NZ Truckbody & Trailer March 2020

March 2020

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Virtually eliminates the chance of a tip-over Ability to work under low structures Can discharge on uneven ground Built to last: there are no floors to wear out and the conveyor will last the life of the trailer • Unload in minutes thanks to the belt / chain system • Attachment’s available for side-unloaders and spreaders • Rigid units available

Perfect for asphalt, compost, lime, quarry products, gypsum, potatoes, carrots, wheat, sludge, fly ash, shale, coal, crushed glass, top soil, fertiliser, cow hides, mulch, barley, salt, sand...

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Manufactured by Trout River New Zealand, 16 McNab Street, Kenmure, Dunedin 9011, Corey 021 0274 1972

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Contents 9

18 GLASSTRANZ

NEWS

Our round up of news, events

Breaking into the Australian

and stories from the truckbody

Glass market with innovative

and trailer scene here in NZ

glass transport solutions.

and beyond.

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75 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Petersons celebrate 75 years.

Three quarters of a century in

aiding the NZ roading industry.

9 PATCHELLS

A return to Hamilton including

NZs largest heavy transport

Hitters.

site visits to some industry Heavy

introduces their 6th robotic welder to cater for their New Zealand and International heavy transport trailer manufacture business.

10 HOMAN ENGINEERING

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How ‘live-bottom’ trucks are

30 NZHHA CONVENTION

trailer manufacturer

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24 TROUT RIVER NZ

business and still going strong.

6TH ROBOT FOR

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A more robust 8x4 transporter conversion that required some ‘out of the box’ thinking.

36 NEW BUILDS The latest builds and registrations from around the country.

44 NEW REGISTRATIONS A look at the latest NZTA sales and registration data.

47 TBT DIRECTORY Listing NZ’s truckbody and trailer manufacturers and suppliers.

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Coronavirus Impacts Transport Industry CHINA’S SHUTDOWNS TO CONTROL CORONAVIRUS ARE impacting New Zealand trucking companies which carry exports like logs and meat to ports or Chinese imports to New Zealand warehouses and retailers.

“It’s potentially going to get worse quickly,” says David Aitken, chief executive of National Road Carriers Association (NRC), which represents 1,800 road transport companies collectively operating 16,000 trucks throughout New Zealand.

“With Chinese towns and cities in lockdown, many factories are closed and therefore not taking goods, nor producing goods.

We are aware of importers who are not able to place orders and expect to run short if production doesn’t get back to normal soon.

This has consequences for our sector.

“A number of forestry operations throughout the country have stopped logging with the Forest Industry Contractors Association reporting about 30 percent of the country’s logging crews are unable to work amid the supply chain disruption and no one knows how long the situation will last. This will have a flow on effect to truck operators.

“Meat works have reduced kills for the China market meaning farmers are having to keep stock even during the drought conditions we are experiencing, so stock are not being carried to

David Aitken, chief executive of National Road Carriers Association (NRC)

the meat processors, and processed goods are not transported to ships. We understand freezers and chillers are full so this will further affect the processors’ ability to take stock.

“There are also limited goods coming out of China, so the

The coronavirus outbreak has also raised awareness of the need for personal hygiene measures to prevent the spread of the disease if or when it surfaces in New Zealand.

number of containers with goods destined for New Zealand

National Road Carriers has sent all its members a two-page

shop shelves is expected to be down. These are just some of

coronavirus advisory circular from its health and safety partner

the effects, all of which will reduce the number of road transport

Safe Business Solutions. The circular provides guidance on

movements.”

preventative health practices, business planning and continuity in

Mr Aitken said National Road Carriers was advising its trucking company members to be aware of the situation and plan where possible.

the unlikely event of a widespread outbreak in New Zealand.

Safe Business Solutions points out that an outbreak in New Zealand means businesses need to prepare for: protecting

“We are telling trucking companies to do what they can to keep

workers and reducing the spread of the virus in the workplace. high

their company infrastructure in place. When this virus blows over,

numbers of workers away due to illness or caring for dependants.

which it will, there will be a mad rush to move goods around

national and international travel restrictions. restrictions on public

again. Chinese people need to eat, and China needs materials to

gatherings. closure of schools. disruptions of supply to essential

get its industries up and running again.”

goods and services. alternative work practices workplace e.g.

Mr Aitken said there were a number of steps trucking companies

social distancing measures, remote working capability.

could consider to manage the situation and soften the blow

“No one knows how long the coronavirus outbreak will last

including: Ask staff if they are willing to use leave. Reduce hours

or where it will lead. We do know it will pass at some stage,

down to four days as some have already. Use the time to carry

hopefully sooner rather than later,” said Mr Aitken.

out vehicle maintenance. If struggling or worried, talk to partners,

“We need our trucking company members to come through

friends, other operators or NRC. Talk to their banks so they know

this disease outbreak in the best shape possible so they can

what’s happening and can assist with finances

resume their businesses when we return to normal.”.

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THE BOMBAY TRUCK SHOW WAS ‘TRUCKING EPIC’ ’WITH 280 TRUCKS ON DISPLAY, NEARLY

and give a huge amount of money to charity!!”

of day for many years or were brand new on

7000 public attendees, 54 or so sponsors and

Says Marieka Morcombe event organiser.

the road. One truck had less than 20km on the

raising over $68,000 for charity, it’s fair to say

“It’s hard to put the event into words. Just

clock! Oldest truck was over 80 years old!”

a simply amazing day. I think I ran on pure

“The amount of volunteers that gave huge

N&J Wood Ltd, together with the Bombay

adrenalin from 4am till 4pm when I got to

amounts of themselves over the whole day

Rugby Club, TDM and Superfreight, organised

finally announce that 280 Trucks, nearly 7000

was really just outstanding for me. A lot of

the very first Bombay Truck Show. It was an

public, 54 odd sponsors along with Todd,

people put in a whole days worth of time

event that showcased some of the industries

Mack, Lance and myself managed to make

just helping out. The public were also very

finest heavy metal from bygone years going

over $68,000 for charity.”

generous, we were handed a lot of money

that the Bombay Truck Show was EPIC.

and told to keep the change.”

up to the recently released, trucking industry

“Being our first show, it was always going

suppliers and providers, plenty of food stalls, a

to be a bit of a test. We didn’t know how the

“The people that were left after prizegiving

bar, a live music stage and what’s more gave

public would flow so we took a guess and

let their hair down nicely. It turned into a real

100% (that’s 100 per cent) of its proceeds to

got pretty close! The committee will debrief

celebration of a massive day. Our incredible

charity and local community groups.

soon, a few small changes next time will be

one-man band Dave Alley sadly lost his voice,

all that’s needed to be even better next time.”

but this only added to the night in the end.

&

“Our 8 amazing judges did a fantastic job

There would have been a dozen other people

Community Pool Project and the Bombay

and feedback from many people says they

behind that microphone during the night and

Rugby Club.

nailed the prize allocation. As usual though, it

some were absolutely wild!”

The main beneficiaries were St John Ambulances,

The

Bombay

School

“We are thrilled that so many people are

would be nice to reward even more people for

“Massive thanks to everyone who lent a

jumping at the chance to get right behind us

their hard work. It certainly didn’t go unnoticed

hand on the day, as a committee of four, we

and donate goods or money to help us do two

and we just loved that there was a stack of

couldn’t have achieved the success we did

things….Organise the best truck show ever,

trucks there that either hadn’t seen the light

without a lot of extra help.”

