NZ TruckBody & Trailer July 2018

June 2018

HIGH TIPPER MCCURDY’S NEW HIGH & LOW TIPPER

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NEWS Our round-up of the news and events from the truckbody and trailer scene.

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OVER EZI Ezi Tarp makes tarping a load, well, easy, with its new system.

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ROLLER UP Improving health and safety, using Razor’s Power Door equipment.

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THE ITALIAN (& NZ) JOB V.Orlandi changes hands, but continues with Tates NZ. TINY TIPPER Tippers come in all shapes and sizes, including Tri-Dek’s, for double-cab utes.

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IN FOR THE LONG HAUL Tomoana expands into a new heavy market, literally helping build bridges.

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HIGH LOW, TIP & GO McCurdy Trucks builds a high and low tipper for fertiliser refills in the field.

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VACUUM CLEANER Allflow’s new vacuum tanker is a complex piece of art NEW BUILDS The latest builds and registrations from around the country.

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NEW REGISTRATIONS Robin Yates compiles and analyses the latest round of NZTA sales and registration data.

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TBT DIRECTORY Listing NZ’s truckbody and trailer manufacturers and suppliers.

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FROM THE EDITOR

2018 June 2018

HIGH TIPPER

NOT WANTING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD,

While the staples continue on their sales path, it’s

but what a year we’re having! Records are breaking

also great to see the specialised stuff, and while the

each month, not just from monthly sales, and not just

numbers may not be high, sometimes these jobs create

compared to last year, but compared to the best years

profile for the builders, as two main features have done

and numbers ever.

for this issue: McCurdy Trucks won’t be rolling a new

MCCURDY’S NEW HIGH & LOW TIPPER

The monthly sales reports across both trucks and

High-Low Tipper out of its workshop every month,

trailers are showing yet another strong year, with

but it’s great to see the time and innovation pouring

the prediction of levelling off proving either late or

in to develop and improve integrity, strength and

simply untrue. The sales data and update of the trailer

operation. Same with the Allflow vacuum truck: not

market compiled by Robin Yates makes for some

a big volume seller, granted, but a specialised piece

fascinating reading, especially reviewing the first

of equipment: it may be imported, but many local

quarter of 2018, with impressive results spread across

businesses benefit from it, and in the future some Kiwi

a greater number of manufacturers. We’re starting to

ingenuity may develop a better, cheaper or more cost-

see some serious rivals for the top positions, and while

effective version – inspiration comes in many forms.

• ALLFLOW VACUUM TRUCK • TOMOANA HEAVY HAULER

Tri-dek ute tipper tray

Ezi-Tarp’s low energy cover

Cover: McCurdy Trucks’ High-Low Tipper

Patchell has always been the one to beat over recent

To be honest, we didn’t actually need to see the

years, the gap across the top five has been smaller

official NZTA registration data to appreciate the

than

continual

growth, as we’ve been bombarded with mountains

refinement of processes, diversity and expansion all

of new builds lately, and with only so many pages in

feed a strong market, and all the top manufacturers,

this issue, we’ve had to push back a few – so if you have

even the smaller ones, are seeing either improved

submitted, apologies, and keep an eye out in the next

numbers and/or increased market share. It’s not what

issue. The lesson there is, to be featured in our new

we’d label a boom time – growth beyond the curve –

builds, get them in early. We love seeing the variety

which is probably a good thing as bubbles are prone to

and diversity of all the new builds and it could even

bursting, but this continual, solid, gradual growth has

lead to a full feature story.

ever.

Improved

manufacturing,

been a reassuring sign; especially as many businesses

– Dean Evans, Editor – dean@trucker.co.nz

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are still recovering – mentally if not financially – from the GFC that hit almost a decade ago.

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More than 500 employees at MaxiTRANS manufacturing site, celebrating its 386th trailer for Coles.

MAXITRANS REACHES 386… NOT OUT MaxiTRANS signs off record $65million contact for largest ever order of trailers.

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Coles will have the ability to access

MaxiTRANS

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its

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sales support, via 30+ locations in the

tradespeople, particularly qualified welders,

combined MaxiTRANS Dealer Network and

production welders and other job seekers

MaxiPARTS retail parts network. The trailers

for its Ballarat manufacturing site. Interested

were earmarked for use in NSW and WA.

parties wanting to further their career in

Australian

trailer

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Six Coles trailers completed ahead of schedule, less than two-percent of the total order.

Over the next two to three months,

after-

MaxiTRANS’

Dean Jenkins, CEO, MaxiTRANS thanking staff for their contribution to completing the Coles project.

Australia are invited to send their details to recruitment@maxitrans.com.au.

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MaxiTRANS staff adding finishing touches and branding to the 386th and final trailer for Coles.

TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY NEW OWNER CRAIG PIERCE HAS TAKEN OVER OWNERSHIP OF AUCKLAND’S

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Transport Technology, a transport and mechanical design

Legally, the business is now called Transport Technology (2018)

engineering company. The business changed hands from Paula

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and the late Geoff Walsh to Craig in April.

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As the previous owner of Onehunga Transport Engineering

Zelanian Dr, East Tamaki, phone 09 274-8911.

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(OTEL) in Penrose, Auckland, for 22 years, Craig sold the business in June 2017, exited in June 2017, and almost a year later kicks off his new business venture in East Tamaki.

Transport Technology and Craig will remain within the Heavy Vehicle industry, albeit with Craig now moving into design,

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“I know and enjoy being part of this industry and look forward to meeting all of TTL’s existing clients,”, said Craig in a release of his acquisition, “many of whom I have already met and know either through being in the industry or my involvement with the NZTTMF; and of course meeting new and future clients in due course.”

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TES TURNS 21 Big birthday bash for Steve Keast and crew.

INVERCARGILL’S TRANSPORT ENGINEERING SOUTHLAND RECENTLY

friends and both my parents, the motivation

CELEBRATED TURNING 21 YEARS OLD.

remains the same – continue to build some of me this was my chance, so don’t stuff it up! Bill

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and

became the mentor I needed, and this is the

roads – but also to take time to spend with

dumpers,

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bathtubs, loggers, lift-out side trailers and

acknowledgement to Bill. [Over the years] the

truck decks. The company also expanded into

business continued to grow and work spread.

Australia in 2007 with its speciality three-axle

About 11 years ago we branched out into

Semi Belly Dumpers.

Aussie and to date have 50 trailers including a

Established in 1997 by Steve Keast, TES manufactures specialises

high-quality in

trailers

belly/bottom

TES celebrated its 21 years with a huge

B-Double road train operating there.”

function at the local Bill Richardson Transport

At the function, the centrepiece was a

World museum, with more than 100 invited

specially designed cake, featuring a caricature

guests, plus drinks, nibbles and a formal

of Owner/Manager Steve Keast, working on

dinner with speeches on how the company

his designs.

has evolved and grown over those two decades.

