New Zealand Has Everything! Scania,MAN,DEF,Kenworth,Mercedes-Benz,Mack - Truck Spotting
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You called it "def" a couple of times. It is actually DAF, a PACCAR brand originally from The Netherlands.
#1: Freightliner Argosy 6x4 B-Double. (Freightliner have since discontinued the Argosy line)
#2: Mainfreight Kenworth K200 6x4 B-Double. Mainfreight have a reputation for very shiny, very clean trucks. Lots of bling. They stand out.
#3: International 9780 8x4 Truck and Dog. What we refer to as a "mud carter".
#4: Kenworth K200 6x4 with an extended quad trailer. New World is a NZ supermarket chain, with this guy therefore likely a subcontractor on store deliveries.
#5: Volvo FM 8x4 Quad Dog. Got Milk? This guy here would be doing pickups from dairy farms.
#6: Kenworth K200 8x4 with the same extended quad New World trailer... Almost certainly the same operator as #4.
#7: Iveco ACCO 8x4 Quad Dog with petrol (Hazchem code 1203) on board.
#8: Freightliner Argosy 8x4 with 5 axle trailer.
#9: Kenworth T610 8x4 with quad trailer carrying dry cement powder.
#10: International 9800i Eagle cabover 8x4. (Not a model we have here in Australia so my knowledge is very limited)
#11: Scania R series 6x4 B-Double with petrol on board. Nuff said.
#12: Freightliner Argosy 8x4.
#13: Mercedes Benz Actros 6x4.
#14: Same truck as #13 (same number plate), but sequence error in video editing has it arriving after it was leaving... (*opinion*- They are of course very comfortable to drive, like any other new truck, but i've had issues with the gearbox on previous models as well as the cab feeling wider than others for some reason. Wouldn't complain if told to drive one by an employer, but wouldn't buy one of my own.)
#15: Older model Freightliner Argosy 6x4.
#16: Another older truck. A Kenworth K108 8x4 Quad Dog logging truck.
#17: Volvo FM 6x4 B-Double fuel delivery. Again, 1203 specifies petrol.
#17a: A linfox Volvo FM 6x4 with petrol on board sneaking the other way.
#18: Mercedes Benz Actros 6x4 with quad trailer.
#19: Mack Trident 6x4 Super Dog mud carter.
#20: Kenworth K108 8x4 quad dog.
#21: Volvo FM 8x4 super dog. (Yes Ian. That second steer axle does indeed turn, as do all of the previous 8x4 configurations. They are referred to as "twin steer".)
#22: NZDF MHOV 6x6. All wheel drive off road general purpose medium size truck for the NZDF. (New Zealand Defence Force Medium-heavy operational vehicle. Supplied by MAN)
#23: Isuzu Giga 6x4 tipper and dog mud carter.
#23a: Freightliner Argosy 8x4 quad dog logging truck.
#24: an old model Isuzu. Not sure which exact model though. Sorry.
#25: Hino 500 6x4 drain clearance truck.
#26: Another NZDF MHOV 6x6. Both this and #22 are active NZDF vehicles, rather than former.
#27: Another Isuzu Giga 6x4 truck and dog.
#28: Volvo FM 8x4 with petrol on board.
#29: Mack Trident 6x4 Truck and dog logging truck.
I am a professional truck driver from Melbourne and I would be happy to answer any trucking questions you might have.
With Mainfreight they are all owner drivers and I think truck appearance is in their contracts. You have an amazing list there. B-Doubles are called B-Trains in NZ.
24 is an old UD. With a newer one behind it.
Thanks for the info- you're doing God's work mate!
I wanna say you know too much but there's no such thing as too much knowledge. As a massive car fan from NE Victoria I actually had a pleasure learning some more truck models. Thanks heaps for the info
Hello JJ2078 I´m a professional truck driver in germany. We supply construction sites with asphalt, sand, gravel from quarries, gravel pits from mixing plants and dispose of the excavated soil and milled material from there in the legally prescribed landfills. I drive a MAN 4x4 semitrailer with a 3-axle tipper body.