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Marieka Morcombe, Bombay Truck Show Organiser

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Safe and cost-efficient Ultrasonic cleaning ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AND

for large commercial engines taking the block,

the complexity of the pieces especially internal

critical issues in engine reconditioning is to

cylinder head, camshaft, bearings, nuts, bolts

recesses and hard to reach areas, they reduce

ensure that all components are thoroughly

etc. plus all types of materials.

energy costs, are more environmentally

cleaned to allow checking the various

The equipment uses a working frequency of

friendly and dramatically reduce labour time,”

components and to ensure an optimal quality

40 kHz (sweep system +2%) being the most

said General Manager, Premier Machinery and

outcome.

suitable for the industry as it achieves optimal

Components, Daniel Parker.

The new generation of ultrasonic cleaning machines replaces time-poor and dangerous

cleaning without damaging any soft materials such as aluminium, magnesium, brass etc.

Using the right chemicals, heat and agitation produce spectacular results as can be

caustic baths, spin wash machines and

Running costs for these advanced machines

demonstrated by Premier Machinery at their

pressure washes which are costly to run

can be as low as $1.40 per day operating a 5

parent company plant. It is important to use

and inefficient. Ultrasonic cleaning produces

day week with the 400-litre machine using 175

the specified chemicals which are low cost

amazing results within a twenty-minute cycle

kw hours over a 7 day period. Operating times

at $375 per 25 kg drum and lasts between 6

time, degreasing, decarbonising and descaling

can be programmed and it operates at 70º C

weeks to 6 months depending on usage.

engine parts and components such as engine

with the units holding their heat overnight.

Easy to operate via 4.3” touch screen which

blocks, cylinder heads, particle filters, diesel

Ultrasonic waves osculate with a 6” travel

provides functional and intuitive access to

injection,

agitation to ensure all parts of the components

ultrasonic time setting and peripheric or

are completely cleaned.

optional systems with a programmable weekly

turbochargers,

gearboxes

and

transmission systems.

Promoted by leading engine reconditioning equipment

supplier

Premier

‘These high-quality units clean regardless of

calendar.

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Ultrasonic Cleaning Systems manufactured by

GOVERNMENT INVESTS IN 110 NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS

QA assured TierraTech, a leading international

THE GOVERNMENT’S LATEST INVESTMENT

Emission

company specialising in the manufacture of

in electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure will see

Contestable

Ultrasonic Cleaning Equipment and Systems.

and Components, is the range of Tierratech

Vehicles Fund

more than 100 new EV chargers installed

projects have been

The Tierratech Motor Clean range is specially

across the country. Energy and Resources

announced although

designed for the automotive industry with a

Minister Dr Megan Woods announced

a heavier focus on

range of models to suit the smaller workshop

on Wednesday that 21 projects have

freight would have

up to the largest heavy commercial transport

been approved for funding through the

been good. However, this is a very

operation. The equipment capabilities range from

latest round of the Low Emission Vehicles

important step forward to a greener New

30 to 8000 litres with popular models including

Contestable Fund.

Zealand and we fully support the initiative,”

the 400 litre for passenger cars, 600 litre suitable

“Great to see the latest round of the Low

says the NRC.

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TMC TRAILERS - HAMILTON WE’RE COMING! standard in innovative design, quality and

backed by a network of service agents plus

announce that they will be opening their

model range.

every one of their trailers is backed by a 2

new service and repair facility in Horotiu,

From curtain side truck bodies and trailers to

Year Unlimited Km’s Warranty.

Hamilton this year.

flat decks, bathtub truck bodies and trailers,

According to TMC, at this stage the

The 1500m2 facility will be located at 18

Skeletal semi-trailers and more, both steel

Hamilton facility is on track for opening late

Evolution Drive, Horotiu and will be providing

and alloy, TMC truck body and trailers are

July 2020.

TMC

TRAILERS

ARE

EXCITED

TO

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servicing and repairs on all makes and models of trailers and truck bodies including inhouse LT400 certification and on-site vehicle inspections, offering COF’s and VCA checks.

Established in 1948 by Ian Currie shortly after his return home from the Second World War, the business is now run by the second and third generation of the Currie family. For over 70 years, TMC Trailers has been delivering high-quality heavy transport equipment to the New Zealand transport industry and for over 60 years TMC has been one of the market leaders in trailer design and manufacturing in NZ, setting the

TL MACLEAN LTD HAS MOVED! TL MACLEAN IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE

TL Maclean offers professional general engineering services while

moved to our brand new building in 170 Dukes Road Mosgiel. This is a lot

specializing in the transport sector. They manufacture Truck Decks,

larger site which will allow better access for truck & trailer units & plenty

Trailers and Tippers and conduct Chassis Repairs, Alterations and Towbars

of off-street parking.

Now in new premises since 13th January, be sure to swing by if in the

Formerly at 7 Carnforth Street, Burnside and incorporated in 1924,

area to say hi.

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TRAILER INNOVATION Award winners 2019 TRAILER INNOVATION IS DESIGNED TO

are 16 members of the jury, typically faced

ancillary tension issues making the entire

encourage innovation in the trailer and

with judging around one hundred entries

chassis as tension free as it gets, preventing

bodybuilding industries. Innovations of all types

overall, in seven categories - Chassis, Body,

permanent damage arising from regular

(parts, material, detail solutions, systems) are

Concept, Components, Safety, Environment

operations that are carried out with the

welcome. But the innovations must relate

and Smart Trailer.

industry-standard rectangular central frame

to trailers, semi-trailers or bodywork, not to

The winners of the 2019 awards were

design. Front, middle and rear extensions

motor vehicles. Prototypes and complete

CHASSIS – Kässbohrer (DE, TK) Multifunctional

and carefully designed locking mechanisms

solutions are equally eligible, provided they are

container chassis is the first of its kind novel

provide the most user-friendly operation,

not more than two years old.

octagonal central frame design of chassis

even for the average driver.

BODY - Goldhofer (DE). Bladex-Schwerlast-

The first Trailer Innovation Awards were

solving issues that have been common in

presented in 2002. The idea from the start

the industry for over 30 years. The octagonal

was to give due credit to innovations in the

central frame design of chassis is the first of

European trailer and bodybuilding industries,

its kind. The frame design with telescopic

as distinct from more glamorous trucks and

functions solves all torsional issues that lead

CONCEPT - Kögel (DE). Novum

vans. Trailers and bodies had seldom been in

to permanent damage of the vehicle, most

ENVIRONMENT - Carrier Transicold (FR).

the spotlight.

common in the industry. Multifunctional

Trailer Innovation Awards are now an

Container Chassis with novel octagonal

integral part of the programme of events

central frame design also enables all welded

during the IAA Nutzfahrzeuge show. There

components of the chassis to reduce all

Hubvorrichtung COMPONENTS - Lamberet (FR). ErgowallSchottwand

CNG-betriebenes LKW-Kühlaggregat SAFETY - Krone (DE). Smart Trailer Check SMART TRAILER - Schmitz Cargobull (DE).

Smart Trailer.

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW 350-METRE-LONG 6 WHARF AT NAPIER PORT HAS BEGUN NAPIER PORT CHIEF EXECUTIVE TODD DAWSON OFFICIALLY

The wharf is expected to receive its first ship at the end of 2022 and

broke the ground at the western end of the wharf, where the first of

is estimated to cost between $173 million and $190m.

400 support piles will be installed.

Dawson said the wharf will be a crucial piece of infrastructure for Hawke’s Bay. “Over the past 10 years we have seen a 50 per cent increase in containers and a 64 per cent increase in bulk cargo from our region’s exporters and importers.

“We are also seeing more tourists visit, and last year we welcomed 94 per cent more cruise ships than we did in 2010.

