Features, Trucks
New tyres? Check the wheel nuts
While fitting new tyres is a standard safety measure, a sloppy operation could actually render a truck more dangerous. Improperly tightened wheel nuts may result in runaway wheels – and history shows the consequences of this are often fatal.
Features, Trucks
UDC Finance
After seeing a media release announcing UDC Finance lifting its profit by 31 percent, we thought it would be good to find out a bit about them and how they can help Deals on Wheels readers with purchasing trucks and equipment. Rather than speak to some PR guru, we went to the head of the food chain and spent some time with CEO, Tessa Price.
Construction, Features
Forestry: The axe of honour
Back in the’50s, the New Zealand Forest Service established woodsman-training camps around New Zealand. The better labour force generally shunned forestry work leaving predominantly the hard-case youth element and unwanted adults, who were, generally speaking, loose-footed and far from efficient.
Construction, Features
Vermeer V1200 vacuum excavator
As two frayed ends of what used to be a fully-functional underground cable droop over your excavator bucket, you wonder why you even got out of bed this morning. While the tears build in the corners of your eyes (well, maybe not quite tears) you’re wondering who to blame. But maybe the digger just wasn’t the right tool for the job. Don’t worry! Vermeer has what you need so read on my fellow utility destroyers…
Features, Trucks
Future Volvo
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) aims to be the most innovative company in the industry. To achieve this, the business is cultivating an innovation-friendly working environment and enlisting the help of innovation experts.
Construction, Features
Mack Teleboom
You’d be hard-pressed to find a contractor, truckie or farmer who hasn’t got a favourite machine, truck or tractor tucked away in a shed.
Features, Trucks
Fire Extinguishers
DOES YOUR VEHICLE HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT? IS IT IN WORKING CONDITION?
Features, Trucks
AerialScope ride-along
The life of a firefighter involves much more than driving a big red truck and spraying water on a blaze. It’s about comradeship, hard work and resilience. In times of disaster, firefighters are always ready to risk their lives to save another.
Features, Trucks
JAC HFC1061K gas-bottle trucks
Why did NDS Fuel opt for JAC light trucks over the more technically sophisticated Japanese competition?
Construction, Features