Nissan Diesel’s COE models started with the six-wheeler Rhino, the eight-wheeler Vulcan and the four-wheeler Tasker – arriving in New Zealand in the late 1960s and originally powered by Nissan’s stupendous Uniflow two-stroke diesel engine range.
The fuel-crisis of the early ’70s killed off the two-strokes, but by then Nissan had developed their four-stroke range, and in particular the 300hp V8 that powered their heavy-hitters in the range proved to be a huge success and one of the reasons the brand is so well respected in the industry, as it set a template of durability that defined the brand right up to the present day.
Wattie Goldsmith Ruatoria Rhino
Nissan Rhino two-stroke powered diesel outside the NZ Chinese Asso. hall at Gisbourne.
Operated by Wattie Goldsmith of Ruatoria.
Wairarapa EF326 livestock lineup
Nissan Rhino six-wheeler and three-axle livestock trailer working for Transport Wairarapa.
Note the comms aerial arrays, which was cutting edge in the late sixties and early seventies when this truck went to work.
Vulcan logger two axle trailer
Vulcan livestock two axle trailer Sommerville Lawrance
Vulcan eight wheeler construction tippers07
Vulcan eight wheeler construction tippers06
United livestock Vulcan
Tulloch at Ohai21
Transport Wairarapa Rhino two-axle semi livestock0001
Transport Waiarapa eight wheeler three axle live stock trailer02
Tony Pye eight wheeler and four axle jinker
Three CWA Freight Haulage
Taits eight wheeler four axle trailer livestock
Sutherlands Rhino 8x2 hay and trailer
Six wheeler and two axle trailer
Shogun night study
Shaws Arrowtown recovery Nissan
SCC_Nissan_dumper_31-Recovered
SCC tipper and bottom dumper
SCC six wheeler tipper55
SCC group Nissan shot with drivers07
SCC bottom dumper21
SCC bottom dumper tipper council members
Ryal x 2 livestock
ryal hennan 2
ryal bush heenan lineup
Rhino logger semi Rotorua
Opzeeland nissan fleet
NZ Cement Upper Waitaki Batching plant 12 cubic yard agitator 0002
NZ Cement Upper Waitaki Batching plant 12 cubic yard agitator
NSTH Vulcan two eight wheelers tipper16
NSTH Vulcan eight wheelers Homer Tunnel Fiordland Ken Wilson pho15
NSTH Jumbos and Rhino
Noddy train20
Nissan truck and datsun car61
Nissan logging Fletcher0001
Nissan Jumbo 250hp 695 lb-ft logger MM Crane Logging Balclutha0002
native logs being loaded
Modern Freighters reefer A-train
McStays warehouse lineup
McStays lineup night
Mainfreight night
Irvines CP yacht
International factory Nissans 2
Holgate central Otago Rhino wool cartage
Hargreaves eight wheeler three axle live stock trailer01
Freightways furniture53
Freight-Hauage-Nissan-LD3751-sm-scaled
Freight Haulage tipulator
Frank Anderson Alexandra six-wheeler two axle live stock trailer09
Firth Vulcan
Firth Vulcan and two axle trailer
Dynes23
Dynes Vulcan eight wheeler tipper haulage 11
Dynes chip liner
Dynes chipliner22
DT King six-wheeler
Dipton Sungreat no 1 DM1725
cromtrans livestock
Croft close up CG380
Croft bridge
Coop's Nissan logger56
Clinton 30
Clinton 29
Clinton 28
Clinton 27
Clinton 26
Clinton 25
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CC-Clyde_cartage_Nissan_tanker_cement-20
BW Nissan tipper19
Burns transport wyndham CW300 livestock truck and trailer54
British pavements semi tanker
Brightlines single screw artic 08
B-W Nissan tipper19
Andrews first sold by cvc livestock
Andrews CW wool17
Allan Russell30
A fine example of a Nissan Diesel Rhino of the era which worked for Frank Anderson of Alexandra.
This model Nissan revolutionised trucking wwhen introducted in the late sixties by providing a truck significantly more powerful, far more durable and with tandem drive at a time when that package was hard to find, at an affordable price....
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Tuakau Transport Ltd stock liners05
Transport Wairarapa Rhino two-axle semi livestock
Transport Waiarapa Vulcan eight wheeler live stock semi 04
Tasker semi33
Tasker semi31
Tasker milk tanker semi38
Sommerville Vulcan and two axle trailer livestock37
Rhino posts Tapanui
Rhino and trailer cement35
Rhino and trailer cement34
Port Freighters heavy transport Rhino
Otapiri transport livestock 1980s52
NSTH vulcan36
NSTH Rhino with tag axle tipper dumping
NSTH Rhino and Jumbo livestock and tippers
Noddy train43
Millars flat x 245
Milk tanker Moa mount egmont41
Livestock Sungreat singles on trailer
Hargreaves Vulcan lazy axle three axle trailer
Hargreaves Rhino logger semi native log
CW spreader48
CW spreader47
Clinton 31