“We need 6 Wharf by the end of 2022 so we can welcome more vessels, continue improving operational performance and keep connecting our region to the world,” Dawson said.

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CARTERS TYRES LAUNCH GOODYEAR PREMIUM RETREADS RECENTLY

“The new tyre plant on Malaysia mixes

launched a new range of Goodyear

compound for the new truck tyres and

premium

are

at the same time, they allocate some of

produced in Carters North and South

that compound for the retread rubber.

Island retread plants using the latest

Then they take that compound and they

computerised processing equipment and

ship it off to a tread manufacturer. They

utilising Goodyears premium new tyre

won’t let the tread manufacturer mix the

compounds.

compound as compound formulations

CARTERS

TYRES retreads.

HAVE The

retreads

Goodyear’s new tyre compounds have been developed over years of testing,

are a very tightly controlled and closely guarded.

customer

According to Carters, customers can

feedback. The tread compounds are mixed

pick from a range of compounds and

in Goodyear Malaysia’s truck tyre plant

patterns best suited to their service

and shipped to the tread pressing facility

application,

to be pressed into pre-cure treads, this is

and mixed service from high abrasion

exactly the same compound as used in the

resistance for wear to high natural rubber

new tyre redirected for retreading.

compounds for cut and chip resistance.

millions

of

kilometres

and

urban,

waste,

line

haul

“What makes them so special is that

Thousands of kilometres of testing have

they are made using new tyre compound.

shown good improvements in increased

Most retreads are made using just a

mileage improved handling and traction.

formulation of a compound, these are new

Goodyear premium retreads are available

tyre compounds developed by Goodyear.

now, contact your nearest Carters Tyre

. And the new tyre compounds are

Service store or visit the web site www.

superior,” says Paul Hood GM Retreading.

carterstyres.co.nz

Above: Customers can pick from a range of compounds and patterns best suited to their service application.

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PRODUCT BULLETIN: TRUCK (RETREAD)

PETERSON TO CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF ‘SOLUTIONS ON THE MOVE’ When

it

comes

to

industry-leading

THIS YEAR PETERSON MANUFACTURING

cutting-edge manufacturing. The vertically

celebrates its 75th year of supplying the

integrated operation includes engineering

innovation, Kristen Goodson, Vice President

vehicle safety lighting market with an ever-

and design, photometric and environmental

of Product Management, listed just a few

growing line of quality, USA-made products.

testing, tool and die production, harness

PM highlights. “First in the industry with our

Today, as one of the world’s leading safety

and wire manufacturing, plastic injection-

vibration-proof Vibar® socket. First North

lighting manufacturers, Peterson can boast

moulding, final assembly, warehousing, sales

American manufacturer to earn ISO 9001/

a proud history of keeping ‘Solutions on the

and customer service.

QS-9000 certification. First with our multi-

“Peterson’s

Move’ in a competitive industry.

history

is

replete

with

function Strobe & Turn LEDs for the refuse

Founded in 1945 and owned by the

safety lighting innovations,” said Steve

industry. First manufacturer to introduce

Armacost family since 1956, Peterson has

Meagher, Vice President Sales. “With our

insert-molding technology. First––and to-

grown to a quarter-billion-dollar, multi-faceted

focus, engineering skills and manufacturing

date only––to offer guaranteed moisture/

corporation

across

expertise, Peterson’s ability to bring real

corrosion-proof harness/lighting technology

America, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South

solutions to the marketplace is unsurpassed.”

for trailers: our amazing Defender system.

America, Australia, New Zealand, China, and

That focus includes aggressive support of

the Middle East––and earning the nickname

the automotive aftermarket as well as the

whole-trailer telematics, bringing real-time

of “Quiet Giant” in the Kansas City-area

OE and Heavy-Duty sectors. “We’re geared

monitoring and alerts to driver and fleet

suburb of Grandview, Missouri.

to meet specific customer challenges with

managers.”

serving

customers

And

most

recently,

PetersonPULSE

President and CEO, Don Armacost, Jr.,

speed, automated precision and USA-made

Peterson’s history of industry commitment

whose father acquired the business, credits

quality––all at very competitive prices,”

includes leadership on councils and committees

the company’s success to its long history of

Meagher said.

of such groups as AutoCare, MEMA, TSEI, TTMA, TMC, ATA, NTEA and NATM.

square dealings with customers, suppliers

In building its familiar PM brand, Peterson

and employees. “That tradition has brought

has made USA quality and value the

As CEO Don Armacost, Jr. says, “While

us a long ways,” he said. “We’re not about

company-wide standard. From engineering

we celebrate our 75th year, my dad’s vision

to change it.”

products to exceed federal minimums by

for Peterson and our extraordinary associates

From its 44-acre Grandview corporate

25%, to delivering those products with an

will continue to guide our future: ‘Our goal

campus, Peterson now operates a 670,000

industry-best 98% fill-rate, Peterson has

has never been to be the biggest’, Dad said.

sq.-ft. facility staffed and equipped for

proved itself a count-on business partner.

‘Just the best.’”

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Patchell introduces 6th Robot for 2020 ( WITH TRAINING NOW COMMENCING ON 7TH ) NEW

ZEALAND’S

NUMBER

ONE

components that go into a Patchell build.

take further advantage of,” Patchell says.

selling trailer manufacturer, the Patchell

The company, which now has around 250

With each chassis or component having

Group, has introduced a sixth robotic welder

staff (including 26 apprentices), is “only too

been programmed into the robots, weld

to its Rotorua manufacturing plant. Patchell

well aware of our competitors and how they

times are definitely quicker compared to hand

Stainless (part of the Patchell Group) is also

are all striving to also be at the top of their

welding, Whibley says: “More importantly,

currently training operators on the seventh

game,” says Ian Patchell.

the weld quality and size is consistent – with

unit for the Group with a unique seam welding robot.

The addition of the two additional robotic welders will “greatly assist” with an increased demand for Patchell products both here and internationally, the company says.

“NZ is spoilt for choice and talent when it comes to transport engineering, so it is vitally important that Patchell does not become

continuous welds of up to nine metres long being laid.

“Weld size can also programmed, so that it can be enlarged or reduced during the

complacent.

“We need to keep our minds open to new

process. This is particularly useful when

opportunities and better ways to manufacture

applying heavier welds to the thicker steels in

the Patchell product. Computer technology and robotics are the way of the future.”

The first robots, introduced six years ago, were initially met with “some resistance” in the workplace – “where it was thought they would take the welding work away from the shop floor,” says Brent Whibley, Patchell Group CEO. But, he adds: “The robots have proved their Patchell’s Swinglift side loader is winning more sales in Australia and newly-found

place within the Patchell Group and are now fully accepted.

international markets – following the recent

“A single staff member can operate

acquisition of the Swinglift brand internationally

two robots at the same time, while either

by French manufacturer Boxloader.

assembling and tack welding up components

“Innovation and technology has largely contributed to the Patchell Group having

or loading the second robot for welding.

“A 15-metre-long dual station robotic welding

machine,

which

was

the gooseneck areas of trailers, where weld factors are critical.”

held the Number 1 position as NZ’s largest

chassis

heavy transport trailer manufacturer for 10

designed and built by Patchells, has proved

The company says that 2020 is “off to a

consecutive years,” the company says.

to be somewhat of a lifesaver in taking away

good start – with confirmed forward orders

Company director Ian Patchell says that the

the arduous task of several tradespeople fully

already booked across the range of Patchell

introduction of two more robotic welders is

welding a chassis by hand – while maintaining

product.