TES also marked the occasion in part with a freshen up of Southern’s three-axle

“After discussions with my late father

semi-bottom dumper, an exact replica of

Rodney, dad found the empty Southland

the company’s first ever dumper purchased

Excavating building,” recalled Steve at the

21 years ago, in TES’s first year of operation

night of celebration. “As it was empty and the

– and the original is still going strong, too.

economic climate wasn’t good, we could put

Added Steve, in front of the crowd: “It can

off paying any rent for six months if we tidied

be humbling driving down State Highway 1

up the empty shed. This was vital as I had no

seeing units we have built, over 500 trailers

money; my staff was my corgi ‘Dude’, and me.

now; or being on holiday in Fiji seeing one of

This grew with a few people coming and going

our bottom dumpers working. The kids get

until [Workshop Foreman] Dion arrived on

sick of the game: ‘see how many TES trailers

the scene a year later.

you can spot’… but I haven’t. I hope to be

“A turning point was the opportunity to build a bottom dumper for Southern

building and seeing our units for a few more years yet.

Transport. I will always remember when the

“Looking back on the early days I was

late Bill Richardson turned up at my workshop

motivated by survival and the fear of failure.

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ASTER, LIGHTER AND EASIER TO USE, EZI TARP

drivers use less energy to open or close, and in a fraction of the

has introduced a new truck and trailer tarp system that

time of traditional tarp systems. It’s also the only tarp designed

eliminates a lot of the problems associated with tarps,

and manufactured in New Zealand, so it’s truly a home-grown

while improving aspects both small and large.

product.

Ezi Tarp is invented and manufactured by Johnson & Couzins,

“They came to be by default,” explains Shane. “We were

one of NZ’s oldest companies, the self-proclaimed ‘name in shade

asked by a large trucking company to come up with a louvre

since 1866’, and a Christchurch-based business that’s expanded

system for the trucks, and it unfolded from there.

to both Auckland in 2010, and Australia in 2014. More known

“This one’s been designed with the older truck in mind,” adds

for its shade solutions for domestic and commercial, and more

Shane. “One of our clients, the average age of his truck driver is

recently its retractable louvre system, J&C also manufactures a

58; but with health and safety standards, and always needing one

vast range of bespoke PVC and canvas designs for the transport

foot on the ground, these truckies were needing to climb all over

industry.

the place, and getting exhausted. With this system, it considers

Its latest development is the Ezi Tarp, explains Marketing

all those aspects – we have a couple of customers who have

Manager Shane Wratt: “Unlike other systems, the Ezi Tarp

changed to our system for those very reasons, because it’s so

crank units are a low energy and high output bearing and chain

much easier.

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“The nature of hinging systems is they tend to buckle in high

Top: Early computer renderings show the tight fit and finish of the bespoke tarps.

Above: Simple and easy-to-use handle is operated from the front of the trailer, and with the operator safely on the ground.

Below: Cable system ensures the tarp remains tight along the length of the trailer.

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A demonstration video shows the tarp being easily opened in 20 seconds.

wind and the arch bends and pops off, which leads to more coming

the weather doesn’t affect the products, and as used in its

off. With the Ezi Tarp, the technology we’ve incorporated is the

existing outdoor louvre systems. Plus there are safety covers

same as the louvres: they’re attached to the wire themselves, so

over the moving parts.

can’t come unstuck, and are better secured.”

With the system taking less than a minute to operate, the tarp

Componentry is also durable and long-term, with PVC or

is totally custom manufactured to the truck or trailer, meaning the

canvas in a wide range of almost any colour, zinc-coated steel,

seal and fit is always 100 percent efficient, with a professional

graphite parts and powder coating in a range of colours, all so

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Additionally, as the tarp is made to order, it can also be pre-manufactured and delivered to the truck/trailer builder for fitting during truck/trailer construction, ensuring integrity and the perfect fit right from day one.

Currently manufactured and fitted at either Johnson & Couzins’ Christchurch or Auckland locations, expansion plans are already afoot and made easy by the fact there are less components in the Ezi Tarp system, and it’s far less complicated than the louvre systems, so the company is looking at regional locations in Wellington and Tauranga.

Customer feedback has also been extremely positive, recalls Shane: “One company that took it on, the driver came back and was so enthused, that they ordered 50 more. Which leads in to the only potential problem we have being managing growth, but we’ve taken on extra staff.”

Future development is already underway with a motorised system available in the near future, using European motors rather than those from the cheaper Chinese/Indonesian versions.

With such a rich history of commercial and domestic products, Johnson & Couzins’ expansion into the transport industry is a calculated and clever one, and it’s also looking to introduce the same successful technology applied to curtain-siding and an expanding range of products.

Contact: www.ezitarp.com, 0800 664 083

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ROLLER UP Speed and convenience are great, but Razor’s Power Door also improves efficiency and the all-important health and safety.

Story: Dean Evans Photos: Trevor Woolston

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PENING AND CLOSING A PANEL ROLLER DOOR ON a truck isn’t exactly a difficult operation, nor is it one that really demands a better solution. With the weighting and

springing done right, a new roller door on the back of a typical delivery truck will lift lightly and easily, and in just a few seconds. But the parameters for the ease of that happening aren’t always userfriendly or long-term.

It’s assuming the operator has their hands totally free, it assumes the equipment is new and lubricated, not worn and free-gliding, and it doesn’t always consider any wear aspects that could contribute to difficult operation. Of course it also assumes the operator is in full perfect health, without any physical injuries or limitations. And significantly, there’s also the other key aspect of closing the door: from the need to climb or step up to reach the pull handle, the physical nature of reaching high and potential injuries as a result, either though back, arm, shoulder, or even lower body injuries from slipping, scraping, falling or worse.

So it quickly becomes apparent, that the simple process of opening and closing a roller door can be a lot riskier than it first appears, particularly with modern health and safety standards imposed not just on the operator, but the business owner.

That’s how this solution came about for Auckland’s Allied Liquor, and it was an unintended but very welcome addition to the fleet, says Distribution Manager Warwick Thomson. “We were having an Isuzu truck built in early 2017,” recalls Warwick, “and there was some discussion about looking at improving how the roller doors went up and down. We were approached by Boss Motorbodies, who does work for us, and they suggested this new idea.

“One of the guys got in contact with me and explained the concept

Allied Liquor has fitted a couple of Razor Power Doors to its deliverytrucks, with impressive results.

and how it worked. They would fit it free of charge, and see how it would work in the field. So they did that to this Isuzu, and much to the delight of our drivers, it worked a treat.”

The ease and speed of operation is just as good, if not a little better than the manual system, with a switch fitted to the back of the truck that allows the operator to raise or lower the door in less than 10 seconds, without any physical stress.

