Photo shoots 1980s -2010
Mogal
A slice of history when Mogal were a big name in heavy haulage, with this R-series Mack and International teaming up to move a transformer out of Lyttelton and over Evans Pass into Sumner at Christchurch.
Dave Skoda Ching believes that Neil Rotch was the original driver of this Mack R797RSX which was new to Burnetts Motors Ltd, of Ashburton, and was called in to drive it again for this load.
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Bill Richardson Memorial Rally
Click here to see photographs of the The Long Lap – Bill Richardson Rally
8×8 Fertiliser spreaders – Andrews Transport 1980s – the great experiment
The great experiment.
Southland is one of the most productive rural regions in the world, but requires a lot of superphosphate and lime to be so.
Enter Fred Andrews. He put both an MAN and Mercedes 8×8 spreaders to work, fitted them with duals up front, and triples on the rear and set them loose.
The economics weren’t there, but what a glorious experiment it was.