“a necessity to keep up with demand and to

the high weld standard required of all Patchell

remain ahead of the field.”

product.

Having first introduced robotics into the Patchell manufacturing plant in 2014, “this is familiar territory and technology that we must

“Robotics

“Demand

for

Swinglift

side

loaders

throughout NZ and the international market guarantee

quality

–

and

consistency is achieved every time.”

remains

strong,

with

many

companies

realising that the advanced technology and

The chassis welding machine, equipped

superior engineering quality of the Swinglift

with a 360-degree rotating bed and dual-

product is definitely the way to go longterm.”

carriage twin robotic welders, is used to

Having added Swinglift to its already

weld the full range of Patchell-manufactured

successful Boxloader side loader range,

chassis in its Rotorua manufacturing plant for

Patchell says that the French company “has

NZ and the international market.

strong prospects ahead that will certainly

Three smaller robots that carry out both

increase the presence of Swinglift in the

welding and plasma-cutting functions are used

international and Australian markets in

for the manufacture and welding of the many

2020.”

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Story: Dave McLeod

L

UKE HOMAN FOLLOWED IN HIS

area called All Steel Engineering, however,

that, I saw a need for a change. I was trying

father’s footsteps working with his Dad

thanks in equal parts to demand and his desire

to get more work ‘in house’ rather than going

in a general engineering business at

to be involved in transport this business has

out to work on multiple sites,” says Luke. “I

the age of 16. He served his time in Wellington

evolved into Homan Engineering, transport

thought let’s start by changing the name and

being a self-proclaimed jack of all, master of

bodybuilders, changing the name in 2016 to

rebranding. So I put my name behind it to

none engineer until he discovered a passion

embrace the new direction.

say ‘this is us and this is me, my product’. I

“All steel was a well-established little

think there’s no better way to stand behind

In 2011, Luke purchased a small general

engineering shop, servicing the quarry market

your product than to put your name behind it,

engineering company in the Hawkes Bay

but because I’ve tried to move away from

the last thing you want to do is tarnish your

for the transport industry.

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UNDERWEIGHT AND PRONTO Homan Engineering, Hastings is a transport bodybuilding business that’s on the move. Having changed its focus from quarry maintenance to more in-house engineering solutions, they have recently completed an 8x4 transporter conversion that required some serious ‘out of the box’ thinking.

name. I tell my kids constantly, you represent

bodybuilds to smaller units. It’s a big jump but

we were in the quarry side. The masons side

the family name so make sure you go out and

at the same time we’ve kept ourselves open

of the business had already dropped off, but

represent it well”.

to opportunities, so we get a bit of a name

we weren’t actively pursuing that side of the

out there in the market. Looking back, we’ve

business either. Between us, we worked

surprised ourselves on how we achieved it.”

tirelessly on our designs, trying to streamline

“We’ve taken a slow approach to the market as it’s a tough market to operate in.

But in the last three years we’ve gone from six

So how did they achieve it?

how we build out in the workshop. It’s hard

builds in the first year to twelve-fifteen in the

“Our staff numbers didn’t really grow

given the fact that we don’t build just one type

second year, to now this current financial year

excessively, we just put more focus on using

of product. We’ve been doing everything from

doing forty-two, they’re a combination of larger

our staff on new body transport builds than

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box-side tippers, bathtubs, right now we’ve got our first bathtub trailer going through to completion, we’ve got quite a big variety on the back of cab and chassis. That presents challenges but at the same time we’re trying to deal with those challenges by building smarter and being smarter in how we handle the operation.”

“We try to outsource parts of our work when we can, it’s pretty common in the market now

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to outsource profile cutters, people to profile the processing plate. That’s our focus, we don’t have large plant or equipment in the workshop taking up valuable floor space. We focus on using the skill sets out of other people in the industry to provide us the materials so that we can put the jigsaw together.”

Homan Engineering is not based in one huge site either.

“We operate out of two small size workshops, they’re separate sites within close proximity to each other, both are around 500m2 with a current staff count including the office of 13. As build numbers expand we’ll have to grow.”

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What are his build number objectives?

“I’d like to sit around that 50 builds a year, that gives me the sales revenue I want to achieve. The work is there, even though we did 42 units this year, we had a quiet patch around June/July, then it took off again. There’s plenty of enquiries out there at the moment, the biggest trouble is trying to keep on top of it. Being the new boys on the block we’re a little arse about-face, we’re sort of following the market where others are at to try and be competitive.”

It seems that sticking to delivery times is one of the reasons that Homan Engineering is

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so popular.

“In the current market, there’s still demand

1. Chassis beaver tail and lazy axle modification and fitment well underway.

2. Deck cross members lined with

2.5mm corten sheets, additional support for timber decking.

3. Wheel arch for second steer tyres, Chain boxes on either side and access over transmission.

4. Chain boxes built into deck between tri axle group.

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for full body builders and one of the key things at the moment, the feedback we’re getting from the likes of Keith Andrews and the Hino’s and Isuzu’s locally is our on time delivery.

We say it’s going to be this delivery date and we’re on time or within a week of that date.

We’re not 4, 5 or 6 weeks out from when we promised it. Our honesty has definitely been appreciated by our clients. We keep clients updated throughout the build too, every day we take photos of the build’s progress.”

On the subject of builds, we want to know more about his latest work, the 8x4 conversion.

“What happened is, I took a random phone call from Grant Walton from Pronto Hire a heavy earthmoving hire company in Auckland.

He was looking for a body builder to build a new transporter, something more appropriate for transporting the equipment that they have.

They were outsourcing some of their transport work but at the same time they already had an 8x4 transporter that they had purchased 2nd hand but it wasn’t up to the job. Another company

with

a

Homan

manufactured

Right: 18,000 lbs electric winch and stowage for load binders on headboard

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transporter called into Pronto Hire. Grant saw

point because under the HPMV you can only

max’d the rear overhang out at 4m including

the transporter there and liked the look of it,

really apply to go to 30,000kgs. But Grant had

the ramps and hydraulic. It’s rear-end beaver

the coaming rail style and design that we’d

knowledge that someone had previously done

tailed which starts at the 5th axle and that

built, so they got the details on us from them.”

a 10x4 with a permit to run to 35,000kg. So

drops down at an angle of 6-degrees and then

“Grant told me the specifications of what

he applied for his own permits and we went

another 6-degrees, so two increments. That’s

for it.”

for a safety point of view. It’s not a steep initial

they were looking for and that they wanted delivery by Xmas (this was in September).

Luke explained the full build to us.

climb and then a drop over, it’s gradual. Also

They were looking to use a Hino FY 3248 with

“It’s a Hino FY 3248 Proshift on Hendrickson

for the fact that they’ll be carrying anything

an automatic transmission, airbag suspension

air suspension with Daimler axles. We fitted

from sky jacks or forklifts as well, it keeps

with Dana axles which made it a lighter cab

a 5th lazy axle which is also Hendrickson air

the approach angle lower and gives them

chassis and they wanted to know if they could

and Daimler Axle. The truck’s internal deck

clearance on the short wheelbase, with low

convert that to a 10x4 with an appropriate deck

length target was to go to 9.5m, we wanted

height clearance to drive up verses going a

to cart their required loads.”

to keep the whole build within the 12.6m

straight 12-degrees and having a real high

allowable length that we could go to, so we

pinch point at the top.”

‘They’d asked for a 35-tonne GVM, but we were a bit sceptical as to whether or not they’d get permits to do that, they have to increase the manufacturers GVM of the Hino which is 32,000. We made enquiries with our local engineers if we could do it, they said yeah you sure can but what was the purpose or

This page: Hino 10 x 4 tri axle group, you can see the low profile deck height over axle group. Homan Engineering touches with their logo on the chain boxes.

