Giti Tyres Big Test

GITI Tyres Big Test - Class Glass Carter

This is, it’s clear, a very specialised freight operation. That much is transparently obvious. 

We are, after all, talking about glass here. Hundreds of pieces of it….in a whole range of sizes – recently made by Architectural Glass Products (AGP) at its spectacular, state-of-the-art new factory at Hautapu, near Cambridge…

And now, closing in on 3am, this fragile load is about to head off on its way to Palmerston North – f...

GITI Tyres Big Test - Two-stage star

Next to cutting the trees down, the biggest challenge facing a log harvesting crew is shifting the wood out of the forest in a timely fashion.

In large, nicely-laid-out corporate forests it’s maybe not such a critical issue – because permanent, well-formed roads allow your average log trucks to get right onto the skid sites, load up and soon be on their way out.

But in many smaller forests, skids and landings can be a long way fro...

GITI Tyres Big Test - Wood Lot Workhorse

In a Kiwi logging industry where 600-horsepower trucks have become commonplace and an increasing number boast 700-plus, it might seem that Jason Inness is working his 460hp Fuso Shogun a little beyond its comfort zone.

Especially loaded near its 53-tonne HPMV permit and working out of some remote wood lots with tricky access.

Jason admits the Fuso FS3146 is slow on the hills, but adds the Shogun is working within the manufacturer specs and is covered by the Fu...