I have a question to a colleague from overseas.
Whenever I watch documentary films like ice road trucker, it strikes me that they never use their differential locks on difficult trails. Is there a special reason, because I don't think they are bad drivers? On some inclines I was almost certain that I would have gotten up there with my truck and snow chains. Especially since they said before that they less wight than I'm used to.
Yes, I know you have bigger trucks than we do, but the streets here are really damn narrow and parked up and I have to go everywhere with my 40t. Downtown, pedestrian zones, parks, sports fields or in train tracks.
I am a 40 yr old 'kiwi' woman who had no real interest in trucks...(be nice).. but I watched this right through and found it fascinating. We do have some highly skilled drivers here and I try not to take the scenery for granted. Nice to hear about it from another nationalities perspective. A big like from me. Thank you.
There is saying that goes. There are two kinds of truck drivers, those who want to drive Scania and those who drive Scania. Greetings from Finland
Haha nice. They sure are amazing trucks it seems
Kenworth
Mercedes benz
There’s another saying too….. Road rangers were built for real drivers….😂
What???
Hi IWrocker, those are called twin steer axle,s at the front and if you look at the back axle on those four axle trailers you will see the wheels steer as well. The truck at 2.05 minutes is an International 9870 built in New Zealand for the local market and there are some videos on UA-cam about them in NZ. And by the way Shane van Gisbergen won the Bathurst 1000 last weekend, a great NZ driver and a really nice humble guy. Cheers for the vids and it's always good to see another perspective on our way of life down here at the bottom of the world. You should check out the Whangamata beach hop, sure would like to see your reaction to that.
The 4 axel trailer we use to transport modular concrete houses have 3 stearing axels and only one fixed.
I think all 4 can stear. But the center one electro mechanically only at low speed.
9:30 that is a MAN HX miltary truck. It's the successor or the MAN KAT1 that looked very similar. Those are highly off road capable, can be extenally armored and are mid engine (behind the cab).
Rheinmetall Military Vehicles is partly owned by MAN. You will also find these reading Rheinmetall on the front.
It's a very modular system and you can get those with up to 6 axles where the first three and theblast one are steered.
They arenused to put all sorts of stuff on the back. Transports, cranes, radar unit, missile launchers or even heavy artillery canons...
For great sounds check out the MAN TGX with V10 engine. That was an awesome beast!
I was assinged to drive an 8x8 KAT1 in the army for a couple of months. Super fun truck to drive and suprisingly was probably the fastest military truck we had, did almost 100km/h. Drank a lot of fuel though, luckily I wasn't paying lol
Hi IWrocker, I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but if you look up "Will Bishop Trucks New Zealand", he has got some awesome videos of Trucks in New Zealand. Happy that you are showing these videos. Take care Ian. Can't wait to see some more of your videos.
Plenty of variety of trucks down here in New Zealand Ian I have captured a lot of footage myself keep up the good work love your channel
@iwrocker i admire your channel simply because you dedicate your channel to trucks and i am a 30 year old disabled man that loves trucks and no matter my circumstances i have the great passion for it and your channel is great coz of that and i am now a huge fan of your because of all the truck content keep it up man. Shoutout from south africa 🇿🇦👊
Woah as someone who commutes through Shannon daily it’s weird seeing it on your channel, should definitely have a look at our logging trucks and their antics haha
Yea I drive through Shannon too, it took me a minute to realise, they are the trucks that slow my trip to pn down.
From 9:16 mark, yes it is a 'twin steer unit', reasonably common in some parts of New Zealand, yes the next drab green Man's are New Zealand Defence Force vehicles. Glad you enjoyed our heavy haulage variety Ian.
Twin steering front axles are pretty common in Europe, as it's a way to have a non articulated truck distribute weight more evenly over the entire chassis, with more weight further forward and more overall weight carrying capabilities, without sacrificing in manoeuveravility and steering grip on our tighter roads.
