NZ’S NEWS SOURCE FOR ROAD TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS & HEAVY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR WWW.TRANSPORTTALK.CO.NZ – VOLUME 5 | ISSUE 12 | JULY 2018 Scania new generation arrives ruck manufacturer Scania has released a new range of Tmodels in New Zealand for the first time. Among those is the new gen- eration S-series cab, the biggest truck in the range, which was recently on show at the Mystery Bright future for the Unimog Creek Fieldays. Equipped with a 620 horse- ercedes-Benz New Zealand The sales team is now following power V8 diesel engine the vehicle is bringing the iconic Unimog up with a number of enquiries from has 33,200kg GVM and up to Minto the commercial market potential customers. 60,000kg GCM. for the first time. The Fieldays display provided “a It features a sleeper cab with a The truck provided years of service number of strong leads” and a number flat floor and is the first truck in the to the NZ Defence Force with over of further Unimog demonstrations are world to offer side curtain airbags 400 Unimogs delivered between 1982 being arranged with “key companies in It was awarded ‘International and 1986. the industry”, Theron says. Continued on page 27 However, it was never available for The vehicle sets a “benchmark” and other sectors in New Zealand until now. is well equipped for various industries. The June 2018 Mystery Creek Fiel- The NZ launch features two models days was a launching pad for the fresh with various specifications including look Unimog. the UGE all-wheel drive off-roader It featured the U430 model with a and the UHE all-wheel drive heavy Euro VI, 300 horsepower engine. duty off roader. It ranges in price from Daimler Truck and Bus NZ senior just under $200k to around $250k. CablePrice commercial vehicle manager Pieter Theron says the show- “Our aim is not to be the cheapest in national sales manager Mike Davidson casing drew a “very positive response”. the market, however, we bring a vehi- cle that’s like the Swiss Army Knife. INSIDE “Instead of buying three or four Fieldays photo wrap-up 4 vehicles to do multiple jobs, this one Knowing the trucking costs 10 vehicle can fulfil multiple purposes,” Leaders tackle fuel tax 13 Theron says. Titan delivers Terex 25 10 13 The public service sector, the energy Continued on page 27 Customisable vehicle inspections on your smart phone or tablet with EROAD Inspect eroad.co.nz/vehicle-safety CONTACT US FOR DETAILS 0800 437 623 FOUNDATION SPONSORS Transport talk acknowledges the support of our foundation sponsors SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSPORTINDUSTRY BY BECOMING A FOUNDATION SPONSOR Talk to Chris Kentsley about the benefits of becoming a sponsor Phone: 027 530 5194 Email: [email protected] INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS RECOGNISED BY 2 | TRANSPORTTALK.CO.NZ | MARCH 2018 The way to reach the entire heavy vehicle and contractors’ equipment industries www.transporttalk.co.nz TRANSPORTTALK EDITOR Nigel Moffiet 022 018 0998 [email protected] BUSINESS MANAGER Chris Kentsley 027 530 5194 [email protected] ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Sophie Song [email protected] GENERAL MANAGER Deborah Baxter 027 530 5016 Fuso NZ reports [email protected] GROUP EDITOR Scott Morgan 021 240 2402 Fieldays ‘success’ [email protected] uso New Zealand anyone who buys an 8x4 “We’re starting to see MANAGING EDITOR enjoyed another suc- HD before December 31, the good growth in Enduro sales Richard Edwards Fcessful showing at the chance to win an X-Class, and the new locally built 6x4 021 556 655 Mystery Creek Fieldays. drew plenty of attention. and 8x4 Cambridge Welding [email protected] The brand showcased an “The Fuso HD 8x4 range Services tippers we’ve added expanded range on a site is the pinnacle of our heavy to the mix will help increase more than 30% larger than its truck offering that.” PUBLISHER first display in 2017. and we see a Both the 6x4 FJ2528 Vern Whitehead Fuso says its increased clear align- CWS Tipper and 8x4 FO3128 021 831 153 presence reflects the depth ment with the CWS Tipper were on display [email protected] and diversity of the brands X-Class, New at Fieldays and are now in growing range. 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The June event saw 10 premium ute. “Overall, we had a really trucks on display ranging “Both ve- positive response to our from the Canter, Fighter and hicles benefit Fuso NZ man- site this year and our deal- aging director HD line-up, alongside four from world- Kurtis Andrews ers captured some strong Enduro tippers from Fuso’s class Daimler leads - some of which have new workhorse offering. engineering,” Andrews says. already generated sales - so Fuso reports “strong inter- Fieldays also provided a we’re pretty happy with the est” was shown for the whole final launch platform for the investment. range. new Enduro range, intro- “Fieldays is a good oppor- Fuso’s premium 8x4 HD duced to complement the tunity for us to showcase our FS3147 stood alongside a existing Fuso line-up with a product to a broader audi- Published by: Mercedes-Benz X-Class ute competitive price point. ence than our conventional Auto Media Group Limited at the centre of the site for The Enduro has gained marketing reaches, and I'd PO Box 105010, Auckland special Fieldays promotion. good awareness within like to thank everyone that Ph 09 309 2444 Auto Media Group Limited makes every endeavour Fuso NZ managing direc- the market since its official helped make it a success,” to ensure information contained in this publication tor Kurtis Andrews says launch six months ago, An- Andrews says. is accurate; however, we are not liable for any losses or issues resulting from this use. the promotion, which gives drews says. TRANSPORTTALK.CO.NZ | JULY 2018 | 3 NEWSTALK THE POWER TO POWER Mystery Creek Fieldays ON THROUGH. celebrates 50 years he 50th anniversary of hunger and desire to be the New Zealand Ag- leaders in our special indus- Tricultural Fieldays saw try. 130,866 people through the “As a small country at the gates over the four days from bottom of the world we have June 13 to 16. utilised innovation and tech- New Zealand National nology driven off the back of Fieldays Society chief execu- a Kiwi can do attitude to our tive Peter Nation spoke at advantage to make our mark the opening ceremony of on the world. the event about the changes "Like our sporting achieve- seen in the agricultural in- ments, agriculture also boxes dustry over the last 50 years. far above its weight on the “New Zealand and our world stage. We produce agricultural industry is vastly world-class food, world- different to what it was in class technology and word- 1969, largely driven by our class farmers,” Nation says. 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