Allis-Chalmers HD5 bulldozer with 2.71 GM diesel engine snigging a log in a logging operation.

Allis-Chalmers HD5 bulldozer with 2.71 GM diesel engine loading logs on a logging truck.

A.B. Lloyd Bedford A5 tractor and single axle jinker loading native logs. Note the configuration.

A.B. Lloyd 1953-54 Bedford A5 logger. Cable Price Ford.

O'Malley's Transport Commer CC series tipper getting loaded with small logs destined to be fence posts. The loader is a Michigan 35 with a log grab fitted.

This 1984 320 horsepower Mack R612RS(E) was the second R model bought new by Hayes Logging & Transport of Milton, South Otago. Their first was a 1979 285 horsepower R686RS. The letter E in the model designation of this truck identifies it as one of the trucks that were destined to fill a large order of R models for Ecuador. When the order was cancelled Mack in the U.S. was left with the CKD kits and no buyer. The kits to build the Ecuadorean Macks ended up being shipped to New Zealand where Motor Truck Distributors in Palmerston North were able to offer them to Kiwi buyers at a good price. There were a few minor differences between most E series and normal N.Z. market R models such as a bonnet scoop to provide air for the tip turbine fan intercooler as opposed to 2 intake outlets on the driver's side mounted air cleaner or 2 separate air cleaners on either side of the cab, one just providing air to the intercooler.

R.H. Pettigrew Transport, Bay View, Napier, 1948-1950 Ford Bonus Built Thornton 6x4 with a very large log. Russell-(later Sir Russell) Pettigrew was a successful transport operator in Hawkes Bay, his company Pettigrew's Transport was one of the four N.Z. transport companies than formed the Allied Freightways Group along with Australian transport giant, Mayne Nickless in 1965. The other N.Z. carriers were Dale's Transport in Auckland, J. O'Brien & Co. in Wellington and A.R. Guthrey & Co. in Christchurch.

A line up of trucks loaded with sawn timber belonging to the Fletcher Timber Co. at Tuck Bros. sawmill at Taupo. In the lead is a Leyland Hippo with trailer followed by an A5 or D6 Bedford, a "parrot nose" Dodge, Fargo or De Soto and another Bedford D6.

The C. & A. Odlin Timber & Hardware Co. operated this Hino ZM120 logger. The ZM120 model was powered by a Hino DK10 195 horsepower 6 cylinder diesel engine with licence-built U.S. Spicer 5 speed main and 4 speed auxiliary gearboxes and licence-built U.S. Timken/Rockwell double reduction differentials. Clyde Engineering held the Hino agency in N.Z. from 1964-(the first Hino ZM901 series truck was sold here in Sept. 1964) until 1984 when the agency passed to Hino Distributors (N.Z.)-a division of Truck Investments. Hino was the first Japanese truck brand to be sold in any volume here, with UD Nissan following from late 1966 and Fuso and Isuzu-(badged as Bedford) from 1971.

Hogg & Co., sawmillers based in Ranfurly, Maniototo, Bedford TK unloading logs with a hydraulic truck mounted crane with log grapple.

A Freightline Leyland Beaver model 14BT or 16BT of the N.Z. Lumber Company, Mt. Maunganui is getting loaded with sawn timber by a side loader,

A 1920s era Leyland 6 wheeler belonging to Winstones carting one very stout log. Whether this truck was a factory forward control type or a local conversion of a bonneted model with a half cab placed alongside the engine is unknown.

A well loaded GMC CCW 6x4 logger.

A 1939 Ford 6 wheel logger. 1939 was the first year for Ford cars and trucks to have hydraulic brakes. Ford was slow to adopt the hydraulic braking system as Henry Ford didn't approve of it. Chrysler had fitted hydraulic brakes to their cars since 1924 and REO and Graham Bros./Dodge trucks had had hydraulic brakes since the late 1920s. General Motors were also relatively late to adopt them-not going the hydraulic way until 1936. This truck will be either a tag axle 6x2 or a Sussex 6x4 conversion. The Sussex 6x4 conversion was manufactured by County Commercial Cars of Fleet, Hampshire, England, for fitting to Ford and English Fordson trucks. This was the same company that later made the County crawler and 4 wheel drive tractors based on Fordson/Ford tractor skid units.