Even the 1-3 axel have 2 turning. Usually the first and the last. But some Times the first and then the first of the tripple boggier.
Tripple boggiet on a truck with no turning is very rare. (But it do exist, usually in 6x10 trucks)
"Twin steers" are quite common here, even with American brands (4:07). They take the front axle weight better and they drive like they're on rails. There's a tie-rod that connects the two front axles so that when the front axle is steered it in turn steers the second axle. Of course all four wheels steer at different angles to match their arc. Those long semi trailers with the four axles, the last axle also steers.
Just a question from Europa where we have 9 tonns on a single steering axle, how much weight are you allowed to have on those things...?
@@stigandrmyrardalur5208 5.5t over each axle = 11t total
@@cadifan That was less than l thought.
@@stigandrmyrardalur5208 Different weight regulations here. That is why it's extremely rare to find a single rear axle semi tractor here like they have in Europe, they're pretty much all twin drivers. Our trucks if used in other countries would carry heavier loads.
@@cadifan Yeah, l was just curios.
Hi Ian the Man definitely were our military Trucks they do seriously look fun,
The four wheel steer seems to be super common in our trucks now
Growing up my father owned his own business and drove a big cab over Nissan diesel I use to love sitting in the back of it while he drove..the days when the big trucks rarely had seat belts lol
Tell yah mate watching these and seeing your genuine excitement makes me appreciate what we actually have in new Zealand..
Those logging trucks they can move to and these trucks handle our roads better then my own vehicle there really impressive to see in the wild.
When I lived in the Australian outback you'd see a massive road train pull in those were bad ass next level trucking I use to be in ore of them just totally mind blown much like you were watching ours.
Living in a place you get so use to everything that you don't really take as much notice I guess.
So your reactions are amazing.
Have an amazing week I hope one day you get to check new Zealand out personally.
You asked something I forget now if it was a kiwi thing or only Australian it's definitely kiwi as to..
2:55 this is a fonterra "dairy for life" truck ive seen these trucks to many times because i live in the outskirts of a big new zealand city that is mainly importing stuff from farms to the main cities dairy's/cornerstore's.
What I love about trucks is actually the lights that they sport at night... some of them look lit up like Christmas decorations.. I just love it and appreciate it these days
the twin steer 8x4 trucks in NZ are very common, and we're probably one of the only few countries that have them. The 5th truck and trailer you saw with the barrels carting milk, I drive one of those, nice trucks to drive. We get them in the Volvo, Scania and Mercedes(we drop the Benz part of the name in NZ). Also very interesting fact, the International 9870 you saw at around 1.19 is only available in NZ.
Great stuff bro if you want some great NZ scenery have a look at the KTM adventure rally in the south island of NZ they ride through some beautiful country keep up the
Great work and I hope you and your family make it to NZ one day 😉🇳🇿👍
The way you feel about cap over trucks is how I feel about front engine trucks. American front engine trucks are so badass bruh.
So many axles. So many wheels. The more the better. ☺️ I love it. In England it is typical to have way less axles. Typically 4 axles, two on the cab two on the trailers.
For someone who has not had anything to do with Australia and New Zealand you get more correct (99%) than a lot of Australians.
DAF is pronounced like a single word, whereas MAN is individual letters. Iveco is pronounced like aye-veco and Scania is scah-nee-uh
I'm not sure of the usage of those dark green MAN's but they do originate from the military. They're still made by Rheinmetall called the MAN HX
Mercedes are definitely known for being innovative in the European truck market, American folks might not like so electronical vehicles but they are very respected within Europe.