Plus there’s also a remote that the driver can wear around his neck, so when exiting the cab, they press the button and the door is open by the time they reach the back.

“It also means our guys don’t have to climb up to grab the door to close it, or put a piece of string on to pull it down,” adds Warwick. “It

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Above: The switch is mounted under the rear, for easy access.

Below: The main battery and charger is mounted out of harm’s way under the chassis.

Bottom: The motor is mounted up top and protected as the door slides up its rails.

Left: With the roller door operated by a switch, or a remote, getting the door up and down is substantially easier on the driver as well as the truck, eliminating any up or down slamming.

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•

•

saves shoulders, knees… the guys banging their legs… the whole

and configurations. The Power Door system is a simple, retro-fit

operation is just seamless and they’ve been a delight to use. We

that’s also suitable for refrigerated freight, dry freight, semi-trailer

fitted them to two trucks, and all the guys who use it say how

or rigid van doors. The system also features multi-operational

much they like it.”

points, manual override back-up and a safety stop sensor.

Using the Razor Power Door components, similar to the system

Fitting the system is reasonably simple, too, according to Maron

used on Razor’s Power Tarp and Power Legs, the multi-use motor,

from Auckland’s Boss Motorbodies who fitted these kits to the

battery and charger system is wired in and offers a number of uses

Allied Liquor trucks. The kits consist of an electric motor, controller, battery and charger, wiring harness and hardware kit, with the key components either mounted out of harm’s way, or underneath on the chassis.

“The motor is mounted up high, just above the roller door. The controller mounts underneath, and the button goes underneath the floor,” explains Maron.

“It takes about 4-5 hours to fit,” he adds. “We jig everything up and we have all the patterns, so we’ve done all the dirty work.

We’ve done around 10 so far this year, and we normally do around 20-30 a year. Plus there’s no limit to the size of the door… we’ve just done a 3m high garage door, no problem.”

“Everything is tucked away, and nothing gets damaged” adds Warwick. “Sometimes we do kegs and if they’re not tied down properly they move around; even if they do become dislodged and move around, there’s no concerns about the internal parts of the Power Door being damaged as it’s all mounted away from damage and protected.”

Warwick sums up his thoughts on the Razor Power Door quite simply: “We haven’t had any problems at all, and they’ve been great. We’ll certainly carry on using it, and for any future trucks we’ll definitely be putting them on.”

A simple solution for a simple operation, just faster, safer and

All the components are integrated and virtually invisible at a glance, except the operating switch.

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THE ITALIAN (& NZ) JOB Story: Cory Martin

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TALY’S V.ORLANDI IS CONFIDENT IN CONTINUING ITS

V.Orlandi managing director Gianpietro Mascialino attributes

23-year long relationship with New Zealand distributor Tates,

much of the company’s success in the New Zealand and

despite the recent sale of a majority share in the business.

Australian markets to the strong relationship between itself and

In April this year, chassis and trailer component giant SAF Holland

Auckland-based Tates NZ Limited.

became a 70 percent shareholder in the Italian towing equipment manufacturer, taking over the company’s operations.

This relationship is why Mascialino insists that Tates will remain the New Zealand distributor of V.Orlandi products, despite SAFHolland having its own lines of distribution in the country. “[Tates] has done a lot of development of the products and it has done very well improving the product in terms of safety and servicing and all the other features associated with our product,” says Mascialino. “I can see only positive results for the future; we can benefit off the structure of joining with a big company.”

Beginning in 1994, Tates has been heavily involved in refining V.Orlandi couplings and fifth wheels for the New Zealand market.

Top: Aaron Burson and Gianpietro Mascialino explain the features of their fifth wheel to TBT journalist Cory Martin.

Left: V.Orlandi Coupling. Refinement and continual improvement are hallmarks of the Italian-New Zealand companies working together.

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Left top: Tates MD Peter Burson, V.Orlandi’s Gianpietro Mascialino, and Tates’ Aaron Burson.

Left below: Tates’ Aaron Burson discusses the safety features of the coupling systems with Gianpietro Mascialino.

Above: Tates was presented with a plaque to celebrate 15 years of cooperation with V.Orlandi back in 2010. Another eight years on, and following a parent company change, the partnership is as strong as ever.

Managing director Peter Burson says Tates has been constantly developing improvements to the products based on testing and

the coupling is not completely closed.

Tates’ sales engineer Aaron Burson reckons “You see it particularly on logging trucks; debris can fall into the bottom

customer feedback.

After receiving its first product to be introduced to the local

bush, the pin goes down but it doesn’t actually close properly.

market, Burson says they “had to ‘fettle’ the product to suit the

With the force of driving, it has the potential to work its way up

New Zealand market.”

again.”

In the last decade, Tates has ‘fettled’ with many products including

design

and

material

changes

that

provided

advancements in durability, serviceability, and safety.

“Customers were asking ‘if the head is buggered, why do we need to throw away the whole thing?’” says Burson.

The other key safety feature added to V.Orlandi couplings is its ‘jackknife kit’ which warns the driver they are turning at an angle that is detrimental to the health of the drawbar, particularly the lightweight versions made of specialised materials that are quite expensive and easy to bend.

Tates and V.Orlandi worked on a solution, introducing bronze

Finally, V.Orlandi is working on some heavy-duty enhancements

bushes in the head and guide mouth to make the coupling more

to its couplings suited to the hard-working trucks in New Zealand,

serviceable, and to prevent the shaft seizing within the housing.

developing a new guide mouth made out of cast steel instead of

In recent years the focus of V.Orlandi has been on the

cast iron, with the aim to make it virtually unbreakable, suited to

development of safety features for its couplings. “We have

loggers who are coupling two or three times a day.

introduced all different kinds of tech that inform the driver

“When a customer comes in the [Tates] door [for V.Orlandi],

whether the coupling is open or closed… or if the trailer is

it’s not a huge range of products, just a very specific range of

jackknifed,” says Mascialino.

couplings and fifth wheels,” adds Burson.

In the newer V.Orlandi couplings there is a built-in sensor that

The sentiment is shared by Mascialino, “I want people who

connects to the cab either illuminating a light – or in European

have the knowledge of the product, and the drive to perfect it.”

trucks showing a warning on the dash – informing the driver if

Contact: Tates NZ Ltd 09 299 7777.

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Story: Dean Evans

TINY TIPPER Not every tipper has to be large, as Tauranga’s Tri-Dek Engineering proves with its range of ute and light-truck tipper trays.

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HINK TIPPER, THINK BIG – BUT IT’S NOT ALWAYS the case. Tri-Dek Engineering in Tauranga manufactures these tipper trays for almost any modern ute, in a range of

configurations, colours and styles.

