LITTLE TRUCKERS’ CLUB
HI LITTLE TRUCKERS! Hi there to all you little truckers! Jamie Sinclair sent us in these awesome photos of two-year old Ewan Sinclair (right). Dad tells us you are his right-hand man, Ewan; it sure looks like you love helping him out with his truck. I had a fantastic day at the Tui Truck Show and even got to meet a couple of you, which was so cool. If you took some photos you would like to share, we would all love to see them. Or, with school holidays upon us, I’m sure there is trucking to be done with friends and/or family, and we would also love to hear about your adventures. If you would like to see yourself here in Little Truckers Club all you need to do is email your photos and/or drawings to me at rochelle@ nztrucking.co.nz along with a wee paragraph telling us about them, your name and age. I do enjoy seeing them all. Have a fantastic month.
VOLVO Trucks was founded in 1928 in Gothenburg, Sweden, as a subsidiary of Volvo Group. Volvo Group invented the three-point safety belt in 1959. DAF Trucks was founded in 1928 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where Hub van Doorne set up a small manufacturing company that eventually developed into a leading global truck manufacturer. MERCEDES-BENZ was founded in 1926 in Stuttgart, Germany, following the merger of Karl Benz’s and Gottlieb Daimler’s companies into the Daimler-Benz company. In 1896, Gottlieb Daimler built the world’s first truck. SCANIA AB was founded in 1911 in Södertälje, Sweden, due to a merger between Vabis and Maskinfabriks AB Scania and has since built and delivered more than 1.4 million trucks. IVECO was founded in 1975 from five different brands – three from Italy and one each from France and Germany. The name MAN (short for Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg AG) first appeared in 1908. However, the company can trace its origins back to 1758.
Ewan washing dad’s truck.
Ewan (2) with his dad, Jamie.
FIND THE LITTLE TRUCKERS’ CLUB LOGO The Little Truckers’ Club logo is hidden somewhere in this issue — find it and let me know where it is, and you may win a prize. You can email me at rochelle@nztrucking.co.nz.
The first truck didn’t look like any truck we see on the roads today.
FIND-A-WORD I have listed the names of some trucking companies from all over New Zealand. You will find them all hidden in the grid below. The names can be found going across, backwards, upwards, downwards and diagonally in the puzzle. Can you find them all? You could also look up the names and see what each company does. Have fun, little truckers!
N A C N O R T H C H I L L D M L
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M O K A S P W B N Q L A T W H H
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1: BIG CHILL Distribution 2: BOOTHS Transport 3: BRENICS Transport 4: BRETT MARSH Transport 5: ELLISON Cartage 6: FREIGHT LINES 7: HALLS 8: HEIKELL Transport 9: HILTON Haulage 10: MAINFREIGHT 11: MARTINBOROUGH Transport 12: MCCARTHY Transport 13: NATIONWIDE Livestock Limited 14: NORTHCHILL Ltd 15: OPZEELAND Transport 16: OWENS Transport 17: PINFOLDS Transport 18: RYAL BUSH Transport 19: SALTERS Cartage 20: STEPHENSON Transport 21: TEMUKA Transport 22: TRANZLIQUID Logistics 23: UHLENBERG Haulage 24: WAIMEA Contract Carriers
