the trailer is disconnected from the truck, or working in unison with it.

They’ll get a 30 tonne payload off in 15 minutes.

“Another advantage is that short augers can’t reach some taller silos. You could only get 22-24ft augers, and we’ve seen silos up to 30ft, so we’ve pushed the auger length out to 30ft. But with the diesel powerpack, the driver has the option of unloading the truck into the trailer, transferring the load to the long auger, and unloading the whole 30t without shifting. Usually it unloads around one-tonne a minute, depending on how free-flowing the product is.

Adds Brad: “Also, when they were PTO-driven, if a truck ever broke down, the trailer became useless. Or people would forget to hook up the hydraulic hoses and drag them the whole way back and ruin them.”

As Roydon fires up the Deutz and moves the discharge auger into position via the hand-held radio remote, he starts unloading the feed into the silo by cranking the compartment handles. We stand back to see the top of the stinger, and after 10-15 minutes the diesel engine audibly changes to a more strained note, a sign that the silo’s full.

A press of a button stops the auger, which Roydon adds, says is especially helpful when double-filling.

Brad also explains: “It’s a gravity-fed floor… they run as two separate auger systems, so as soon as the discharge loads up and starts to fight against a full silo, it relieves pressure on the floor auger.”

So with all the benefits of the open-top, why would anyone not choose a conventional design? Explains Brad: “The only people who wouldn’t really use it are the chicken feed guys, as it’s quarantine; they load out of a mill and only have the smallest hole they can… otherwise, everyone would have one of these open-tops. This year, pretty much everything’s going to be open-top.”

With his auger bins going from north Auckland to Invercargill, just like the new design, Warren Auger Bins has a wide reach. It’s definitely open for new business.

Contacts: Warren Auger Bins: 027 7309 7920 Waharoa Transport: 07 888 8158

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The finished bin, ready to merge with the horizontal auger section. With the auger attached, the bin is then fitted to axles.

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PreciPure’s fuel delivery system is revolutionising European tankers, and now it’s making deliveries more accurate and efficient down under.

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developed by German company Alfons Haar has Kiwi operators just as impressed. National agent Lowes Industries has already set up two new

GOING WITH THE FLOW

Lowes PreciPure fuel delivery system allows for a more streamlined and efficient delivery system.

combinations for Nelson-headquartered NPD, and has several more

layout has two separate pump/metering systems. Each of those has

orders on its books.

to be hooked to the compartment outlet for the particular product,

On a recent visit to New Zealand Alfons Haar Australia managing

and shifted when the compartment is empty, which introduces the

director Ivan Lawrie explained some of the benefits of the PreciPURE

possibility of spills. PreciPURE’s single manifold and pump means that

system: “One of its major strengths is that the typical conventional

there’s no need to change delivery lines.

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“Another major benefit lies in the gravity-fed bulk delivery to underground tanks and service stations. With a conventional system, where the order is less than a full compartment load, that lesser amount then has to be loaded in the compartment at the terminal, meaning that trucks are often setting out with less than a full load, thereby eating into operating efficiency.

“With PreciPURE, the gravity drop is still metered, so that a precise, preset amount can be delivered. The balance in a compartment can then be delivered to another customer.”

Ivan also explains that the possibility of human error leading to the wrong product being delivered is virtually eliminated: “The product in each compartment has been preset at the depot and a visual identifier set on the relevant manifold inlet.

“The system has potential capabilities beyond this. When a truck is being filled at the terminal, for example, digital systems can confirm the product being put in a particular compartment of the truck, and can also check the truck’s ID to confirm compartment capacities and ensure they cannot be overfilled.”

At service stations, with the relevant electronic chips installed on the underground tanks, the possibility of overfill following an incorrect estimate of how much a tank can take is eliminated. The same system can identify the product held in a tank, for complete protection against crossover contamination.

Widespread adoption of this technology, says Ivan, will depend upon who was prepared to carry the cost of installing the chips: “Basically, it’s a question of ‘Who gains?’, and when that has been answered, ‘Who pays?’”

The manifold is set on a slight slope to ensure complete drainage between delivery of different products. The draindown time for the system, adds Ivan, can also be adjusted electronically.