With the huge popularity of ute accessories and personalisation, the tipper is another way of further customising and catering for a solution. “It’s for firewood and small loads,” explains Tri-Dek owner Gerald Machin. Along with health and safety issues, “people are getting old,” he adds, “and these tippers are getting more and more popular now because people are finding easier ways of doing things. Do you want to go to the dump and shovel all the lawn clippings? Or move all that firewood by hand? Or do you want to be the smart guy and flick a button and unload it all in seconds?”

The tipper itself is compact but strong, with a lifting capacity of 1500kg, and able to tilt 45 degrees. Dimensionally can be tailored to suit, but is generally around the 2200mm x 1900mm size for an extra cab ute.

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different on their ute these days: if you’re a builder, you go to a dealer and ask for a flat deck, ladder racks, front nudge bar and toolboxes underneath; the dealer rings me and I spec it out for them.”

Tippers aren’t a new thing for Tri-Dek, either. “We’ve done hundreds of tipper utes over the years. We’ve been going for 20 years, and when I first started, everyone was getting single cab utes, that’s all we built. Then the Jap imports starting coming in, and then everyone went to the ToyoAce with the 3m deck… then everyone started getting onto double-cab wellside – obviously we don’t get to work on them, but we still do a lot of double cab flat decks, because people want four seats to cart the family around but they still want the flat deck.”

Tri-Dek manufactures trays and tippers for any ute, mostly from the local Tauranga dealers for Toyota, Ford, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Nissan. “We make a sub-frame that bolts on the chassis,” explains Gerald, “then we put the pivot point on, the two bars that mount the hydraulic unit in there, mount a powerpack and then it’s just a matter of wiring it up and putting some oil in. We don’t rely on jigs, we just build it for the brand; there are that many different models and they’re always changing. We’re doing one for a Nissan and a Toyota extra cab at the moment, and we’re doing a Ford Ranger, so it’s whenever they come in from the local dealers. It takes between a day and a week depending if it’s a new model – and we’ll soon have something for the Mercedes X-Class.

“We do those utes, and we also do quite a few of the bee-keeper trucks, too, in that style. We do bull bars, service trucks, ladder bars

Double-cab utes are just one of Tri-Deks specialities, with slide out security trays, and even multi-chamber firewood tippers.

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and bolt-on stuff. Light commercials are our specialty – we’re basically an engineering house. We do around 1-2 Isuzu N-Series a month… and last week we finished off three utes with tool boxes, including one with a pull-out tray for a mechanic from a large construction company, which is ideal for crowbars, shovels and spades and long stuff, while keeping it secure… we also do firewood trucks, with three two-cube sections – and it’s a tipper. So if someone wants two cubes, they just open the back and go – but if someone wants four cubes, or six, they open the second and third gates as well.”

“Though we mainly trade with car dealers for new utes, we also deal with the public for both new and used utes,” says Gerald. “We’ve just done two Toyotas, one of them was for a digger driver’s deck, with two toolboxes, and a toolbox across the back for his shovels; whereas a drain-layer wants toolboxes either side, ladder racks, and two toolboxes, so people are getting more fussy, more particular about what they want.

“We do a lot of galvanized work which gives extra durability – it’s not going to rust or chip which is great for vehicles that are used for work every day. We can also provide a colour match option so the deck matches the colour of the ute.

“We also do certified towbars for trucks and motorhomes and A-frames for motorhomes.”

From a tradie or firewood tipper to a bee-keeper, Tri-Dek responds to demand, surmises Gerald: “If you want it, we’ll build it!”

Contact: Tri-Dek Engineering (07) 543 4900

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IN FOR THE LONG HAUL Story: Dean Evans Photos: Dean Evans, Tomoana

Tomoana Warehousing and Transport is moving bridges, literally, with its new $1.7m Heavy Haul Mercedes-Benz and TRT modular trailer unit.

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ASTINGS’ TOMOANA TRANSPORT HAS OPENED A new chapter in its expanding warehousing and transport story, with the addition of a Mercedes-Benz Actros 8x8

650hp heavy haul unit and TRT seven-line widening, modular trailer.

Arriving in late 2017, the Actros tractor has been coupled with the TRT unit, which has three built-in modules and automatic or remote manual rear steering, via the rear pilot.

It’s been so busy since moving steel girders and bridge beams for major projects including Huntly and Hamilton bypasses, Tomoana’s Stewart Taylor first had the opportunity to unveil and present the project to a gathering of customers and suppliers in March.

“This is quite a step for us,” presented Taylor at the official launch, held within one of its food-grade warehouses. “This is our first heavy haul over-dimensional unit… the truck & trailer unit represents an investment of $1.7 million.”

A key partner has been the reason for the expansion, explains Stewart: “Napier’s Eastbridge Ltd bridge building company is the primary reason that we got involved with this. Eastbridge manufactures fabricated steel structures and for over a decade Tomoana has been a transport partner with them, using conventional trucks, often over-dimensional, under permit… but the loads have become heavier and longer.

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Top: Tomoana’s Stewart Taylor made the official announcement.

Above: A modular TRT trailer allows a number of different configurations, on its 56 individual wheels.

Above: More than 100 tonne, Tomoana’s new heavy haul Mercedes-Benz Actros unit is moving bridges, literally.

Below: After a few months straight into work, Tomoana launched the unit at its Hastings’ warehousing facility in March.

‘We worked with them and helped them win the bid with NZTA for a lot of bridge builds throughout NZ, including Transmission Gully, Hamilton and Huntly bypasses, Puhoi to Warkworth amongst others; what we’ve seen with these bridge builds over the years is that the beams have gotten bigger, longer and heavier, where they no longer fit on a standard truck.”

So Stewart and the Tomoana crew started working with project partners Trucks & Trailers, Mercedes-Benz, and TRT who helped spec the trailer. “We went to order something else,” recalls Stewart, “and fortunately TRT asked us a lot of questions about what we were going to cart, and they recommended something a little different and guided us into this trailer, which is far more appropriate.

Built by TRT over six months, the seven rows of eight spaces each axle 2.4m apart, to spread the load. At 3.35m wide when closed, it can widen out to 4.88m for improved load support and stability.

The 56 wheels on the trailer can steer independently, either automatically via sensors to follow the truck, or manually over-ridden to avoid specific obstacles or when the turns become tight.

The suspension can also adjust up or down 800m in travel, to negotiate rough terrain, steep grades or to manoeuvre around obstacles, as well as aiding loading/unloading.

The trailer is a modular design, allowing various configurations to match the load, so it can be split into two or three parts, enabling either three rows, five rows, or seven rows of eight tyres, to match the configuration to the payload.