At 9:13, the second axle does steer. Not all but most single-wheeled additional lead and tag axles (axles with not dual wheels) especially on european trucks do steer and are also often liftable
At 10:25, that truck is a Hino
Edit: As for good sounding trucks, and as someone else already mentioned, as far as V8's are concerned, definitely check out the Iveco Turbostar, Scania V8, Mercedes Actros V8 and the MAN TGX V8. Renault Magnum's have also had Mack E9 V8's installed in them which sound pretty good. There are also some good I6's, notably DAF and Volvo sound quite good. I've linked below some examples for all. All modern Euro trucks except Scania no longer have a V8 which is a shame but we always have the past to look at
Turbostar: ua-cam.com/video/fwQ9q5XQpQA/v-deo.html - ua-cam.com/video/dAYUxRG9Ds4/v-deo.html
Scania: Plenty of vids, you can easily find many 😅
Actros: ua-cam.com/video/8kWIdQZX4es/v-deo.html - ua-cam.com/video/k7dB4ZeSOuA/v-deo.html
MAN: ua-cam.com/video/CGVyYWt80JI/v-deo.html - ua-cam.com/video/CGVyYWt80JI/v-deo.html (same video) - MAN also had a cool V10 worth checking out: ua-cam.com/video/7LGh8PAG4BI/v-deo.html - ua-cam.com/video/C65jsiYNFbs/v-deo.html
Renault: ua-cam.com/video/bZqtNaIfT7o/v-deo.html
DAF: ua-cam.com/video/np_BFdxJ_dY/v-deo.html
Volvo: ua-cam.com/video/Pj9iBuwhm5U/v-deo.html
Few trucks have liftable axles these days, twin steerers were never liftable and twin axle rears are both driven these days. Lazy axles have pretty much disappeared over the years in NZ.
Probably so, i was mostly talking about Euro trucks in my comment. I guess you guys mostly have similar chassis layouts as American trucks, not many tag axles
@@AlexJeffDust-RenAzuma66 for the pronunciation of Iveco can be Italian and English
E-VAY-CO (IVECO) SCAA-KNEE-YAH (SCANIA)
The new SCANIA is next level for manoeuvring around (very agile and nice to drive )..
Lov your enthusiasm, keep up the good work
Twin-steer trucks are very popular in rigids such as tippers, concrete agitators, logging, in NZ and Australia
I visited NZ twice, and the variety of trucks on the roads and the many axles they have were 2 things I noticed right away when driving around there.
The many axles have to do with the allowed axle loading in NZ being lower than we have in Europe, their roads are not built like ours.
Roads are made with a less deep foundation and thinner tarmac as we do in EU, the roads are often narrow, winding and with steep inclines.
That's why they use mainly cabovers, twin steering axles and articulation.
The skill of NZ truck drivers is another level, they took hairpins with ease which I just managed in one turn with my 7,5m/25ft rental bus camper made of a Toyota coaster HB30 30 seat bus.
All that footage was filmed in a small rural town called Shannon, about 110 kilometres north of Wellington, NZ's capital. Since deregulation in the 1980's, the number of large trucks/lorries has grown substantially, and our roads have been paying the price.
And you should've mentioned that Shannon isn't even on a main highway, rather a bypass highway .
Its not the trucks causing the damage, its the government giving the contracts to the cheapest company who doesnt fix the potholes they just chuck some hot mix in it then bugger off
@@kenmckay5578 it's the main road between Balmy Palmy and Wellington. And they really SHOULD bypass Shannon. AKL-WLG traffic is more at night, and/or by train.
I'm from South Africa and we also have a variety of trucks here, everything you just mentioned and more, even Asian truck brands, in South Africa we even have a Volkswagen truck called the VW Constallation.
2:58 Fonterra milk tanker.
Fonterra ,an NZ multinational, was the sixth largest dairy company globally in 2022
IVECO formed from a merger of FIAT Trucks and French and German companies.
"IVECO was incorporated on 1 January 1975, with the merger of five different brands: FIAT Veicoli Industriali (with headquarters in Turin), OM (Brescia, Italy), Lancia Veicoli Speciali (Italy), Unic (France), and Magirus-Deutz (Germany)."