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The build sounded complex, what issues did they have?

on some of the older transport. That would be adequate but at the same time we were

“The biggest issue really is that it’s a

worried that it would be getting up there in

modern truck. We get left with really limited

deck height, so we’d have to change the ramp

chassis space to do very little with really. The

approach angles.”

Above: Hino 700 FY3248 Proshift 8x4 converted to 10x4 and Homan Engineering designed and manufactured transporter deck. Ready for delivery.

requirement by the client to have enough

“The client wasn’t keen on the increased

storage space on it to for chains and wheel

deck height so we went back to the drawing

chocks and all the added other bits and pieces

board and thought how can we do this

he wanted on there. That left us very little

differently. Can we brace anywhere on the

room to build a strong enough base to be able

crossmembers going back to the chassis?

doublecheck our numbers and how it would

to cut the loads we were intending to cut. So

When I looked at my weight distribution with

perform, came back with a result that it was

being a 35-tonne GVM and having a tag axle to

say an 18-tonne excavator load on there, it

better performing than 100mm PFC and three

achieve that, we were talking about targeting

would be pretty much parked on the centre of

times better than the 75. From a 75mm point

for a tare weight of under 15,000kgs, that was

the rear tri-axle group and that leaves me (with

of view, it didn’t drop the overall weight it

that challenge and then the boss came back to

all the suspension hangers there) no room to

came out comparable, but we definitely got an

say that he’d also like to keep the deck height

put any bracing back down to the chassis.”

advantage using Strenx 700 cross members.”

“We

had

a

local

certified

engineer

“We had to take the top of the chassis and

Homan achieved the result and even with

“What we’d normally use on an 8x4

work up to the max height that we wanted to

the changes and issues, managed to deliver

transporter which would only normally be

go to, that’s the only space we had to work with

on time.

carting 13-tonne payload is a standard 75x40

to make this thing strong enough to do the job.

“Overall, from when the chassis arrived

PFC crossmember at about 350 centres. But

So instead of using conventional material, I

on 23st October, the build took until 19th

I knew just from experience that a 75x40 PFC

thought the only way I could possibly attack this

December, we essentially delivered on time

Crossmember wasn’t going to cut the mustard

is to use some Strenx 700 from SSAB which

personally delivering on the 23rd December

for a potential 20-tonne load. So we looked at

is all cut and formed by Real Steel. So I came

and the end result was a tare weight of

the track length on one of their excavators

up with an idea to get a cross-sectional area of

14,680kg.”

and said well if we’re gonna park that on the

material to be the same as 100mm PFC but

What’s next in store for Homan?

transporter, even with the distributed weight

keep my height down. I drew up a couple of

“I’m just quoting up another 10x4 right now,

the crossmembers that we’ve got there are

profile options that I thought would be possible.

but the client wants to shed even more weight

gonna need to withstand that load. There was

In the end it was only 60mm high and the cross-

because he doesn’t want to go for overweight

no confidence with the 7540’s so we decided

sectional area of that material profile was still

permits. I think I’ve got there design wise, I

to try 100 PFC which is more commonly used

greater than that of the 100mm PFC.”

just need to lose about a tonne and half.”

as low as possible.”

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Story: Dave McLeod

Based on Auckland’s North Shore, Glasstranz builds glazier trucks to suit the industry’s very specific and individual requirements. From frails for vans and light flat deck utes/trucks to harp rack and factory trolleys Glasstranz is a one-stop-shop but it’s their recent export to Australia that has them breaking new ground.

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Above: Scott Vermeulen, Glasstranz owner

Below: Isuzu FVR 165-300 4x2

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COTT VERMEULEN RUNS TWO

companies from his small footprint facility around the back of Wairau.

Tradesmen Motorbodies that do ‘normal’ truck bodies such as Curtainsiders and tippers, all day, everyday truck bodies, a business that has been going for around 35-years and Glasstranz a business that was established in 2015.

Scott is a panel beater by trade.

“Where I used to work we used to do all the painting of the new trucks and stuff that came out of here. Then Mike, my mate, worked here and the business came up for sale so we bought it, that was in 1999. The business was just building truck bodies, so I brought the panel and paint side to the business as well and added Truckbody&Trailer | 19

an 18-metre spray booth. Panelbeaters, painters, coachbuilders, we’re a one-stopshop really. We don’t need to send the stuff out to get painted,” Scott told us.

Then the opportunity to set up Glasstranz appeared.

“We basically got pushed into setting up

good we’re solid.”

“All the stuff you have to physically get made, every component on the truck, you

the new company, we were already doing

can’t buy that off the shelf. The rubbers,

“There’s only five of us here too. It’s just

glass trucks but we started Glasstranz just

the extruders, the poles that go in there

how you manage it, because I obviously used

as a name basically, it makes people think

to hold the glass in, the rubber blocks,

to paint for other coachbuilders as well I’d

‘oh, they’re the glass guys.’”

everything. We’ve had to physically get

seen how it was all done. Get ‘em in and get

His partner passed away last year and

made. Get molds done, get dies made, so

‘em out it’s quite impressive. We turn around

since then, Scott has focussed on the

our IP (Intellectual Property) is massive. And

quite fast for the amount of people we have

Glasstranz side of the business.

that’s why I run with it, we’ve got to pay

here, the system’s in place, for example, a

“It’s our niche market, we’ve got it, we

that money back somehow. It cost us about

Curtainsider only takes two weeks to build,

can survive on our two big customers, we

$300,000 on the first truck, it was only a

everything else is about four weeks. We’ve

don’t really need anything else, they’re the

$40-50,000 body.”

got it pretty packed down, all the guys have

main glaziers, everyone else is bits and

been here eight or nine years.”

pieces, but as long as we keep those guys

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This was evidently quite a big punt in the beginning.

“We had the backing. They [a main glazier] pushed us into it, they wanted another player

Left: Curtainside for enclosed glass.

in the market. So they said they’d back us for

Above: Rear view of Isuzu for Australian Glass Group.

about 5-years and then it’s a market game but they’re not going back now.”

According to Scott, the business itself is running well.

“Numbers-wise, It depends on what size comes in. We do a lot of smaller jobs down to 3.5m, they’re an enclosed truck but the

those, we’ve got about 25 of those to do

but they’re all making them in a very old

over the next year or so. We’ve got our first

fashioned way. The way of clamping the

new Hiace to do too, it’s wider so we can’t

glass on takes twice as long. We don’t do it

put anything on the outside.”

like that anymore, this was 20-years ago for

The build we wanted to talk about came

us. We are actually ahead of Australia with

glass is still on the outside. We are now

from Australia, we wanted to know how

technology in that side of things. They’d

changing them to have curtains on them

it had come about. Surely there must be

seen how we transport glass on trolleys

because that’s the way the glass industry

businesses over in Australia that are similar

here and that’s what they want to use over

is going, no exposed glass, it’s got to be

to Glasstranz?

there and no-one builds them. No-one builds

behind something. We pump out lots of

“There are, there’s heaps of them,

the trolleys, so no-one builds the trucks for Truckbody&Trailer | 21

them.”

This obviously begged the question as

“It’s an Isuzu, the equivalent of an FVY 1400 here, I know it’s called something

to how do they shift glass around over in

different in Aus. It’s a 4x2, over here they’re

Australia.

all 6x2, I don’t know why, it’s just what they

“They manhandle each piece,” Scott

Above: 8 bay trolley truck build.