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When carting steel bridge beams, the front three rows are separated from the rear four rows, and the beam is placed across the two parts to enable long loads to be carried, to manoeuvre, and spread weight evenly across the axles. Beams up to 45 metres+ can

Above: Railways crossings and 90-degree turns are readily handled by the auto (or manual) remote steering.

Below: Modular design allows for a number of configurations.

Bottom: With the bulk of the trailer, it’s easy to forget the size of the structures being moved.

be carried, with gross loaded weight typically ranging around 130t, and loads up to 80t.

Adds Stewart: “We’ve got this truck and this great customer, but to actually cart a big load from A to B is just the tip of the iceberg, with the huge amount of planning and permits involved. Typically every kilometre this truck does on a public road needs a permit, as it’s over 44t empty, and 3.35m wide (on a 3.2 limit), so it typically needs 2-3 pilots almost everywhere it goes – at minimum one pilot for width alone. Every NZTA managed highway needs a permit, and there are around 65 other road-controlling councils and authorities. In our team we’ve got to assess if we can access bridges and culverts, get around

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Tomoana’s Heavy Haul Supervisor Terry Northcott admits he’s had

due around Aug/Sept.”

the odd restless night’s sleep over the project, but has now settled

With Tomoana’s warehousing and transport success, the

into the new job description. “When the whole unit is joined together,

company is not one to step into uncharted territory without due

the whole deck is 18 metres long (the truck being 12 metres long);

diligence, the investment even including details as elementary as

and it’s command steer so the back of the trailer knows what the

the ramps that allow machinery to drive onto the transporter, which

front’s doing through the module, and follows itself around corners.

can be removed if required.

“We generally auto steer, but because it’s 31m long with the

With Springer the Chief Pilot, plus other team members including

drawbar hooked up, we can switch to manual, and it just crabs

Glynn, Mo, and support by Rob and the Tomoana team, it’s already a

sideways, then switch back to auto.”

full-time operation for Terry, and in just a few months of movements

Rated at 250 tonne gross, the Actros 4465 V8 8x8 has a 16-speed gearbox and a turbo retarder clutch, plus all-wheel drive, allowing it to climb steep grades up to 18 percent on gravel. “It’ll do 11km/h up Titiokura Hill with 100 tonne,” he adds. “We haven’t come across

for machinery and construction, they can see potential for a lot more, including forestry, power, oil and gas.

The phrase ‘build a bridge and get over it’, now has a little more meaning to the Tomoana and TRT teams.

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anywhere we can’t get into yet.

“We’re currently working on the Huntly bypass and the Hamilton bypass, and at Transmission Gully and Hamilton we’ve got 26 loads over the next three months, plus whatever else comes up.”

While the truck is assured, it’s not actually Tomoana’s, with the company’s own tractor unit being built for later this year, explains Terry: “We’re leasing this one through Mercedes, and we have a

Top: Rear steering is vital to the TRT trailer’s agility, with the pilots operating the steering manually, where and when required, the system operated by a three-cylinder water-cooled Kohler diesel (right).

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HIGH-LOW, T Story: Dean Evans

McCurdy Trucks and Mills-Tui build a new high-low tipper for fertiliser spreaders, with high horsepower and a few smart design updates.

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ULK TIPPING IS A STAPLE OF THE TRANSPORT

they’ve built them on smaller horsepower trucks, and modified

world, but sometimes a better solution comes from a

the rear suspension to fit the rams and other gear – but what

little lateral thinking – or in this case, vertical thinking.

we were really after is to do it on a high horsepower truck.

With more than 50 years of experience, three locations and

So we’ve used an Isuzu CYJ530 with a manual transmission,

more than 60 staff, Taranaki’s McCurdy Trucks knows a few

as chosen by Osflo.” With 390kW (530hp) and 2255Nm from

things about truck and trailer building, and its latest creation

its 15.6-litre six-cylinder, the truck comes with a GCM of

– called the High-Low Tipper – is not just a general bulk tipper

55,000kg, so plenty of scope for its purpose.

that handles all the regular jobs, it offers a rising feature in a

The high-low tipper offers a number of advantages: typically,

guise that very few have offered before, showcasing a new,

a fertiliser spreader truck is loaded at the depot, and runs

more stable design with improved operation.

back and forth to the site, so a tipper like this enables on-

As a third generation McCurdy, Manager Paul McCurdy built this high-low tipper for Osflo Fertiliser, a fellow local Taranaki-

site loading and multiple loads, for substantially more efficient work.

based company. “It’s the first time we’ve built a high-low unit

So now the high-low tipper gets a full load at the depot,

like this,” explains Paul. “Others have been done in the past,

along with the spreader truck, and they both go to the job

and Osflo has a couple of others on the fleet, but previously

site. After the spreader truck’s first load is distributed, the

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high-low tipper comes into action, rising to enable reloading

Purves: “It’s one of our standard alloy bins, with a front-of-

the spreader truck on-site. The entire bin rises to allow for up

body hoist, but the back is where the secrets are: it’s got

to 2.4m of clearance, so the spreader truck can drive in and

a different hinge system to raise and lower the bin on the

under the rear to quickly and conveniently accept the load.

arms, and consequently, then there’s an extra cross-member

Explains Paul: “The spreader trucks park at the back of the high-low tipper, which goes into high-tip mode, and loads

running through the back of it… and the rear of the bin is all different.

directly into the spreader, then the next spreader can drive

“There’s quite a bit of time spent designing the back end and

under it for the next load. If the high-low tipper’s got 13 tonne

getting all the angles right, and there’s a lot of strengthening

of product in it, that’s around 4-6 loads into spreader trucks. It

work in the back, with it having to move up and down, plus

saves so much time driving back and forth to the depot – it’s

the two rams at the back, so we went for heavier chassis

like the mother truck, feeding the others on site.”

runners.

Paul recalls the process, which basically wrapped up in a

“There’s quite a bit of work into it, with big heavy profiles,

six month window: “We started designing back in November

and a different type of tail door. The frame of the tail is external,

[2017] with Randall & Associates, and started building it in

so it’s smooth inside, and we’ve got the hinge pivots inside

January. The concept is based on the trucks that already do

the bin, to deal with the way it’s strengthened. It’s maybe a

this in their [Osflo’s] fleet, but we’ve totally redesigned how

little heavier, because we use a heavier cross-member across

it works. Randall & Associates’ engineers got it designed and

the bottom of the bin as well – there’s probably an extra

working on paper first, so we could do the practical part; and

week’s work, with all the strengthening and bracing.”

we sent the bin design to Mills-Tui, which allowed us to carry on with the truck, and get it all working together.”

There are heavier external hinges on the back as well, where the tipper hinges, which is a big difference to the

The bin is alloy, and based on a conventional design, but

normal Mills-Tui design. Adds Dean: “Normally we’d run the

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1. McCurdy fabricated a few extras, like the hydraulic tank.

