NEW KIWI BODIES & TRAILERS

New Zealand Trucking brings you New Kiwi Bodies & Trailers. Bodies and trailers are expected to last twice as long as trucks, and new technology and advanced design features are showing up almost every month.

First for the Bay

Bay Civil of Papamoa recently received its first crisp new tipper build from the engineering maestros at Mills-Tui in Rotorua. The combination will be seen throughout the Bay of Plenty on all manner of aggregate supply duties for Bay Civil’s work sites and clients. The Hardox steel bins are immaculately constructed, with two-way tail doors and Edbro front-of-body hoists providing the lift. Under the chassis rails are Hendrickson air-suspended axles with disc brakes keeping the trailer grounded.

New Zealand has a rich heritage of body and trailer building, and we’re proud to showcase some recent examples of Kiwi craftsmanship every month. If you want a body or trailer included on these pages, send a photo, features, and the manufacturer’s name to trailers@nztrucking.co.nz

Features: Electrically operated PowerTarps and SI Lodec scales.

Mills-Tui

4D thinking

Features: Alux polished alloy wheels, over-width panels. TMC Trailers

When Bascik Transport contractor 4D Freight Ltd was piecing together its new linehaul combination, it was Hornby-based TMC Trailers who provided the business end of the package. The brief for this build was general freight – and lots of it. The new sixaxle curtainside B-train is kitted out with mezzanine floors, a full complement of toolboxes and a dunnage box. Capping off the build sheet, the B-train set was spec’d with TMC air-suspended, discbrake axle sets.