Right: Completed truck ready to ship.

go with. This truck will be based in Tasmania

replies and goes on to explain the difference.

and it’s running glass to the mainland. This is

“You can only get x-amount on a trolley, as

a move from however they’re doing it right

in about 20seconds. It beats manhandling

they’re only 2m long so it’s only for smaller

now, because whatever they’re doing now is

that’s for sure.”

glass. Big sheets all go on the side the rest

costing them a shitload.”

of it comes on the trolleys, so it’s forklift in,

Was it a difficult build?

forklift off. Here, you go to the customer,

“There were no difficulties really, it’s

So how long did it all take?

“The truck came in as a cab chassis and the total build took about 10 weeks. I don’t

open the curtain, boom, there’s your trolley.

one of our standard 8-bay trolley trucks.

think there’s another truck like this over

Then you grab the empty trolley put it in

8 trolleys in the driver’s side, flat glass

there, but one thing is for sure, this is our

‘see you tomorrow’. Instead of before going,

on the other with a big deep pocket. It’s

first export.”

oops just chipped that one scratched that

a standard build with a few Australian

What’s the future looking like?

one. Because every time you touch the glass

tweaks. Their widths are still 2500, ours

“Everyone wants something different. ‘I

there’s the opportunity to break it. So the less

is 2550, but other than that, a few lighting

want to do this, I want to do that, I want to

handling the better it is. There’s a lot of time-

rails and bits and pieces. It’s all Duragal

be able to carry this much’ everyone comes

saving too. Drivers here have changed to this

steel for the subframe, all the structure

in with an idea, they want to revolutionise

system because they can’t do a run in the day

inside is our Glasstranz extrusion that we

the way they transport glass. The trolley

if they’re moving pieces one by one, they’d

use, with a rubber insert for the glass to

thing has been big and these little light

spend half their time unloading glass.”

sit on and we have locating poles that clip

trucks have changed the way a lot, they

The company that Glasstranz did the build

in. The trolleys have a special twist-lock to

never used to have them. I see that’s the

for is based in Tasmania and are tied up with

hold them in place, you dump the trolley in

way ahead, they have three seats in the

Metroglass somehow [one of Glasstranz

a couple of 40mm deep slots, boom, bang,

front so companies don’t need to send out

customers] and that’s how the introduction

it’s located. Twist-lock down and it’s ready

two vans to a job and there’s room to have

began. Scott explains the build.

to go. You can get a tonne of glass loaded

the glass inside.”

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New Trout River trusck and spreader awaiting handover

T

ROUT RIVER NZ HAS BEEN DESIGNING, BUILDING

there are the safety benefits. If you’ve got a unit that you don’t have

and fitting live bottom trailers, rigid trucks and attachments

to worry about a hoist in the air, where you can drive is where you

since 2014 but it’s their order for eight trucks with Spreaders

can discharge. Tunnels, underpasses, overhead bridges, structures,

that has them really salivating.

building frontages, trees - you can’t just cut down branches off trees

Acknowledged as leaders in live bottom design and production,

anymore, you have to go through councils - so if you can eliminate

Trout River is a global brand that although first established in Canada

those problems, there is a lot to be gained with live bottom delivery.”

in 1999, has grown their manufacturing franchise through Europe,

There are evidently a raft of benefits with the Trout River system.

Australasia and the Middle East, offering ground-breaking technology

“Without a doubt, especially with the chip spreading application

to the trucking industry through licensee partners around the world -

which is what Higgins has bought these units for and of course

One such licensee being Corey Reid of Trout River NZ.

when the chip sealing season is over, or if they’ve got big jobs for

Commencing his apprenticeship as a fabrication engineer with Zeal

asphalt, they’ll remove the spreader and do the asphalt. But because

Steel in 2000, Corey moved to Fulton Hogan in 2007 where he took

of the parabolic shape of the body they hold the product heat very

on a heavy fabricator role. The work gave him experience working

very well. You’re not a 2.4m wide deck that asphalt sits in 3-500mm

on a huge range of plant, from bitumen tankers and bitutainers to

deep, it’s more of a concentrated bulk, so your thermal mass is what

crushing plant maintenance and general refurbishment work -.

actually keeps itself higher in temperature. Plus in a live bottomed

“Most of my background is transport engineering,” says Reid

truck the asphalt stays warmer because there’s a 250mm barrier

“exactly the breadth of expertise I needed to create Trout River

between the product on the 1m wide continual belt and the cold air

products.” He explains.

passing below.”

“There are many different reasons why people are looking at what Trout River do. The horizontal discharge means that you have a very

So would the above be reason enough for Higgins to come to Trout River NZ?

controlled delivery, you don’t have a hoist going up in the air, where

“I think Higgins has come to us because they can see more and

if it’s a sticky load nothing comes out unevenly. On the back of that,

more of these trucks and trailers being seen on the road. Sometimes

you get less temperature wear on the actual body because it’s a

companies will sit back and see how they go but Higgins has really

continual speed coming out the back. Compared to a tip deck where

taken the bull by the horns and gone for it, getting us an order of 8

nothing happens then all of a sudden it happens quickly. Secondly,

straight away. They’ve got contractors that have them and have seen

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Final test setup before paint

Chip spreaders in paint booth

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how well they work and most of the other big players have them.

Going straight for an order of 8 speaks volumes on what they’ve seen.”

So what exactly has Higgins gone for?

“Higgins has supplied their own Cab Chassis through the TR Group in conjunction with Robertson Isuzu. There are six 6x4’s which are EXY 530’s and there’s two 8x4’s which are CYJ’s. The 6x4’s all have a 5.4m body fitted to them with a 10-gate remote control chip spreader. The chip spreader are also hydraulically able to lift up so you can still tow a trailer with the draw beam that’s fitted.

Final stop before handover

Predominantly, what you find with a chip sealing truck is that they’ll go to a site loaded with chip and they’ll be towing a roller or a loader

How long does a build take?

on a 3 or 4 axle trailer.”

“Manufacturing a body with a chip spreader, about 7-8 weeks and

“We manufacture all of it, the spreader, the body, the mounts, the draw beams, the whole lot, using 450 wear plate on the body.”

that’s with two of us on it. That’s the whole lot, that’s from getting the cab chassis, cutting it to the required length if we need to, not

Working from a 500m2 workshop, based in Dunedin, Otago, Trout

shortening the wheelbase, just cutting the back down if we need

River NZ are a small team, with three engineers on the floor plus

to or extend it. That’s building the drawbeam which is an internal

some office staff.

drawbeam in the chassis. Then we build the mounts, build the body,

“We sub in an auto electrician and outsource the painting of the

build the chip spreader and we also build our own custom made

bodies and the spreaders and we also contract in a hose supplier that

hydraulic tanks. Just with the new trucks, with the Euro 6 specs on

does everything to suit the unit rather than trying to make pre-made

them, large fuel tanks, air tanks everywhere, there’s just not a lot of

ones work.”

room. So we custom made one to go up on the front of the body

In transit from Dunedin to Palmenrston North

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which is behind the cab. It does a couple of things, it distributes

the chip runner, which can operate everything from increasing and

the weight more evenly from left to right because it’s in the centre,

decreasing the aperture, you can turn your gates on or off individually

rather than a big fuel tank of 400kg and an oil tank beside it which is

or all on/off with one switch. You can tap them on left or right and

another 200kg, usually on the left-hand side, we just decided to put

you can stop everything so the truck can just move to the next spot

it in the middle to even it out. Also, it’s just another thing that’s out

and start again. We have a touchscreen in the cab so the driver can

of harm’s way from a loader wheel or something.“

do everything manually as well. And just to future proof it, we’ve got

Is it heavier from a tare weight point of view?

another hardwired remote in the cab so if for argument’s sake you

“No. I’ll give you an example. We did a 400 Nissan a couple of

run out of batteries in your remote or misplaced it, there’s an option

years ago and we took off a 4.8m tip deck and we built a 5.2m

there for someone to sit in the passenger seat and still be able to

asphalt capacity body and when it was fully complete including

control everything.”

working hydraulics, we’d reduced the tare weight sticker by just under 200kg.”