PreciPURE is one of a suite of applications developed by Alfons Haar under the overall name of PreciCONTROL, that use common hardware. In the six years that Alfons Haar has been operating in Australia, it has proved to be the most popular, says Ivan, and he expects the same to be the case in New Zealand: “It ticks a lot of boxes for both countries, where the typical fuel distributor has a very varied business – one day they’re delivering to farms, the next service stations, or boats, or logging and construction machines, or pumping to aboveground tanks.

“In Europe, with a greater concentration of people, there are dedicated specialist delivery chains for every type of customer. The same applies to the metro areas of Australia in New Zealand, of 28 | Truckbody&Trailer

Above left: The Lowes PreciPure fuel metering system allows not just more accurate metering, but the ability to better control loads and overall deliveries, for more cost-effective routes.

Above right: Fitted to a number of NPD trucks, the PreciPure manifold and pump sits under the tank, on a slight angle.

Below: PreciPure’s John Metcalf (left) and Alfons Haar Australia MD Ivan Lawrie.

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from each compartment, and it shows up not only in the expected realm

versatile. Our systems allow big trucks to fulfil a greater number of roles

of part-compartment deliveries but also in balancing the axle weights

where, with conventional equipment, the smaller and part-compartment

across a combination: “For example, if we had a single product in all

deliveries would have to be handled by local trucks.”

compartments and needed to get the axle weights down to a 50MAX

This multitasking is very much the type of work expected to be

level, the system can calculate the precise amount needed to be taken

carried out by the first PreciPURE-equipped NPD unit, which has been

from each compartment to achieve this, and then automatically do so.”

in service around five months but has only just started operating out of

NPD has commissioned a second PreciPURE-equipped unit, a B-train

its permanent home in Invercargill.

The Scania truck and trailer combination is H-rated to 58t and services

which began around the start of 2018. It will carry a higher proportion of bulk loads compared with the truck and trailer unit.

a wide area of Southland. Its duties are varied: everything from carting

From a tanker maker’s perspective, PreciPURE wins on all counts, says

bulk loads from the terminal to regional depots, through service station

Lowes Industries managing director John Metcalf: “It’s much lighter, so

drops to farm deliveries and supplying logging sites. Around 80 percent

operators can gain payload. And because it’s much simpler, with fewer

of its work will require pumping, with the balance being bulk gravity

pumps and hoses, it’s easier to design and build into a tanker.”

feed.

Although it is more expensive than a conventional setup – adding

NPD fleet manager Nick Cairney says the Haar system has settled in

around 10 percent to the capital outlay for a unit – that could quickly be

well, with no teething problems. The gravity metering, he says, is a real

clawed back through improved payload and efficiency – not to mention

plus, though some of the drivers have commented that flow through

the vastly enhanced safety and sophistication of the system.

the three-inch delivery hose is slightly slower than with a conventional unit... nor can PreciPURE, with a single outlet, achieve simultaneous deliveries to two or more underground tanks: “This involves a slight time penalty, which is offset by other aspects of the system’s performance.”

He says a significant benefit is the system’s ability to deliver part loads

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Covering a range of truck brands, Tauranga’s Automated Truck Body Solutions has tapped the global market for a range of personalised truck bodies for NZ. We visit its new workshop to meet the man behind the brand.

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A

FLAT TYRE STARTED AUTOMATED TRUCK BODY Solutions (ATBS). Director Neil Callaghan

interested in looking at a kit-set body…

Tony’s Tyre Service on Hewletts Road

and they gave us an order for three.

in Tauranga, and while waiting for

I bought those in, did another

this to be done he started noting

eight for them the following

down all the companies on by. He catalogued them

New Zealand market,” says Neil. Then I found and called Bidfood and asked if they were

was having a tyre changed by

delivery trucks that drove

to do. So I went back to Liderkit for a higher end kit for the

ATBS MD Neil Callaghan.

A-Z, then started calling

year, and then it was 30 the next year!

“Previously

they

around. It didn’t take long,

had

until he arrived at B for

throughout

Bidfood, and a business

now I’m fortunate to be

took off.

supplying the majority of

“That was four years ago,” recalls Neil, a fitter and

turner

machinist

by

trade. Neil had already run a business of manufacturing mobile paper shredding machines out of Wellington, fitting units to 12 and 18 tonne chassis and exporting to a global market. It was through this that he established a relationship with Spanish truck body kit manufacturer Liderkit.