2. AdBlue cover makes for a neat addition, and keeps it cleanly styled.

3. With the bin up, the detailing is still neat and tidy.

4. Large side profiles aid stability, when both normal height and raised.

5. Rear detailing includes taillights protection and a hitch for a matching trailer.

6. Bin length is 7.4m, though a little narrower than normal for the external profiles.

big external profiles.”

More than just a bin that rises, the design and whole

The bin length is 7.4m, and around 27 cubic metres of

operation was improved, according to Paul: “The original

capacity. It’s a little narrower than standard, at 2.33m, to fit

design had two rams centre-mounted and relied on a pivot

inside the rear hinge plates.

point – it also relied on those two rams for stability, and the

Finished and delivered to McCurdy Trucks, it started to

same rear frame. For this, we’ve gone to three rams and the

take shape, explains Paul McCurdy: “We did all the steel

stabiliser arms – the triangulated stabiliser arms under the

fabrication and subframe, and hydraulic work and the ram

rear.

fitment, and when the bin arrived, we pieced it all together.”

“To go into high-tip mode, you tip the front up to cab height,

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then the rear rams push the back up, then the front carries on to full tip. On the old design, the two rams pushed up and the back would rise first, then the front… it lacked stability.”

Health and safety operation has also improved, as has servicing, says Paul: “It makes it easier on site, and the way we’ve built it, we’ve tried to make it safer and more user-friendly and we’ve tried to keep it as standard as possible, without making custom bits or huge modifications to the truck: we kept the

Bin rises to allow for 2.4 metres of clearance for spreaders to drive under for site loading. An extra week of work is required for all the added bracing and strengthening.

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Of course the unit can be used as a conventional tipper, with a 530hp Isuzu with 2255Nm, and a GCM of 55,000kg.

standard cab and chassis unmodified, the rams are all off-the-

Of course, with the added dimensions of handling high and low

shelf, and the standard hydraulic gear can be readily purchased

tipping, the new unit also capably handles conventional bulk and

and shipped overnight if something goes wrong.”

tipping work with ease. According to Paul, the high-low cost only

There’s also a hitch on the back of the truck, as there’s an existing trailer that’s built in the same high-low construction,

adds around 30 percent to a conventional, equivalent tipper, so cost-wise it’s also quite competitive.

Low, high, spreader or bulk, this McCurdy tipper has all the right

though it’s the older design.

McCurdy didn’t stop there with the updates and improvements, adding some detail work to the truck, including an AdBlue cover

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Frews Contracting.

VACUUM Story & photos: Dean Evans

Big bad problems need a big bad solution, and the answer is the stainless steel Kaiser Moro vacuum tanker from Allflow.

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CLEANER Allflow product specialist, Maska Lewis

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­

Above left: Rear vacuum hose sits vertical and is hydraulically operated.

Above right: Hose tilts down 90 degrees for operation, making it easier for fluid vaccum.

A

GIANT VACUUM CLEANER FOR NASTY FLUIDS, IS

specialised stuff, we can certainly look after them. There are plenty of

the easiest way to summarise Allflow’s latest addition for one

hose suppliers around, but they’ll do generic stuff for everything – they

for its customers, a Kaiser Moro stainless steel vacuum tanker.

might look after wine industry hose, or irrigation hose, but we bring in

Newly imported by Nelson-based Allflow, the local company

particular hoses for liquid waste.”

has been a specialist in providing innovative, high-quality pumping

A one-stop shop for anything and everything to do with pumping,

equipment and vacuum tanker products for industrial applications for

Allflow’s latest import is the Kaiser Moro vacuum tanker, manufactured

decades.

in Italy and shipped to NZ.

Allflow was bought by the Lewis family 10 years ago, which at the

“The difference with this against anything else in New Zealand,”

time provided services for clean water pumping and filtration needs

adds Maska, “is that this is 316 stainless steel, and it’s coated so it can

for industrial and domestic customers. Prior to buying Allflow, they

carry corrosives. It’s for light enviro-waste, picking up waste like car

operated a liquid waste pick-up and disposal business which started

wash sumps, yard sumps… they might go through and pick up acidic

back in 1977 with a J5 Bedford, 5000-litre vacuum truck. The business

waste, they do grease traps from restaurants, wash bay sumps, all that

built to be a significant player in the Top of the South, running seven

kind of thing.

vacuum trucks and a number of trailers. Since owning Allflow, the

“It’s a Class 6, 8 and 9; respectively for toxic and infectious substances

business has grown to include vacuum tanker components and more

such as bacteria or viruses, or other agents which can cause disease in

recently tankers with most components coming from Europe and USA.

humans or animals; corrosives, so substances which by chemical action

TBT magazine met with one of Allflow’s key product specialists,

degrade or disintegrate other materials upon contact; and miscellaneous

Maska Lewis, who’s been part of Allflow for a decade and driven

dangerous goods, covering a whole range of products from sludge and

tankers for 20 years, for an insight into the new unit which was about to

slurry to substances transported at elevated temperatures.” About the

start service in Auckland and the North Island.

only liquid it can’t pick up is flammable liquid.

“We do around 2-4 of these a year,” Maska explains. “The bulk of

The unit was make by Kaiser Moro’s factory in Italy, designed and

Allfow’s business is pump and filtration, and around 40 percent

built to NZ weights and specs and one of the first units of its type in the

is vacuum tanker unit and components. We look after the

country – if not the first – manufactured in stainless steel.

entire country, and it’s a relatively small, speciality

Fitted to an MAN truck, the main vacuum tank holds around 10,000

industry; we only have around 250 vacuum

litres (the largest tank for this particular code), mounts on hydraulics

tanker customers around the country,

and combines with a 1500-litre water compartment on the front of the

but when it comes to the more

truck, which feeds the truck’s on-board water blaster, so if they want

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Tyre Pressure Control System

Above left: With the tank raised it’s possible to see all the workings, with the hydraulic pump, main vacuum pump and cooling systems all sitting on top of a 1500-litre water tank.

Above right: On-board high-pressure water spray hose is also hydraulically controlled and unwound via the nearby levers, or the remotes.

to jet a drain, or if they want to just wash the area they’re in, they can.

every control at a safe distance from any angle, including turning the

The main vacuum hose is 30 metres of 100mm hose, and mounted on

vacuum equipment on and off, the water blaster on and off, winding the

a large hydraulic reel, that flips down 90 degrees and reels out.

main vacuum hose in or out, and flipping it back up to vertical.

This action is explained by Maska: “The rear hose lowers from vertical

Safety aspects are key in a tanker like this and atop the main tank is a

to horizontal due to simple physics. When they might be pumping

structural valance – where the Kaiser Moro branding is located – that’s

from a distance, or from down 3-4 metres, to lift that product an extra

designed to protect the equipment in the event of a rollover to prevent

metre-and-a-half is quite significant, so flipping the hose down even

leaks.

that relatively small amount makes it a lot easier on the product and machinery.”