Strayan here. I first visited the US in 1985 and my mate who went with me was (and still is) a truck driver. I'm a train driver (railroad engineer to you) but I've always had an interest in trucks. My fave cabover from back in the day was an IH Transtar 4070 and my fave conventional was a 1st gen KW SAR. I saw one at a show just last weekend and it was beautiful. I also liked full sleeper Atkinsons (I bet you've never heard of those, Google a pic). I must've seen 5,000 4070s on that 10 week trip right around the US in '85. Also saw every make of American truck but not a single non-American one. I went back with the wife and kids in 2011 and never expected to see a 4070 because they'd be just too old but in fact, I never saw a single cabover. Towards the end of that 6 wek trip, we stopped in a Truck Stop 76 and I got talking to a driver who told me they disappeared around 10 years before. Length restrictions were relaxed and you could now have a conventional truck with big sleeper and a 53 ft trailer. Cabovers are uncomfortable because you sit right over the front axle, the sleeper can be only so big, you have to tilt the entire cab to get to the engine and if you don't take everything out of the cab it'll all end up on the floor at the front, no protection in a crash, etc. Their one saving grace is that because of their short wheelbase they can turn very tightly but that's not necessary for a highway truck. He said you'd see medium sized cabovers in the cities but never big ones on the highway again. On this trip I saw several Volvos and this fellow told me they are the only Euro truck on sale in the US, in conventional only of course. Nowadays, you can watch clips by truck drivers on YT and they all cream their jeans over cabovers. I suppose it's like me with steam locos, I love them but would I want to work on them full time? Hell no. On my last trip in 2015 I went to Iowa 80. That place is unbelievable.
Well done with the “ute”, we call them that in NZ as well.
Hi Ian, yeah, utes. The "H" on a yellow plate on the trucks, show an extra heavy grade truck, HPMV high productivity motor vehicle. The H trucks, when fully loaded, can only be driven on specific routes, where all the roads and bridges are of a specific strength, and the curves are certified as wide enough. The H trucks can be 44,000kg, 97,000lb., 6200kg on a 22m truck, more still on special vehicles. I used to live about 20km south of Shannon when I was a kid. Yeah, both sets of wheels do steer on some trucks, I noticed that too recently. The green truck is an army truck, there is an army camp, just about 15km up the highway, to the north.
Well this was fun for me... I know the corner most of those shots were taken from very well, in Shannon, a small town in the lower North Island. Very early in my electrical engineering career (1985), I was based about 20 miles north in Palmerston North and I was responsible for upgrading some power equipment in the tiny Shannon telephone exchange just a block from that corner. One thing you may not have realized, the reason all these trucks are driving through this small rural town is that's actually where the highway runs - right through the middle of town, unlike the US where you typically have to exit from an interstate to get to nearby towns.
Funny Fact! 😆 In our Dispatch Yard (concrete blocks) My colleagues and I can always tell when one of our Line hauls are coming in just by the sound of the truck before we even see them😅 The KENWORTH'S are the easiest ones to pick out & also our favorite Trucks to look at too. ✨❤️✨
Lol Shannon is literally 10mins up the road from where I live. Of all places I didn't think I would see there on your channel 😆
Yes, you see it right. Many of the trucks in this have double steering axels at the front. Easily recognizable when you see them with the 2 front axles
You would love the newest Scania Next Generation trucks released in 2018. The interior was designed by Porsche. Especially the V8 models. They look so good and is so nice to drive. When they were released, all other truck models felt really old and unmodern.
In Europe Scania is more of a premium brand of trucks. Also Volvo is more premium. Those green MAN trucks are definitely military versions. Quite common as a military truck in Europe. Built for terrain capacity with all wheel drive and more cool features.
A couple of trucks you’ve seen are Freightliner Argosy, some models have a feature where you open the drivers door and the steps come out, so you can walk up into the cab instead of climbing.