R.A. McLennan's International AA164 loaded with logs waiting while a fairly rough S model Bedford is being unloaded by a crane. The AA164 was a slightly heavier truck than the similar AA162 model. Both trucks used the same engine, a 142 horsepower Australian Blue Diamond ABD264 petrol, the 164 had a 5 speed gearbox, while the 162 had a 4 speed, the 164 had a slightly heavier Eaton 2 speed rear axle and the bigger truck rode on 6 stud Budd wheels as opposed to 5 stud for the 162.

A rather battered GMC CCW353 6x4 refuelling/servicing truck refuelling a track mounted skyline log hauler. It appears to have a large air tank mounted horizontally above the fuel tank so must have an engine driven compressor as well.

GMC CCKW 6x6 logger of N.Z. Forest Products with tandem axle log jinker with a good load of long logs.

A GMC CCKW 6x6 belonging to the McVicar Timber Group in Christchurch. This had been a working truck in McVicar's logging fleet and with its 270 cubic inches 6 cylinder petrol engine is a far cry from McVicar's Kenworth logging trucks of the late 1970s-1990s period.

A GMC CCKW 6x6 belonging to the McVicar Timber Group in Christchurch. This had been a working truck in McVicar's logging fleet and with its 270 cubic inches 6 cylinder petrol engine is a far cry from McVicar's Kenworth logging trucks of the late 1970s-1990s period. The GMC model code of CCKW352 or 353 can be explained as-the first letter is the year starting with A in 1939-so C=1941 design, (B=1940, D=1942, no letters allocated for 1942 and 1943, E=1945-46 and so on, this lettering system was used up to the late 1940s), 2nd letter C=conventional, with a bonnet or hood-(F=cab over engine), 3rd letter K=driven front axle, 4th letter W=6x4 tandem rear drive, 352/353=300 series with 52-145" and 53-164" denoting wheelbase length.

Timber Supplies, Matakana operated this GMC CCKW 6x6 with locally made wooden framed cab. It was likely that this truck was an open cab version when in military use. That is one big bit of timber it's carting.

D.M. Smyth ran this GMC CCKW 6x6 and two axle logging jinker contracted to the Auckland Timber Co.

Before Southern Transport of Invercargill became a general carrier in late 1960, the company, owned by Bill Richardson's father, Harold Richardson, operated a small fleet of International, Ford, GMC, Commer and Thames Trader trucks to service their sawmilling, timber cartage and pre-fabricated house businesses. Harold Richardson owned the Niagara Sawmilling Co. with bush sawmills milling native timber at Progress Valley, Blackhorn and Mokoreta in Eastern Southland. This Timken diff equipped GMC CCKW 6x6 with front mounted winch of Southern Transport based in Wyndham is being loaded with some pretty gnarly native logs.

Before Southern Transport of Invercargill became a general carrier in late 1960, the company, owned by Bill Richardson's father, Harold Richardson, operated a small fleet of International, Ford, GMC, Commer and Thames Trader trucks to service their sawmilling, timber cartage and pre-fabricated house businesses. Harold Richardson owned the Niagara Sawmilling Co. with bush sawmills milling native timber at Progress Valley, Blackhorn and Mokoreta in Eastern Southland. This GMC CCKW 6x6 of Southern Transport based in Wyndham is loaded with some pretty gnarly native logs.

T.N. Mouat, Westport, GMC CCW 6x4 involved in logging operations in the late 1950s-early 1960s period.

GMC CCKW 6x6 logger belonging to logging contractor, Ted Beazley.

A neat front on shot of a banjo diff equipped GMC CCKW 6x6 engaged in native logging operations with a very large piece of timber in tow.

Timber Supplies, Matakana operated this GMC CCKW 6x6 with locally made wooden framed cab. It was likely that this truck was an open cab version when in military use. That is one big bit of timber it's carting.

A large native log in the process of being loaded on a Perkins powered-(probably a P6), GMC CCW353 6x4 with two axle jinker. The GMC belonged to T. Croft of Stillwater, West Coast, and you will see there needed to be a bit of manual handling to get the log in place.

White for Tacon Transport at Kumara mid sixties. Big load of native!

Tacon's Transport, Kumara, International ACF174 with a load of logs on a two axle jinker that was obviously made from an old 6 wheel truck-possibly an ex-World War 2 GMC. The American AC series International trucks were introduced in 1957 as a short hood version of the A series also introduced that year replacing the S series. While the previous U.S. L, R, and S series trucks used the Comfo Vision cab, the new A/AC series used a completely new cab that would be used on Australian International AA-(starting in 1958), AB, C, and D Line trucks and Dodge AT4-(starting in 1962) and D5N trucks. The ACF174 was powered by an International Black Diamond BD308 6 cylinder petrol engine of 154 horsepower.