“Having a continual belt means there’s no worries of reversing the belt or forgetting to reverse it when you get back to the loader

“These new Isuzu’s that we’re doing, they’re the high-roof EXY530

with asphalt. It’s a lot easier to clean. It’s got a very high-strength

so higher horsepower which creates more weight, big fuel tanks, all

chain in the body, driven by a shaft on the back with a very strong

the Adblue stuff on it for the Euro 6 truck plus everything that we

and robust reduction motor. And also being able to integrate other

add to it, no chip spreader because that’s an attachment, but the

attachments with it. With the horizontal discharge, you don’t have

complete unit was 11,240 tare weight going on a 24t sticker.”

the aid of gravity to be able to feed the chip spreader so there’s a

So the live bottomed trucks are more controlled, more efficient, more versatile, lighter, faster and safer?

bit of automation in there and that’s where the touch screen control comes into play.”

“A big selling point for us is the safety side. With our chip spreaders,

Of course there are going to be certain limitations for a horizontal

we do it quite differently. We have lights on every gate when they’re

rubber belt discharged such as sharp scrap or steel reinforced

ready to open. So when the chip spreader is ready to be operated,

concrete but for many other applications including Higgin’s

the lights will be flashing for which ever gates you want open. Then

requirement they are built for the job. According to Corey.

when you want them to actually open, the light will stay solid, so you know which is on and which is not. We’ve got a remote control for

“The days of going backwards with a hoist in the air and a chip spreader are going to be less and less.”

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HEA V TRT’s facility in Hamilton is 33000m2 with 7000m2 of covered space.

MTE facility in Hamilton

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’ HAMILTON S VYWEIGHTS Story: Dave Mcleod

NZ Heavy Haulage Association 56th Conference heads back to Hamilton

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MTE headquarters, Hamilton

A

FTER A SIXTEEN YEAR ABSENCE, THIS YEAR’S

year with our conference in Nelson, we expect to continue that

NZHHA annual Conference returns to the heavyweight

this year in Hamilton. But also, our particular key interest is

hub of Hamilton. It’s the Association’s 56th annual

over-dimension and overweight load transport, the permitting,

Conference and is gearing up to be one of the most exciting

the conditions and the travel of those particular loads on the

ever with a plethora of local speakers and industry leaders

network. We get the key people from the Agency on those

in attendance, presentations by NZ Regulatory authorities,

topics to speak to the members and the members get the

industry updates and site visits to two of the industry’s heaviest

opportunity to ask questions to those people as well.”

hitters, TRT and MTE. The NZHHA conference is an ‘industry only’ event and as such gives those involved in the oversized transport area the opportunity to gain a clearer understanding of the issues and concerns that surround heavy haulage.

Being able to converse with these influential individuals and organisations is evidently paramount to the conference success; many of the members will undoubtedly share similar issues.

“Exactly, a thing that we’ve been working on for many years now is the Tauranga/Eastern Link Toll road. We’ve been trying

“It’s been a number of years since we’ve held the conference

to get better access to the Toll road for over-dimension and

in Hamilton and what’s key for us is the fact that we can organise

overweight loads and we’re hoping that by the time of the

site visits and factory tours to tow of the trailer manufacturers

Hamilton conference we’ll have some good news.”

that are key to our industry, it’s surprising we haven’t been back to Hamilton before now when you look at it like that,” says Jonathan Bhana-Thomson NZHHA Chief Executive.

The current global concern and effects of the Corona Virus will be sure to come up.

“I think how it does affect us is servicing those industries

“So we’ve got a trip to TRT on the Thursday afternoon of the

that are being impacted upon. So I guess if you’re looking at the

Conference and then on the Saturday we’ve got a trip to MTE,

logging industry, those operators that are involved in shifting

we’re really looking forward to both of those opportunities.”

logging crews and their gears from one location to the next,

“From the conference itself, members and attendees will expect to get information from the people that matter, people like the Agency and other organisations that help to keep the

obviously that work is under threat or else dried up.”

Back to the Hamilton event location, the TRT and MTE are evidently big drawcards.

members up to date with policy and changes, roading projects

“They are certainly a big part. Those members that are lucky

and updates on all sorts of fronts. For example, there’s an

enough to purchase new trailers from these operators do get

increased focus on operator compliance, we started that last

a chance to visit some of these locations but obviously not

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The NZHHA Conference is usually very well attended and this one is surely not one to miss

sessions and go through the sites to see what exactly goes on

“We’ve got about 250 company members and we usually

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STEADY AS SHE GOES

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TD NUMBERS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 2018 AND 2017 but market

at looks

1,520 to

registered be

steady

as

the board’ trailer manufacturing in the provinces.

units,

the

Taking a more in-depth look at brands themselves. Patchell’s unit

she

goes.

volume numbers are now sitting at 171 and commands a 11.25% of

Dipping below a strong 2017 by 57 units and being a shade under

the market. MTE is hot on their heels with 135 units/8.9% having

200 units reported at the same point in 2018, it’s fair to say that

added 24 units since we last published and Fruehauf completes the

the trailer industry is not going to break any overall record numbers

top-three with 127 units and 8.4% market share.

this year. However, we’re a far cry from shouting doom and gloom.

Of the other top 10 brands, TES and Transport Trailers have

Heavy metal is up as are the provinces, records are being set and

experienced the biggest percentage growth YTD vs 2018 at +69%

1,520 units are not to be sniffed at.

and +33% respectively. While TMC has dropped down a spot behind

By brand, Patchell’s leads the charts adding another 11 registrations

Transport Trailers to 7th overall with 6% Market share.

since we last published and in on target for a 10th year at the top. Six

There continues to be a strong representation in the market under

manufacturers have now gone into treble-figure registrations, with

‘Other’ experiencing a YTD 61% growth over 2018. Again, we feel

MTE and Roadmaster gaining over 10% YTD over 2018.

that this highlights an increase in more smaller, more boutique

As outlined in the previous quarter, there appear to be strong growth signs in the 60t + GVM area, maybe a sign of movement in the Heavy Haulage Industry and there is a continuing rise in ‘across 44 | Truckbody&Trailer

manufacturers or emerging, as yet un-named brands. At 9% of the market overall, it’s a sizable chunk.

