FEATURE
A farming show…for truckies too Story Dave McLeod & Wayne Munro Photos Dave McLeod & Fieldays
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FOR SOME KIWI TRUCK DISTRIBUTORS, IT’S LIKE THAT old tv commercial from the 1980s for the alcohol-free Clayton’s – “the drink you have when you’re not having a drink.” Fieldays is kind of like their Clayton’s outing – “the truck show you have when you’re not having a truck show.” That’s because, of course, Fieldays is – first and foremost – an agricultural/rural/farming extravaganza. The biggest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere in fact, the organisers reckon.
But, nevertheless, five truck makes are represented at the 2021 Mystery Creek agricultural extravaganza – returning to an up-close-and-personal scenario after last year’s COVID-enforced “virtual” show, which was conducted completely online. And, adding to the taste of trucking for the crowds of cowcockeys, is a handful of other companies active in the transport industry (as well as the rural sector) – among them suppliers like the Porter Group, Teletrac Navman, TRS Tyre & Wheel and TransDiesel….
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