“After a few years I got out of that and was wondering what

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several

suppliers NZ,

and

their truck bodies. We’re doing on average of one truck a week for them; most of them are Fuso, with some Iveco and MAN. We currently do bodies for six Isothermal Bodies as well as dry bodies on other chassis, including Hino, Isuzu and LDV.” This increase quickly pushed Neil from a single workshop bay he was leasing from an Auto-Electrician into a whole new ATBS workshop in Greerton. This only lasted 12 months and he ended up relocating to 2 Truman Lane, Mt

Above and right: One-piece barleycorn floors are the start of the build, with the sides, end and roof panels lifted in via a gantry and dual-vacuum lifting system.

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Above: The fold-away side-steps feature a warning buzzer in the cab if the driver forgets to fold them and attempts to drive away.

Bottom right: Finished bodies are shipped to Auckland for fridge components.

Bottom left: One of Neil’s just-finished multi-temp Fuso for Bidfoods, a company with whom he’s had a fantastic working relationship with for years.

Facing page: 1. Grab-handles are manufactured locally, and make ingress/egress easier and safer.

2.Neil turns the single-temp truck into a multi-temp with the simple addition of the snug-fitting chilli-bung soft-wall divider, that clips into the side locking rails.

3. Mounts are moulded into the roof panels to support the evaporator. Conduit in roof allows for all services and helps maintain a good seal.

4. Rubber gazoos moulded into wall make for neat drainage.

5. Neil works closely with the Spanish manufacturer, and suggested the hinges could be welded, rather than bolted, and the change has now become standard.

6. More design evolutions include the bumper revision, which pushes it further from the body to provide further protection.

Maunganui, which came with other

which ATBS offers in a range of sizes.

benefits.

Using a barleycorn pattern, the kick-

“We’re a transitional facility, so we

board mouldings offer similar grip

can de-van our 40-foot containers. The

without the raised ribs of chequerplate,

kits take around 80 days to arrive, and

but the key benefit is the size. “We

a much shorter time to build.

can supply any size from three- to nine-

“We always start with the floor,”

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metres, and can supply up to 13m. All

1

2

3

4

5

6

the floors and panels are one-piece components with no joins…

percent of his current business, so most of the builds are tailored

The aluminium barleycorn pattern floor is produced by a single

for this.

European supplier.

Adds Neil: “When the walls come in all the locking rails are

“We start with the floor, and put up the front wall, two sides

already fitted, and customers can also option stainless steel over

and then the roof, all two-pack glued - and within a few hours,

galvanised. We’ve got a customer who does a lot of seafood and

the basic box is made,” the gantry crane and dual vacuum lifting

chose stainless. The kick rails are already fitted. The bodies can

system used in the new workshop making life a lot easier than

be configured for single or multi-temp, via a chilli-bung soft-wall

previously.

divider. Neil demonstrates this by pushing a large, blue, snug-

“So it’s quite easy to use the kit scenario, as I don’t need as many staff,” making the overall operation more cost-effective.

fitting divider into place and securing its straps into the locking rails of a just-finished 6.4m multi-temp bodied Fuso.

There are lots of little tips and tricks used throughout the body,

“The drains for the evaporators are mounted within the wall,

both conventional and customised for ATBS’s requirements.

so it doesn’t drain outside and discolour external graphics, or wet

Predominantly building refrigerated units, Neil says it’s around 95

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1

2

3

4

5

1: Galvanised fold-out steps make access easy.

2: Some designs are pre-configured with a step for tail-lifts.

3: Door stops are simple and keep a clean wall design, while an emergency release button was a necessary addition.

4: To the right is the red handle for the floor drain.

5: A custom pallet jack holder was fitted to this truck, and though a tight squeeze, it’s a neat fit.

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floor. Elbows fit to the drains and are sealed for the evaporator,

Other evolutions include details like the rubber bump-stops,

which is fitted in Auckland, hung from threaded plates that are

informs Neil: “We found a lot of trucks back into docks and give

manufactured into the roof.

the rear end a hard time, so we moved the bumper out [around

“We put conduit in the roof for all the services, plumbing and

5cm] and let the rubber bump-stop take the impact rather than

electrical, and cap it with aluminium. Wherever possible we

the body and doors. Also, as they were loading, the body would

try not to go through the roof, so this conduit provides a clean,

drop and they’d shear off the bump-stops, so we changed them

square cross-section on the roof to maintain a good seal.”

from horizontal to vertical and it fixed that problem, too.