On the rear of the unit is a large locally designed component, an impact-absorbing rear bumper unit. Explains Maska: “A specially

Alongside the main vacuum hose is the water blaster reel, with 50

designed rear bumper had to be designed locally. It’s called a 2G

metres of half-inch hose. “There’s a big call for hydro-excavation,”

bumper, and it’s designed to absorb an impact two-times the forces of

he adds. “The guys doing the ultra-fast broadband installations, for

the weight of the truck… so if something runs into the back of it, this will

example, can’t dig anything with diggers, so they have to suck away

take the impact, so it doesn’t knock any valves off – that’s been quite an

material; so they wash it and suck the gravel up. You have really high

exercise getting that sorted with NZ engineers.”

wear with stuff like that, where it’s taking in debris at high speed. We

Doing a lap of the truck reveals a lot of detail work and componentry.

can supply fully built up units, or supply overhead suction booms and

On the passenger side just behind the cab is an opening panel that

vacuum pumps that can be retrofitted by the customer.”

reveals the vacuum pump and all the hydraulic equipment, plus all the

There’s a main control box on the rear corner of the unit, but the main

radio control gear. Further down the side is storage for hoses, while

operations are predominantly handled via either of the two remotes: a

a flip-up panel hides the water blaster unit, the panels keeping it all

wired remote on an extending cable that puts the main tank hoist up

nice and clean, and being easy to wash. Also at the mid-point is a vice,

and down, and opens the back door, both combining to open and drain

allowing easy attachment changes for the water blaster.

the tank. There’s also a belt radio remote that can operate pretty much

At the rear are two fittings, for short-run vacuum, and a larger one for

Below: Away from the control panel, all the key controls, from tilting and un/winding the vacuum hose, to opening the tank door and tilting it up can be done via either the wired remote, or the radio remote, all from a safe distance.

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1

2

3

4

5

6

1. Safety support legs pop up hydraulically as the main tank is raised.

2. Inlet and outlet on the rear of the main tank.

3. Hitch allows for tanker trailer for extra large jobs.

4. Fire extinguisher is mounted in red box, while a pop-down hand basin uses warmed water. The box underneath is ideal storage for gloves and smalls.

5. Vice on the side allows for easy changes to the high pressure water spray fittings.

6. Storage cabinets along the sides for hoses.

discharge, plus a locking system that automatically latches and locks the

rated to 1700 cubic metres an hour.

whole main hose coiler to the chassis once the PTO is deactivated. Up

With the walk-around tour done, Maska opens the rear door and

on the tank is the fluid level gauge, a simple internal float, while the level

raises the main tank to its full height, an operation that takes around 60

in the tank for the water blaster is indicated by a series of coloured LEDs

seconds. The raised tank also better reveals the equipment behind the

within the main control panel.

cab, including the hydraulic pump and cooling, the vacuum pump and

To the right-rear corner is an extinguisher box, alongside a flip-down water wash basin that dispenses heated water, plus a box underneath to

the hydraulic oil tank it sits on.

With an all up tare around 16 tonne, the truck is also fitted with a hitch

throw gloves into. More storage

for a similarly manufactured stainless tanker trailer that allows it to go up

for hoses is on the right-hand

to its full legal capacity, around 44-50 tonne.

side, as is the AdBlue tank,

A very impressive and tailor-made piece of equipment, with a unit like

and behind the cab is the

this, almost anyone would enjoy doing the vacuuming.

vacuum pump, which is

Contacts: Allflow www.allflow.co.nz

Tank raised and open, takes around 30-60 seconds.

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Company: Onehunga Transport Engineering Ltd Specs: Medium service vehicle on Mitsubishi Fighter FK250-K1, with tipper and toolbox, winch arm and customised tool and machinery storage brackets and draw cabinets.

Customer: Watercare

Company: TMC Trailers Specs: Five-axle curtainside trailer on new S model Scania, 19.5-inch ROR disc brake axles and air suspension, polished Alux alloy wheels, with a 7220kg tare.

Customer: Cable Price

Company: Automated Truck Body Solutions Specs: A 4WD Iveco 150E28 E5, fitted with a 5.8m ‘Bi-Temperature’ body, with a lifting and sliding hard mid-wall, plus slide-out rear stairs and fold-out side stairs.

Customer: Queenstown Ski-Fields

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Company: Transport Trailers Specs: Trailer with high-lift back door trailer, 1.25m internal height, 7.25m long, two-piece Real Steel 5mm sides and 6mm floor.

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Story: Robin Yates

Truck and trailer markets white hot, and no sign of a slowdown.

Patchell leads the way, ultimately, but in 2018 there are lots of players who are showing strong sales.

A BROKEN RECORD T

WO YEARS AGO THE EXPERTS WERE WARNING that the truck and trailer markets could not sustain the record-breaking rush that started in 2011. But

to most people’s surprise, with only minor pauses for breath, nearly every month sees a plethora of new records set.

Buyers are still in bullish moods; take for instance April 2018’s truck sales, which often influence trailer sales. Official NZTA registration data shows that 372 new trucks 4.5t-max GVM were registered in April, 7.2 percent up on the previous best of 347 set last year. This took the YTD number to 1557, 6.3 percent ahead of last year’s record of 1465.

Trailers are doing even better with 146 registered in April, bettering last year’s 124 sales by 17 percent, and even beating the previous best April month of 131, set in 2004 by over 11 percent. Year-to-date, the 530 registrations is a large 26 percent up on last year, and 12 percent more than the previous recordsetting 474 sales set in 2015.

But that’s not all, with the GVM chart showing a healthy increase in the physical size of trailers being built. Every weight group increased in volume since last year, with the exception of 20-30t. The big mover was 30-40 tonne, which increased a massive 40 percent!

Imports more than doubled from 13-30t with the UK and USA leading the charge, but local NZ producers increased their share by a greater amount. The area registration chart makes interesting reading with all but five regions increasing their share; Whangarei, Napier and Dunedin each lost a little share, but with Auckland crashing from 41 to 27 percent, and Wellington from 6.9 to 1.5 percent, there was plenty of space left for the regions.

Every month in 2018 so far has seen a different manufacturer

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new registration in April now list them as a manufacturer in their own right, and its recent advertisement shows it as Freighter by MaxiTRANS. Does this mean that MaxiTRANS will be similarly branding its other product lines? For example MaxiCUBE by MaxiTRANS, Hamilex White

by MaxiTRANS and so on with Lusts, Maxus, EMS, AZMEB, Peki and Panel Master?

