NZ Hunter putting the X-Class to the test!
October 10, 2018
We know at Trucks & Trailers how good the Mercedes-Benz X-Class is, but NZ Hunter is out there proving it. We have loaned them an X-Class for the last 6 months to put it to the test and here is what they have to say about it. Check out this awesome video!...
Putting a Value on your Working Truck
August 2, 2018
Someone who knows a thing or two about working trucks is Richard Gordon from Trucks & Trailers who has been in the industry for 35 years.
Richard started working in heavy automotive parts and merchandising in 1983, following this he became an owner-driver for six years. ...
Buckie Murray of JD Transport has been driving trucks since he was 18 years old. He started driving for his father, who always drove and owned trucks, 26 years ago. Nine years ago he purchased his first truck, and since then he’s gone on to purchase four more.&...
Mercedes-Benz Arocs - One Year On And Going Strong!
June 7, 2018
It’s been a year since we saw the arrival of the Mercedes-Benz New Dimension Truck range: the Actros, Arocs, Atego, and Econic to New Zealand.
One of the early adopters of the new Arocs and first to put it into the logging industry is Leon Edge of Northern Linehaul Ltd. &n...
Mercedes-Benz X-Class Awarded Five Stars for Safety
November 30, 2017
Stuttgart. With five stars, the new X-Class has been awarded the highest possible score in the independent safety test "Euro NCAP Test". The Mercedes-Benz pickup impressed in the categories of occupant safety, child safety, pedestrian protection and assistance systems....
The New Mercedes-Benz X-Class – A Close Encounter With What’s To Come!
November 30, 2017
It was an overwhelming few days for Trucks & Trailers Vijay Chhagn, who recently took out a top Mercedes-Benz Van salesman prize that landed him in Austria at the Mercedes-Benz X-Class Global Training Experience Centre. Here Vijay spent five days getting close and pers...
Freightliner Argosy and dual purpose drop - side tipper, a perfect combination for Riordan & West
October 11, 2017
There’s no ignoring Riordan & West Transports latest addition, a Freightliner Argosy with drop-sided tipper trailer built by Domett. The trailer sides fold in and are strapped to one end to create a flatbed trailer for dual-purpose use. It’s the second of these combinati...
Mercedes-Benz 4x4 Revolutionising the Groundspread Industry
August 31, 2017
It’s a familiar site seeing a Wealleans Groundspread 4x4 Mercedes-Benz Atego or Axor rolling over the hills of the Waikato or Bay of Plenty countryside. The introduction of the modern high horse power 4x4 Mercedes-Benz models has revolutionised the Wealleans business...
“It’s still a bloody good truck,” says Chris Carr of Carr & Haslam Transport referring to his Mercedes-Benz Actros, the first Actros to be purchased in New Zealand in 1997. The truck and trailer unit hit the road 20 years ago, and now with over a million kilomete...
It's a real wow moment when Mark Pittar Transport's latest addition enters Pan Pac Mill in Napier. Aesthetically the black Freightliner and Patchell trailer is a good-looking pair, but the job the truck and trailer combo do together has revolutionised Mark's business and is ...