TOKI SHOW AND SHINE One ardent supporter of the Mack brand…
The 2016 Mack Super Liner of Floyd Trans won Best Mack.
The 1994 377A owned by JB’s Environmental was Best Peterbilt.
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McAuley’s showing its support.
fter 2020’s Toki Truck Stop Show and Shine was cancelled because of the lockdown, it was great to see the big rigs roll into the Tui Brewery at Mangatainoka, near Masterton, on a perfect autumn day in late March. Numbers were down on the record 149 trucks that turned up in 2019, but there was still a collection of about 100 stunning rigs from as far afield as Christchurch and Taupo. A total of $920 was raised for the show’s regular beneficiary, the Mangatainoka Reserve Restoration. In 2019, a new Star of the Show award was established,
This 2019 T909 won the Best Kenworth award for HES Earthmoving.
Graeme Skou was awarded the Star of the Show trophy for his stunning 1977 Kenworth W924.
named in memory of Pahiatua driver Lincoln Johanson, who died in February 2018. This year, it went to the immaculate 1977 Kenworth W924 owned by Graeme Skou of Marton. “The truck convoy from Woodville was one of the best I’ve ever been involved in,” says Skou. “It was really well organised, with a huge number of trucks travelling together to the brewery.” Organiser Kate Steminger says the Toki Truck Stop Show and Shine is one of the most popular events at the brewery. “The drivers and owners put so much effort into
