One of the best – and longest running – truck show’s in New Zealand – is the Alexandra Festival Parade includes some of the southern-South Island’s best rigs.
Star of the 2018 Show was this million kilometre Western Star working for Summerland Express Freight.
More of this truck can be found here – Summerland – Containers
Back in 1984, this Mainfreight eight-wheeler was star of the show.
As time goes by, we will drag out and add-to many of the pages in this archive, including the ones we shot when JJ2090 reigned supreme.
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ZC-10 KW Clyde tipper
Stewart Bros came from Hikutaia in the Thames Valley, but operated this W924 Kenworth on aggregate haulage at the Clyde Dam construction project during the eighties and nineties, hauling from Road Metals screening plant to the dam. Along with the International Eagles they also operated, it was estimated that Stewarts moved around two-million tonne of aggregate.
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OP5229 CH Mack six-wheeler, four-axle drop sided trailer.
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DB Draught Mercedes Benz 1984
NH5997 was a Mercedes tractor working under a DB Draught B-train in the eighties in the Otago region.
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This International ACCO worked on rubbish collection in Central Otago, Alexandra in the eighties.