Exiting the body is made easier via locally manufactured stainless or aluminium grab handles, and a galvanised folding

“This customer wanted a pallet-jack holder as well, so we fitted that under the body at the rear.”

side-step, that allows easier access than a ladder step, with

Neil pulls on a spring-loaded handle underneath the body which

added safety: “We fit a sensor that relays to a flashing light and

grabs and secures the open door, with the bonus of allowing

alarm in the cab, so a driver won’t inadvertently drive away and

a cleaner side and eliminating the potential for wear from a

take out a pedestrian or cyclist,” adds Neil.

conventional metal hook system.

Moving to the rear is a double-door, one of the three styles offered by ATBS – also triple and roller shutter – and chunky, easy-to-use handles. “All the hardware is stainless steel on the doors, and it’s all pre-fitted,” explains Neil. ‘We strip the doors out and bolt the door frame onto the back of the body.

There’s also the option of a taillift, though this is specified early on as it dictates if the rear frame has a nose or is flush.

Build time is also a bonus, with a typical job from truck delivery to drive away in one week.

From small things, big things grow, and with Neil building 30

Neil then points to the door hinge: “We work with the Spanish

trucks a year, Automated Truck Body Solutions has successfully

guys to help evolve the products. See this hinge [pointing to its

tapped into its own niche market. Wonder what the next flat tyre

mounting]. They used to be held on with cap-screws that would

will bring?!

sometimes break… but as it’s a permanent fixture, they now weld them on for us and we haven’t had a problem since. There’s also an internal emergency door release.”

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Fisherman’s friend Story: Brian Cowan Photos: Terry Marshall

Stark Bros needed a specialised crane truck for trawling repairs - and with a long-reach Palfinger PK92 on a Volvo FM 8x4, it’s certainly a heavy-hitting solution.

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Above: Lyttelton’s Stark Bros needed a big crane solution with a medium truck footprint, and the result is this Volvo FM and Palfinger PK92 combination.

T

PALFINGER’S

From a performance perspective, the new crane

new PK 92002 truck-mounted cranes in

had to be able to lift 3.1t at 20 metres reach, those

HERE

ARE

TWO

OF

operation in New Zealand. One is found

figures relating to the trawl doors on the fishing

in the Auckland fleet of crane specialist Tom Ryan

boats that Stark Bros repairs and maintains. The

Cartage, the other in the much less-predictable

doors are large, rectangular structures towed in the

home of a ship repair and boatbuilding company in

water behind a boat that serve to keep the mouth of

Lyttelton.

a trawl net open. The company’s previously largest

Stark Bros has been a fixture of the Canterbury

crane, a PK78, is unable to easily handle the doors.

port for 60 years and has operated heavy vehicles

Operations manager Cameron Stark oversaw

for 50 of them. For the past 20 years the company

the project, but emphasises that the job was a real

has also integrated crane trucks into its operations,

team effort: “All our people – welders, fabricators,

finding their manoeuvrability and versatility when

woodworkers, designers – were fully engaged with

working off jetties and at the side of dry docks a

the job. And it went far wider than that: the input

real positive.

from Volvo NZ, Palfinger NZ and design engineers

The Stark Bros’ new unit is unusual in a couple

42 | Truckbody&Trailer

Meyer Consulting was critical.”

of aspects, one being its placement on a four-axle

Biggest challenge was getting the big PK92

truck – a decision that pushed its front axle loadings

onto an 8x4 truck. The Ryan’s unit sits on a

so close to regulatory limits, that set up with all its

five-axle Hino 700, but as Cameron explains,

kit on board, it can’t carry a passenger! Its other

manoeuvrability was a key requirement: “A five-

feature is that the setup of the 500hp Volvo FM

axle truck doesn’t work for us, because for a lot of

was all done in-house, using the wide range of

our work, on jetties, around the dry dock, on the

skills of the company’s engineering staff.

hills of Lyttelton, manoeuvrability and backing into

Top: Crane controls are handled via the levers, or the radio remote.

Bottom left: Weight was a big concern, so dressings are minimal, but there are alloy additions like the steps and some dress panels, while the fifth wheel offers towing capability.

Bottom right: Footpads slot neatly into place.

tight spaces is king.

installation, and the last time when it was complete

“So we started looking around the market. Hino

down to the number plates and ready for the road.

and Fuso were in the frame, but for us they sit too

They were absolutely fantastic, and ensured that

high. That’s OK for linehaul, but our drivers are in

the unit would be fully legal when it went into

and out of the cab a dozen times a day.”

service. With the fly jib on, the truck’s tare is right

Several of the Euro models fitted the bill, the nod eventually going to the Volvo FM, joining three other Volvos on the company’s 10-strong fleet.

on the limit, a fraction under 26t.

