Dustin

Name: Dustin Age: 12 Hails from: Hawarden, North Canterbury.

Overnighter in a K200 His first time in a K200, Dustin went on a neat overnight roadie with his dad, seeing some cool spots along the way.

Dustin got up at 3:15am to go for a ride on this K200

I was really annoyed when a truck parked in front of me at the drive-in theater. But at least I got to see the trailer Why did the ice cream truck break down?

RIDDLE

Drink up!

Unloading time

Dustin helping out

Dustin riding shotgun

Photo op! So many cool sites to see on a road trip

One drizzly summer morning at 3:15am, there were alarms going off. I sprung out of bed and went out to the kitchen. I went into the pantry and grabbed some Weetbix, and I even made some for Dad.

We got in the Kenworth K200, which has a 600hp Cummins engine, in the Christchurch yard and took a load of empty pallets down to Timaru. It was my first time in a K200, so I was pretty excited.

We unloaded and reloaded, and headed north for Nelson. We stopped in Hinds and saw my Nan. After that we carried on, and we stopped in Amberley and got fuel.

Our next stop was Maruia Falls where we had a halfhour break. Did you know Maruia Falls was created in 1929 in the Murchison earthquake? That’s pretty cool.

After a quick break we carried on and went to Brenics’ yard and parked the truck up. We went to the motel and l had some tea, then we watched some TV

Maruia Falls was created by an earthquake

Enjoying the day

Dustin and his dad started the day with some Weetbix - what else! before we went to bed.

The next day we woke up and went and dropped off the load at Sollys. After that, we went back to the yard and we got another load of veggies that from Friday afternoon would end up in Invercargill - the whole length of the South Island by Saturday morning!

We pointed south, we stopped in Springs Junction to get some water, and then we carried on to Christchurch. We got unloaded, and that was the end of our fantastic trip.

A special thank you to Brenics Ltd for letting Dad drive, and to everyone else along the way who were all super helpful and very friendly.

Dustin really enjoyed his first time in a K200

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