Bill Tacon's International LF195 with some pretty gnarly native logs chained to the bolsters. It must have been hot work as the bonnet sides have been removed. This truck would have been powered by an International Red Diamond 6 cylinder petrol engine-either an RD372, RD406 or RD450. Before passing to Tacons, this truck was operated by Bert Martyn of A.V. Martyn & Co., Timaru.

Two International trucks belonging to G.R. (George) Wallis of Greymouth parked outside the Albion Hotel at Luggate. The bigger truck is an American SF174 6x4 and the pickup is an Australian AR110 with Coupe Cab.

A c.1970-71 Leyland Bison of Westland Transport, Hokitika loaded with what appear to be pine logs. The Leyland Lynx and Buffalo 4x2s and Bison 6x4 were introduced in 1968 featuring a new design of engine, the fixed-head 500. Although touted by Leyland as a revolutionary new design without a separate cylinder head and featuring an overhead camshaft, in practice the 500 and its turbocharged sisters-510, 511 etc. were terribly unreliable engines. Many trucks that started out with 500 series engines were soon repowered with other brands of engine-usually Detroit Diesel 6.71Ns, but also Scania, Isuzu and others. Another feature of these trucks was the "high datum" raised Ergomatic cab-notice the extra metal in between the moulding on the bottom of the door and the front guard. This truck has the F41 type hub reduction tandem that was also fitted to some Leyland/Scammell Crusaders.

Westland Transport, Hokitika, 1968 Canadian Kenworth LW924R powered by a naturally aspirated Cummins NH250. Westland Transport used this truck on log haulage and after them it went to Taieri Carrying Company at Mosgiel where it was also used for log cartage. It was new to J.V. Geany at Rotorua and was one of 3 of this model they bought for log haulage. Canadian Kenworths were built in a factory at Burnaby, British Columbia on Canada's west coast.

A Westland Transport. Hokitika, Fuso FV113 logger, most likely powered by a Mitsubishi 8DC80A 305 horsepower V8. Native logging has been a thing of the past for several years, but when it was allowed it gave a good livelihood to a lot of people.

Westland Transport, Hokitika, Fuso T81 with a good load of native logs on a couple of well used flat deck trailers fitted with bolsters. This model and the T93 6x4 were the first model of big Fuso trucks to be sold here from around 1971. They were powered by Mitsubishi 8DC20A 250 horsepower or 8DC60A 285 horsepower indirect injection V8 diesel engines with Fuller Roadranger RTO9513 13 speed overdrive gearboxes.

AEC Majestic model GB6 of Westland Transport, Hokitika. A rare truck in this country it would have the 226 horsepower AV760 engine.

AEC Majestic model GB6 of Westland Transport. One of only 2 of this model to come to New Zealand.

A Leyland Freightline Hippo of Westland Transport, Hokitika on logging work. Westland Transport had operated quite a few Leyland Group trucks over the years-(Super Hippo, LAD Hippo, at least 3 tilt cab Hippos, tilt cab Bison, Albion PF107 Reiver, 2-3 LAD Reivers, AEC Majestic, Scammell Handyman), but by the early to mid-1970s they were buying Fuso and later Mitsubishi and ERF B series trucks. At least No.1 was powered by the old reliable and steady 200 horsepower 680 Power Plus with a 6 speed and splitter Leyland gearbox and heavy hub reduction drive axles.

Westland Transport's EH model Leyland Super Hippo having its load of logs unloaded at a West Coast sawmill. This truck was new to the Dairy Products Company at Edendale, Southland and would have been powered by a 150 horsepower O.680 diesel engine with a 5 speed gearbox with splitter and worm diffs. There weren't many Super Hippos in N.Z. and as far as I know this truck was the only one in the South Island.

Albion Reiver logging truck of Westland Transport, Hokitika. The LAD cab RE series Reivers had updated running gear using hub reduction drive axles compared to the earlier square cab PF107 Reivers which had overhead worm diffs.

Westland Transport, Hokitika, Hino ZM120 with a lifting pusher axle fitted in front of the tandem. It is loaded with sawn timber and tows a 2 axle flat deck trailer loaded with logs.