“We also wanted to avoid needing an H-permit, so that we would be free to go anywhere and

As Cameron explains, weight was critical: “When

not be restricted to routes or times of operation.

you mid-mount the crane like we wanted to, you

The way it is now, if we got a call for the crane in

tend to load up the front axles, the situation being

Kaikoura today, the only questions are is the truck

made trickier because we also wanted to mount a

fuelled up, and where will the driver have lunch?

fifth wheel to tow a trailer. The axles are rated at

“We bought a three-axle, 12.1m trailer which

6500kg, but our regulations limit them to 5500kg.

means we can keep the weight as far back as

And the weight of the PK92 is around a tonne more

possible and decrease the down-weight over the

than the PK78.

drive axles. The reason that one’s got a Ringfeder

“That meant the design engineers were thrown

as well is that a semi puts a little too much weight

a real curve ball – they were playing with barely

forward. We’re looking for a 9m pull trailer as well,

50mm on the placement of the crane. To make sure

which will add to the versatility of the unit, because

we were within limits, we got the CVIU over three

in a tight situation the crane will be able to lift the

times to weigh up the truck axles; the first time

trailer up and place it out of the way.”

when setting it up, the second during the crane

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Above: The crane had to lift 3.1t at 20 metres, and its placement on the truck was critical to meet weight limits.

Right: Weight was such a concern, even the lifting chain was specifically chosen, a German RUD piece that’s 30 percent lighter than an equivalent-strength conventional chain.

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lifting chain, developed by German company RUD;

While the core engineering of the unit is top

the distinctive pink chain is around 30 percent

drawer, the thing that first catches the eye is its

lighter than a comparably strong conventional

presentation, with beautifully constructed chain

chain.

bins, access steps and accessory lockers capped

Cameron details the steps taken in the fabrication

off by alloy side skirting. Cameron Stark admits

of the sub-chassis needed to support the crane:

this last item adds nothing to the truck’s overall

“To start we used strips of customwood to map

practicality, commenting: “It’s kind of like pimping

patterns of the equipment – spring hangers and the

your ride.”

like – that are on the main chassis and have to stay

However,

he

acknowledges

its

effect

on

there, then make a mirror pattern of that in plywood

presentation: “When you look at the other trucks,

and mark the additions like brackets for air lines

with their separate guards, their fuel, hydraulics

that can be mounted further out. The next stage

and Adblue tanks, chain bins and leg blocks all on

is to take the steel for the sides of the subframe,

show, it kind of makes them look a bit messy by

make the cutaways for the major components

comparison.

then accurately scribe the pattern of holes from

“It was an added cost, sure, but the work was all

the basic chassis rails and drill them, effectively

done in-house during down time with other work,

replicating the Volvo design. The final step was to

so it wasn’t as if we had to job it out.”

weld the side and top plates (the latter carrying the

Final visual touches are added by the paint

base support beams for the crane) to the new sub-

job provided by Hussey Paint & Panel and the

chassis structure.

signwriting from Action Signs.

“If ever we had a major incident with the truck

Contacts:

you’d basically have to cut the chassis off and start

Stark Bros: 03 328 8550, starkbros.co.nz

all over again!”

Palfinger: www.goughpalfinger.co.nz

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Patchell, Fruehauf and Roadmaster (right) earned the top three positions in the 2017 sales race.

Story: Robin Yates

Records galore in white-hot heavy vehicle market, and for some, 2018 is already off to a hot start.

2017: YEAR IN REVIEW Y ES, 2017 WILL GO DOWN AS THE YEAR OF RECORDS.

Despite a late surge by Fruehauf, Patchell recorded its eighth

Not quite every record in the heavy truck and trailer market

consecutive year as top trailer manufacturer. If it can maintain this for

was broken, but most were. Starting with trucks, official

another four years, it will equal Roadmaster’s 12 year reign at the top

NZTA registration data for 4.5t to max GVM shows that in the fourth

between 1997 and 2009.

quarter 1296 units were registered beating the previous best ever Q4

Patchell also set a new full year registration record for trailer

set in 2014 by 17 percent. For the full year, 5241 trucks beat the 2014

manufacturers of 186 units and increased its market share. Fruehauf

record by 18 percent, and was a massive 28 percent ahead of 2016.

was the bridesmaid yet again, but for the full year Roadmaster improved

Heavy trailer sales did go well but not at the same frenetic pace of

from fifth to third, and MTE from seventh to fourth. Domett lost one

heavy trucks. In November, 166 registrations set a new record for that

place and Maxicube lost three. Transport Trailers lost one place while

month but 127 In December was 12 percent behind the 2014 peak.