In terms of manufacture, the three main centres, Auckland,

Hamilton and Christchurch continue to make up around 50% of the

Overall GVM volume numbers are down YTD on the previous two

market geographically YTD, however, of them, only Christchurch

years. At a shade over 51% of the 0-50t market, the 30,001-40,000

has experienced any form of growth. Conversely, ‘smaller’ provincial

still commands the lion share of registrations. With YTD numbers of

transport hubs such as Wanganui (12th), Gisborne (9th), Whangarei

782, it has noticeably fallen behind the high of 2018, however, more

(8th) and Tauranga (6th) are well on the rise. Are we seeing a slow

or less appears to mirror the YTD volume figures set in the previous

engineering staff exodus to our less congested and lower-priced

year. 40,001-50,000 and <10,000 remain on similar category

housing towns?

percentage terms to 2018, however, both the 20,001-30,000 and

When it comes to GVM, it’s been another good quarter in terms of heavy metal with MTE (+64%) and TRT (+100%) showing strong

10,001-20,000 GVM are showing healthy signs of activity, with the latter exceeding last year in both percentage and unit numbers.

growth in the 60t+ category. Their 22 combined registrations mean

With YTD import numbers remaining at around 4% of total

a year on year growth in this area of around 38% vs 2018 and surely

registrations, it’s clear to see that the local trailer manufacturing

equates to an expansion within the Heavy Haulage sector.

market is alive and kicking. UK and USA numbers sit at 8 units apiece

The 50-60t sector continues to fall behind the high of 2018,

while our friends across the ditch have added an extra 4 units since

however, with registrations of 16 and MTE leading this area, it now

we last published and brought their numbers up to double digits. It’s

exceeds the 2017 YTD figures of 13. Patchell’s has still yet to add any

been a good year for France so far with numbers nearing 2017, but

registrations to this sector.

overall, local remains where it’s at.

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Brand PATCHELL

Increase of share

loss of share

No change

GVM in kg YT October 0ver 60,000

2019

2018

2017

2019 Volume % 171 11.25

2018 Volume % 210 12.3

2017 Volume % 186 11.8

M.T.E.

135

8.9

138

8.1

113

7.2

FRUEHAUF

127

8.4

160

9.3

153

9.7

ROADMASTER

106

7.0

117

6.8

116

7.4

DOMETT

105

6.9

115

6.7

106

6.7

TRANSPORT TRAILERS

105

6.9

89

5.2

98

6.2 6.0

TMC

91

6.0

94

5.5

95

TRANSFLEET

61

4.0

60

3.5

53

3.4

TES

60

3.9

39

2.3

33

2.1

JACKSON

39

2.6

55

3.2

59

3.7

FREIGHTER

38

2.5

61

3.6

0

0.0 1.3

HAMMAR

27

1.8

22

1.3

21

MILLS-TUI

24

1.6

23

1.3

16

1.0

EVANS

23

1.5

29

1.7

23

1.5

MAXICUBE

21

1.4

64

3.7

97

6.2

KRAFT

21

1.4

31

1.8

27

1.7

FAIRFAX

20

1.3

46

2.7

23

1.5

CWS

20

1.3

23

1.3

31

2.0

MAKARANUI

20

1.3

13

0.8

13

0.8 1.3

NEWZELOHR

20

1.3

0

0.0

20

TANKER ENGINEERING

15

1.0

6

0.4

9

0.6

TIDD

14

0.9

12

0.7

9

0.6

LUSK

10

0.7

17

1.0

15

1.0

CHIEFTAIN

8

0.5

13

0.8

13

0.8

ADAMS & CURRIE

8

0.5

10

0.6

14

0.9

KOROMIKO

7

0.5

7

0.4

1

0.1

vol

%

vol

%

vol

%

MTE

18

1.2

11

0.6

13

0.8

PTE

7

0.5

7

0.4

7

0.4

Patchell

0

0.0

3

0.2

1

0.1

MD ENGIEERING

7

0.5

7

0.4

3

0.2

Tidds

4

0.3

2

0.1

3

0.2

0.6

50,001 to 60,000 Patchell

0.0

19

1.1

5

0.3

7

0.4

HTS

6

0.4

12

0.7

9

COWAN

6

0.4

8

0.5

11

0.7

LOWES

6

0.4

5

0.3

8

0.5

MTE

7

0.5

9

0.5

SEC

5

0.3

9

0.5

6

0.4

Feldbinder

4

0.3

8

0.5

TEO

5

0.3

8

0.5

2

0.1

0.0

3

0.2

DOUGLAS

5

0.3

6

0.4

2

0.1

0.3

1

0.1

GUY NORRIS

5

0.3

5

0.3

4

0.3

0.0

1

0.1

CONVAIR

5

0.3

2

0.1

3

0.2

1

0.1

0

0

1

0.1

WHITE

4

0.3

9

0.5

7

0.4

FELDBINDER

4

0.3

8

0.5

1

0.1

40,001 to 50,000

128

8.4

138

8.1

141

8.9

GLASGOW ENGINEERING

4

0.3

6

0.4

3

0.2

30.001 to 40,000

782

51.4

930

54.3

787

49.9

WARREN -GARLAND

5

0.3

6

0.4

3

0.2

20,001 to 30,000

486

32.0

508

29.6

532

33.7

MTT

3

0.2

9

0.5

10

0.6

10,001 to 20,000

50

3.3

41

2.4

45

2.9

BM MORGAN

2

0.1

8

0.5

5

0.3

< 10,001

36

2.4

40

2.3

42

2.7

BISON

2

0.1

3

0.2

3

0.2

Total all

1520

EMS

2

0.1

3

0.2

0

0.0

NICKEL

1

0.1

5

0.3

3

0.2

MORBARK

1

0.1

4

0.2

4

0.3

BARFORD

1

0.1

3

0.2

0

0.0

CLARKE ENGINEERING

1

0.1

0

0.0

4

0.3

BELL

0

0.0

6

0.4

1

0.1

TRINITY

0

0.0

6

0.4

0

0.0

ACE

0

0.0

4

0.2

2

0.1

CECO

0

0.0

4

0.2

0

0.0

DT5

0

0.0

3

0.2

0

0.0

MANIC

0

0.0

3

0.2

0

0.0

JAMIESON

0

0.0

2

0.1

3

0.2

MF KINGS

0

0.0

2

0.1

3

0.2

SCHMITZ CARGOBULL

0

0.0

1

0.1

17

1.1

FOTHERINGHAME

0

0.0

0

0.0

3

0.2

OTHER

137

9.0

96

5.6

106

6.7

Total

1520

1714

100

1577

100

Manac Other

4

Arrmstrong Tidd 0 to 50,000

Country of origin

1714

2019

1577

2018

2017

UK USA Australia Germany Turkey

vol 8 8 10 4 2

% 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.1

vol 26 19 11 10 1

% 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.1

vol 18 9 13 18

France China South Africa Netherland Other

15 1 0 0 14

1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9

0 0 0 0 1

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

20 3 2 1

New Zealand Total

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1458 1520

95.9

1646 1714

96.0

1493 1577

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Airplex - airplex.co.nz Archers Auto Springs - autosprings.co.nz

PTEK Ltd - ptek.co.nz PPG - ppgpaints.co.nz

Brake’z & Alignment Ltd - brakez.co.nz

Racewell Engineering (McIndoe Group) - mcindoegroup.co.nz

Bridgestone - bridgestonetyres.co.nz BPW Transport Efficiency - bpwte.co.nz

Real Steel - realsteel.co.nz Resene Automotive & Light Industrial - fleetcare.net.nz

Bigfoot Equipment - bigfoot.co.nz CAL Isuzu - calisuzu.co.nz

Rhino Products - mudguards.co.nz

CDL Autoparts/Peterson - cdlautoparts.co.nz

Roadrunner Manufacturing - roadrunnerltd.co.nz

Commercial Transport Spares - ctsltd.co.nz

SiLodec - silodec.co.nz

Ezi Tarp - ezitarp.com

Smallbone Isuzu - smallbones.co.nz

Forest Centre - forestcentre.com.au

Tates NZ Ltd - South Auckland

Gough Palfinger - goughpalfinger.co.nz

Thermo King - thermoking.co.nz

Gough Transpecs - goughtranspecs.co.nz

TRT - trt.co.nz

Hella - hella.co.nz

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