A photograph dated April 30th 1968 of Dave Jackson's, Jackson's Timber Transport, Rotorua, International RF195 logger that was repowered with a Caterpillar 1673B series rated at 245 horsepower at 2200 r.p.m. The Caterpillar diesel which displaced 525 cubic inches and was a turbocharged/aftercooled higher horsepower automotive version of the D333 industrial/tractor engine as fitted to the D6B and D6C tractors replaced the original Red Diamond petrol engine. The repower was performed by Jack Tidd-Ross Todd at Te Rapa, Hamilton in 1968. As well as the new diesel engine, a Spicer 8516 16 speed Air-Matic compound transmission was fitted. The Air-Matic transmission had 4 forward gear positions and 4 air controlled splits in each lever position giving 16 forward gears. This truck later passed to George Wallis at Haast Transport and ironically Dave Jackson purchased a truck that was new in the South Island-the ex-Ryan Bros., Christchurch, International F210D-(the only F210D sold new the S.I.).

J.A. Caulfield of Rotorua operated this Power Plus series Leyland Hippo on log cartage duties. Photograph dated October 1966. I have seen LAD Hippos with two types of rear suspension-4 spring as appears to be fitted to this truck and a 2 spring camelback type similar to a Mack camelback.

One of T. (Trevor) Doidge's International logging trucks photographed at Ruatahuna in 1966. T. Doidge Ltd. operated a very large fleet of logging units based in Tokoroa with at least 18 LF195 and RF195 International trucks at this time as well as SF174, ACF174, ACF182, BCF182, AACO 182 Mk.1 and Mk.2 IH models. From 1961 several of the Red Diamond petrol powered 190 series Internationals were repowered with GM 6.71 and 6V53N 2 stroke diesels by Ross Todd Motors at Cambridge and from 1967 Jack Tidd-Ross Todd at Te Rapa, Hamilton. In 1971 5 RF195s were repowered with Scania DS11 engines. Also in the fleet in the mid-1960s were 4 White 2064 models, one of which had its REO Gold Comet derived Super Mustang petrol engine replaced with a 6.71 GM diesel and another 2064 was repowered with a Caterpillar 1673B diesel rated at 245 horsepower. In 1963 and 1964 Ross Todd Motors also reworked 2 heavy ex-World War 2 American trucks into 6.71 GM powered log haulers for Doidges-Brutus was based on a Sterling DDS235 6x6 that had been operated by N.Z. Forest Products in its original state with Waukesha 145GK 779 cubic inches petrol engine. Brutus had an International L190 series Comfo Vision cab fitted and Colossus was based on a Mack NM series 6x6 which would originally have had a Mack Thermodyne 707 cubic inches petrol engine. Colossus was fitted with an International AA series cab with an ACF or BCF grille.

Two Hino ZM120 loggers of Carter Merchants (Maramarua) waiting to be unloaded at Carter's Maramarua sawmill.

Another logging operator who ran a number of International trucks was R.G. (Bob) Woolston of Rotorua. His Mk.2 AACO 182 is seen here getting loaded by a Hough H50 loader with log grab in this photograph dated Dec. 1967. As well as AACOs, Bob Woolston had RF and RDF 195s, Loadstar F1800Ds, DCF400s and ACCOF 2150-A models.

A 1965 photograph of a Pine Milling Co., Rotorua, International Loadstar F1800.

Known as Foden Logger, the 1961 Foden FETU6/40 of M.L. (Joe) Hose, Logging Contractor from Rotorua. It was powered by a 150 horsepower Foden FD6 Mk.3 2 stroke diesel engine and was fitted with the S21 "Mickey Mouse" fibreglass non-tilting cab.

Bassett's Logging Transport of Warkworth in Northland owned this International LF174 6x4 carting a massive kauri log. The tandem axle log jinker appears to use axles either from a Ford Thornton tandem or a GMC CCW/CCKW with Timken diffs.

Advertisement for the S40/S41 Foden range with Motor Panels steel cab as also fitted to ERF MV/MW trucks, Leyland/Scammell Crusaders, Guy Big J series trucks and contemporary Seddon trucks. From 1953 until 1967 Foden trucks were sold by Auckland firm, Fodenway Motors owned Len Buckby and his sons, Ted and John. Regional agents were Robert Holt & Sons in Hawkes Bay and Gore Services in Southland. In 1967 Fodens in the U.K. acquired Fodenway Motors and the Auckland premises became a factory branch. An odd thing about the picture in this advertisement is the Foden S40/S41 logger is an Australian truck operated by Mayne Nickless.