TMC gained one. Jackson also lost one place and Transfleet remained

However enough momentum had been built in October and November

tenth.

to achieve a new Q4 record of 437 registrations, beating 2014 by just

Reference to the comparison charts shows that those brands that

14 units and setting a new full year record of 1577, narrowly passing the

increased their share were Patchell, MTE, TMC, Hammar, Schmitz

old record of 1575 set in 2015. It was also an 18 percent improvement

Cargobull, Adams & Currie, Chieftain, Makaranui, Cowan, Tanker

on full year 2016.

Engineering, Lowes, BM, White, Guy Norris, Clarke, Convair, Jamieson, Jan 2018

Brand

PATCHELL FRUEHAUF M.T.E. MAXICUBE DOMETT TRINITY JACKSON TMC ROADMASTER TRANSFLEET TRANSPORT TRAILERS OTHER Total

52 | Truckbody&Trailer

vol 20 9 9 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 25 102

% 19.6 8.8 8.8 6.9 5.9 5.9 4.9 4.9 3.9 2.9 2.9 24.5 100

0

Nickel, Fotheringhame, Warren-Garland, Glasgow and Bison. CWS, Kraft, MTT, SEC and MF Kings held their share while all others lost share. One of the difficulties in analysing trailer registration is that a significant number do not show either a manufacturer or model name, often both. Tankers in particular are a problem and at the end of 2017 there were 19 unidentified with no clues to their make or end use, and one that specifies LPG. Over the following two weeks after this data was collated, additional information became available, so we’ve been able to attribute a further two trailers each to both Tanker Engineering and Lowes, and one or two other types to other manufacturers.

We have applied a cut-off at three units, so those manufacturers registering less than three are included in ‘Other’.

Looking at the ‘area’ graph shows that Auckland, Christchurch,

Country of origin France UK Germany Australia USA China South Africa Netherland Italy Canada New Zealand Total

Napier, Timaru, Gisborne, Whangarei, Nelson, Thames, Wanganui and Greymouth all increase their share at the expense of others.

Brand

2017 vol 20 18 18 13 9 3 2 1 0 0 1493 1577

2016 % 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0 94.7

vol 10 8 2 6 6 5 0 0 1 1 1298 1337

% 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0 0 0.1 0.1 97.1

Year to Year Comparison 2017 2016 Volume % Volume % 186 11.8 155 11.6

Imported trailers accounted for 5.3 percent of the market in 2017

PATCHELL

compared with 2.9 percent in 2016. Maxitrans products made both

FRUEHAUF

153

9.7

141

in NZ and Australia are all registered under the Maxicube name.

ROADMASTER

116

7.4

100

7.5

M.T.E.

113

7.2

69

5.2

However if a local manufacturer imports product and registers it under the overseas brand name, it’s that overseas name that appears on the official NZTA data that TBT magazine works from.

There was a significant reduction in the numbers of 50t-plus trailers

10.5

DOMETT

106

6.7

107

8.0

TRANSPORT TRAILERS

98

6.2

75

5.6

MAXICUBE

97

6.2

108

8.1

TMC

95

6.0

56

4.2

JACKSON

59

3.7

61

4.6

TRANSFLEET

53

3.4

47

3.5

TES

33

2.1

39

2.9

CWS

31

2.0

27

2.0

KRAFT

27

1.7

23

1.7

FAIRFAX

23

1.5

25

1.9

than twice the combined total for equal second placed Fruehauf and

EVANS

23

1.5

27

2.0

HAMMAR

21

1.3

15

1.1

MTE, with nine apiece. Fourth was Maxicube (seven), followed by

LOHR

20

1.3

10

0.7

Domett and the American import, Trinity with six each. In equal-

SCHMITZ CARGOBULL

17

1.1

0

0.0

MILLS-TUI

16

1.0

20

1.5

LUSK

15

1.0

20

1.5

ADAMS & CURRIE

14

0.9

9

0.7

sold last year, 30 down from 68 in 2016, but all other weight groups increased their volumes with the 20t-to-40t segments increasing from 1061 in 2016 to 1319 in 2017.

