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Story & photos: David Kinch

ORGANISING A TRUCK SHOW ISN’T EASY AT THE BEST OF TIMES. And getting one up and running again after Covid-19 cancellations has been a challenge many event organisers have faced recently.

The Dunedin Truck Show was held on January 28 alongside the Taieri A&P Show which provided a full day’s entertainment for everyone.

The organising committee of Cam Wootten, Steve Brown, Kristi Paterson, Jeff Seymour, Trev Hall and Stan Mason did a fantastic job getting major sponsor City Auto Glass onboard along with the many truck brands who supplied prizes.

Sometimes you need to do something just a little bit different to attract entries for a truck show and the team did just that, thinking outside the square, including local businesses who donated great prizes.

The public turned out in big numbers on a stunning summer’s day. With the smell of sausages cooking on the Dynes Transport barbeque (raising funds for the Arthur Burns Kindergarten) parents and children alike took the chance to have a good look at the trucks on display.

While the numbers were slightly down on previous shows the standard of competition was extremely high which made the judges job a tricky one.

With a table full of prizes and sponsors names being proudly displayed on electronic signage the prizes were handed out by the committee.

King Rig was taken out by Justin Walker in the A&L Coombs Ltd Volvo FH. Along with the trophy Justin took home a barbeque kindly donated by City Auto Glass.

People’s Choice was won by Shane Pearson who had his Kenworth T904 “Black Stallions Daddy” looking immaculate. Never short of a few words, Shane gave an impromptu speech