Probably the most famous Kenworth truck in New Zealand trucking history, this 1973 wide grille LW924R model was new to Mike Lambert of Mt. Maunganui. It was one of only two trucks, (both Kenworths-the other was another wide grille LW924R delivered new to Mike Lambert in 1977) to be powered by a Detroit Diesel 12V71N engine of around 456-475 horsepower. This truck became known as Concorde and is pictured here in the livery of second owner Alf Quaife who had driven the truck when employed by Mike Lambert. Concorde subsequently went through several other owners, even spending some time in the South Island when owned by George Wallis of Wanaka and today survives in preservation with Barry Caulfield of Whakatane. In 1973 when Concorde was new, it boasted well over 100 horsepower more than any other road going truck in New Zealand-the next most powerful engine available in a Kenworth at the time was a Cummins NTC335. Of the other American brands available Mack was offering a 237 horsepower 6 cylinder and a 325 horsepower V8 and International converted a handful of Fleetstar F2010-A series V8 petrol powered trucks to diesels with Cummins NH250 power. Of the British brands offering U.S. running gear, Leyland/Scammell had the Crusader with the Detroit Diesel 8V71N at 290 and 318 horsepower and an MW cab ERF had a Cummins NHK250 or NTK310 engine.

Mossburn Transport's Albion CD21 Clydesdale carting what appear to be power or telephone poles.

A.R. Wallis, sawmillers from Ross on the West Coast operated these two International A4 trucks on timber and log hauling duties. They were powered by an IH FB series 279 cubic inches overhead valve, 7 main bearing 6 cylinder petrol engine that was the forerunner of the later well regarded Red Diamond engines that were still available in certain models into the early 1970s. With their chrome radiator surrounds and 8 spoke cast wheels they would have been impressive trucks in their day. The A4 model was available from 1930-1934 and these trucks would be later versions built from autumn 1932 until the A4 model ended production in 1934 as they have the more durable full floating rear axles that was introduced part way through 1932 production. The semi-floating rear axles fitted to earlier A4 trucks were a weak point of the design behind the powerful for the day 6 cylinder engine.

A Mk.1 Commer R7 logger being push loaded off a bank by an International TD14A bulldozer with Hamilton hydraulic blade. It appears that the truck has taken quite a whack in the front bumper, fortunately it seems to have protected the cab from any damage. This truck is a slightly later Mk.1 R7 as it has the wipers pivoted from the top of the screens-the Mk.1 was built 1948-1951. The Mk.2 R7 model had a few improvements over the earlier trucks-much safer steps with more grips, small quarter windows in the rear corners of the cab, pressurised cooling system. Mk.2 models were built 1952-1954 and were still powered by the well regarded 109 horsepower 290 cubic inches sloper 6 cylinder petrol motor-the TS3 diesel option wouldn't arrive until 1954 with the Mk.3 models.

Des Phelps, Gisborne based log cartage contractor was another loyal user of International trucks. This LF174 hitched to a 4 wheel trailer has a good load of native logs on board.

A busy scene at the Timaru port in the early to mid-1960s. Burnett's Motors, Ashburton, International KB6F 6x4 with an odd looking 2 axle jinker that was made up using the tandem drive axles and part of the frame from an old Christchurch Tramways Board 6 wheel trolley bus. The KB6F model was powered by an IH Blue Diamond BLD269 6 cylinder petrol engine with a 5 speed gearbox/auxiliary gearbox combination and tandem drive axles on Hendrickson suspension. In the background a Hough H70 wheel loader is stockpiling logs ready to be loaded on the ship. A Mk.3 7 ton Commer, probably also belonging to Burnetts waits its turn to unload.

W.H. Birch & Co., Sawmillers, Tuatapere, Leyland Hippo loaded with native logs in a Southland forest. To ensure that nobody mistakes the model of truck, it has HIPPO signwritten below the radiator filler cap on the front panel of the cab. The square "mouth organ" grille cab was fitted to the forward control ECOS2 model Comet as well as the larger Beaver, Steer, Hippo and Octopus models. The Comets differered from their bigger brethren is several ways-engines-O.350-90 horsepower and O.350 Mk.3-100 horsepower versus O.680-150 horsepower, axles and wheels-8 stud Eaton 16500 or 18500 2 speed versus 10 stud Leyland worm, brakes-vacuum hydraulic versus full air.

G.R. (George) Wallis of Greymouth operated this early-1960s International RF195 logger. It is pictured here in snowy conditions with a good load of native logs in tow.

G.R. (George) Wallis of Greymouth operated this early-1960s International RF195 logger. It is pictured here with a good load of native logs in tow.