By the next issue of Truckbody & Trailer in September, will MTE, Fruehauf, Roadmaster, or even Domett be able to rival the numbers of

Mills-Tui is just one of 11 trailer manufacturers to increase its market share in April, reinforcing a solid month and year.

Patchell? The fight for the top positions has not been as tight for years, in terms of volume and number of competitors.

or combination of manufacturers lead the monthly registration tables.

In January, Patchell led with 20, followed by Fruehauf and MTE with nine each; in February, Domett and Roadmaster shared the lead with 13 apiece, with Patchell’s 11 placing it third. In March, Fruehauf’s 16 had the number one spot to themselves, followed by MTE (15) and TMC (13). In April, it was MTE’s turn with 17 registrations and a threeway tie for second with Patchell, Fruehauf and Roadmaster registering 16 each. So by dint of its long-term consistency, by the end of April Patchell had managed to extend its market-leading position for the ninth year.

However as the year-on-year comparison chart shows, Patchell’s share has been seriously eroded with MTE, Fruehauf and Roadmaster all increasing their market share. Others to increase share were Fairfax, Chieftain, CWS, Makaranui, Mills-Tui, Adams & Currie, HTS and Koromiko.

Domett , TMC, Maxicube, Transport Trailers, Jackson, Transfleet, TES, Evans, Kraft, Hammar, MTT, Cowan, Glasgow Engineering, TRT and White all lost share. It should be noted that while some of the above did actually sell more product in terms of volume, that volume was less than the increase in the size of the market.

Some new names from last year include Trinity, Ceco, Douglas, MD Engineering, Manac, Teo and Freighter. Up until April 2018, Freighter models were registered under the MaxiCUBE brand, but Increase of share loss of share No change

GVM in kg YT April

Country of origin YTD April Australia UK China Germany USA Netherland New Zealand Total Brand PATCHELL

TB&T

2018

2017

vol 1 14

% 0.2 2.6

3 12

0.6 2.3

500 530

94.3

vol 5 4 3

% 1.2 1.0 0.7

1 406 419

0.2 96.9

April YTD year on year comparison 2018 2017 Volume % Volume % 59 11.1 60 14.3

M.T.E.

51

9.6

34

8.1

FRUEHAUF

50

9.4

38

9.1

ROADMASTER

44

8.3

31

7.4

DOMETT

37

7.0

31

7.4

TMC

33

6.2

27

6.4

MAXICUBE

29

5.5

24

5.7

TRANSPORT TRAILERS

23

4.3

28

6.7

JACKSON

16

3.0

16

3.8

TRANSFLEET

16

3.0

16

3.8

FAIRFAX

13

2.5

4

1.0

TES

10

1.9

9

2.1

CHIEFTAIN

9

1.7

3

0.7

EVANS

9

1.7

8

1.9

KRAFT

8

1.5

8

1.9

CWS

7

1.3

3

0.7

HAMMAR

6

1.1

6

1.4

MAKARANUI

6

1.1

3

0.7

MILLS-TUI

6

1.1

3

0.7

TRINITY

6

1.1

0

0.0

MTT

5

0.9

4

1.0

ADAMS & CURRIE

4

0.8

0

0.0

0ver 60,000

2018

%

2017

%

MTE

6

1.1

4

1.0

FREIGHTER

4

0.8

0

0.0

TRT

1

0.2

1

0.2

HTS

4

0.8

2

0.5

0ver 60,000

6

1.1

No I/D

5

1.2

MORBARK

3

0.6

1

0.2

2

0.5

NICKEL

3

0.6

1

0.2

CECO

2

0.4

0

0.0

1

0.2

COWAN

2

0.4

5

1.2

1

0.2

0.0

Patchell

3

MTE

4

0.8

DOUGLAS

2

0.4

0

Felbinder

2

0.4

FELBINDER

2

0.4

1

0.2

Manac

2

0.4

GLASGOW ENGINEERING

2

0.4

2

0.5

50,001 to 60,000

11

2.1

4

1.0

KOROMIKO

2

0.4

0

0.0

40,001 to 50,000

44

8.3

40

9.5

M D ENGINEERING

2

0.4

0

0.0

30.001 to 40,000

314

59.2

225

53.7

MANAC

2

0.4

0

0.0

20,001 to 30,000

123

23.2

136

32.5

TEO

2

0.4

0

0.0

10,001 to 20,000

17

3.2

4

1.0

TRT

2

0.4

2

0.5

TRT

< 10,001

15

2.8

5

1.2

WHITE

2

0.4

2

0.5

0 to 50,000

513

96.8

410

97.9

OTHER

47

8.9

47

11.2

Total all

530

100

419

100

Totals

530

100

419

100

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SUPPLIERS Allflow - allflow.co.nz Ad on page:........................................................................ 6 Airplex - airplex.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Archers Auto Springs - autosprings.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Brake’z & Alignment Ltd - brakez.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A BPW Transport Efficiency - tenz.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 34 Bigfoot Equipment - bigfoot.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A CAL Isuzu - calisuzu.co.nz Ad on page.....................................................................N/A CDL Autoparts/Peterson - cdlautoparts.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 36 Commercial Transport Spares - cts.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Gough Palfinger - goughpalfinger.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 40 Gough Transpecs - goughtranspecs.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A

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Hella - hella.co.nz Ad on page:...................................................................... 12 Hendrickson - hendrickson.com.au Ad on page:...................................................................... 42 Hino Distributors (NZ) Ltd - hino.co.nz Ad on page:...................................................................... 23 Ezi Tarp - ezitarp.com Ad on page:...................................................................... 37 Kiwi Tarps - kiwitarps.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Malcolm Cab Solutions - Rotorua Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Mega Pacific - megapacific.co.nz Ad on page: ....................................................................... 8 Mikes Transport Warehouse - mtw.net.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Nationwide Stock Crates - nationwidecrates.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A NZ Tarping Systems - nztarpingsystems.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A NZ Trucks - nztrucks.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Peak Panel & Paint - peakpanelandpaint.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Plytech International Ltd - plytech.co.nz Ad on page: ....................................................................... 9 Promax Engineered Plastics Ltd - promaxplastics.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A PTEK Ltd - ptek.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A PPG - ppgpaints.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Racewell Engineering (McIndoe Group) - mcindoegroup.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Real Steel - realsteel.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 45 Resene Automotive & Light Industrial - fleetcare.net.nz Ad on page: ....................................................................... 5 Rhino Products - mudguards.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A SiLodec - silodec.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 17 Smallbone Isuzu - smallbones.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A Tates NZ Ltd - South Auckland Ad on page: ..................................................................... 32 Thermo King - thermoking.co.nz Ad on page: ...................................................................N/A TRT - trt.co.nz Ad on page: ..................................................................... 13 Truck & Trailer Parts - tatp.co.nz Ad on page: .....................................................Inside Cover

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