The new year has shown some interesting trends already: Patchell made a storming start to 2018 with 20 registrations in January, more

seventh came Jackson and TMC (five). Roadmaster was down six places (with four registrations) from its 2017 final position, while Transfleet was joined in tenth place by Transport Trailers with three trailers each.

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CHEFTAIN

13

0.8

8

0.6

MAKARANUI

13

0.8

5

0.4

COWAN

11

0.7

6

0.4

Increase of share

MTT

10

0.6

8

0.6

loss of share

HTS

9

0.6

10

0.7

TANKER ENGINEERING

9

0.6

6

0.4

No change

GVM in kg full years

TRT

9

0.6

11

0.8

LOWES

8

0.5

4

0.3

PTE

7

0.4

7

0.5

WHITE

7

0.4

1

0.1

0ver 60,000

2017

%

2016

%

MTE

13

0.8

10

0.7

SEC

6

0.4

5

0.4

TRT

3

0.2

6

0.4

BM

5

0.3

2

0.1

Patchell

1

0.1

3

0.2

GUY NORRIS

4

0.3

2

0.1

CLARKE ENGINEERING

4

0.3

2

0.1

50,001 to 60,000 MTE

7

0.4

5

0.4

MORBARK

4

0.3

2

0.1

Patchell

5

0.3

39

2.9

CONVAIR

3

0.2

2

0.1

TRT

1

0.1

3

0.2

JAMIESON

3

0.2

2

0.1

Heavy Lift

0

0

2

0.1

MF KINGS

3

0.2

3

0.2

NICKEL

3

0.2

2

0.1 0.1

0 to 50,000 40,001 to 50,000

141

8.9

125

9.3

FOTHERINGHAME

3

0.2

1

30.001 to 40,000

787

49.9

667

49.9

WARREN-GARLAND

3

0.2

1

0.1

20,001 to 30,000

532

33.7

394

29.5

GLASGOW ENGINEERING

3

0.2

2

0.1 0.1

10,001 to 20,000

45

2.9

34

2.5

BISON

3

0.2

2

< 10,001

42

2.7

49

3.7

OTHER

118

7.5

109

8.2

Total all

1577

Total

1577

100

1337

100

1337

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Kiwi Tarps - kiwitarps.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Malcolm Cab Solutions - Rotorua Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

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Mega Pacific - megapacific.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 39

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Mikes Transport Warehouse - mtw.net.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Nationwide Stock Crates - nationwidecrates.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A NZ Tarping Systems - nztarpingsystems.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A NZ Trucks - nztrucks.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Peak Panel & Paint - peakpanelandpaint.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 51

Wairau Truck Bodies – ALIMAX - wairautruckbodies.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

Plytech International Ltd - plytech.co.nz Ad on page: ....................................................................... 9

Valley Crates - valleycrates.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

Promax Engineered Plastics Ltd - promaxplastics.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

Warren Auger Bins Ltd - warrenaugerbins.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

PTEK Ltd - ptek.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

SUPPLIERS Airplex - airplex.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Archers Auto Springs - autosprings.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Brake’z & Alignment Ltd - brakez.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A BPW Transport Efficiency - tenz.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

PPG - ppgpaints.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Racewell Engineering (McIndoe Group) - mcindoegroup.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Real Steel - realsteel.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 25 Resene Automotive & Light Industrial - fleetcare.net.nz Ad on page: ....................................................................... 5 Rhino Products - mudguards.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A SiLodec - silodec.co.nz Ad on page: ........................................... Inside Back Cover

Bigfoot Equipment - bigfoot.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

Smallbone Isuzu - smallbones.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 45

CDL Autoparts/Peterson - cdlautoparts.co.nz Ad on page: ....................................................................... 8

Tates NZ Ltd - South Auckland Ad on page: ..................................................................... 29

Commercial Transport Spares - cts.co.nz

TIS - trainingsupply.com Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Gough Palfinger - goughpalfinger.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 15 Gough Transpecs - goughtranspecs.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Hella - hella.co.nz Ad on page:........................................................................ 7

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Thermo King - thermoking.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A TRT - trt.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 48 Truck & Trailer Parts - tatp.co.nz Ad on page: .....................................................Inside Cover

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