Always so cool seeing good old NZ
I've driven Mercedes, Iveco, Daf, Renault, Volvo and Scania, let me put it this way, there is a reason a Scania is twice as expensive as a DAF. Volvos and Scanias are in my opinion the best trucks that can be had, with Volvo in most regards in aleague of their own, their powertrains are the best in the world.
You are correct sir. Swedes rule the trucking world.
Driving for 18 years now in The Nerherlands. 14 years of Scania including 6 years with a torpedo or what you call a nose truck.
After that went to another company and drove 4 years of Volvo. Now driving a DAF in a B-double formation that we call a LZV Lang, zwaar, voertuig translated Long, Heavy, Vehicle
Glad you love our country.
If you look at the rims of each vehicle, the rims where the centre is either flush with the tyre or set further out from the tyre, that means it's a wheel that steers the vehicle. If the centre of the rim is inset, its a non steering wheel. So that's mean the rigid body truck you were talking about steers with the wheels on the front 2 axles
9:48 Yes, that is a New Zealand Army truck.
Love all the twin steers rigs
Weird for us in Europe where we're allowed to have 9 tonns on a single steering axle
I think the cab-over was originally introduced due to mandated maximum length laws. Once those laws were repealed drivers went away from them for safety reasons. Just having that big bonnet out front means your face isnt the first thing to impact what ever youve just run into. Also, when New Zealand first started playing around with eight axle tractors it was discovered that an 8x6 layout pushed really badly and so 8x4s with a dual steering layout worked far better. I do love that we get just about everything here. While American trucks lights are generally considered to be rubbish they are really cool looking beasts, but for me you just cant beat a big Scania. Good looks, huge power and torque and as rugged as the day is long.
How cool seeing an American reviewing this footage. That's a small township close to my home town (Palmerston North) which you can see on the signpost.
The Gold Coast 500 Super Cars is on this weekend. Drivers will complete two 250km, 85-lap races - one on Saturday, and one on Sunday.
This is the third major format change for Supercars since it began racing along the Surfers beaches nearly 30 years ago.
Between 1994 and 2009, Supercars completed sprint races around the longer circuit.
The Gold Coast event became an official championship round in 2002.
The circuit was shortened in 2010, and drivers were paired up for 300km races.
Refuelling will remain, but the races have been shortened by 50km, and the main drivers will be the only ones behind the wheel.
Good to see New Zealand 🇳🇿 trucks on your channel. European trucks are gaining popularity here.
Hey Ian, the second set of wheels you were pointing out are steerable wheels, the set up is called a twin steer. Very common here.
- There is a military base near the town of Shannon
- Mainfreight trucks always have motivational words of wisdom on the back of them
- Linfox trucks always say "you are passing another Fox"
Haha! What you call a cab over, we all a "Flat Nose" 🤣
Ian,
Those 8 wheeled trucks with the 4 wheels at the front are all twin steer
That International at around 2:20 is the bloke who delivers coal twice a week to where I work, top bloke and the truck is nice as. Specifically it is an International 9870, which is a New Zealand built truck designed specifically for our roads.
Shannon, NZ. SH57.
Busy route between Wellington and palmerston North. Good Piss stop. Lol
Army base is not far away.
DAF is a dutch company. Nice that you like our stuff. 👌🏾
My dad drives a V8 650 Scania (i think) here in Auckland. He also used to race a streetstock at speedway on Saturday nights. We just finished up the 2024 teams so i recommend checking some speedway out again
The international trucks for nz roads are built in nz. I was building them for around 9 months cool job just wouldn't pay me enough
Shannon is a small town 16 ks North of my hometown and is a very busy route for trucks headed to Palmerston North or over the Tararua ranges ( the hills in the background) a little further past Palmerston North to towns/ Cities on the other side . Ute’s is a common term here also .
New zealand beautiful country
I was a truckie before moving to Japan, I miss my job back home. Those military trucks you saw are quite new to the services. They use to have the Mercedes Benz “Unimog”
Still do have the Unimog, classified as light transport. The MANs are Medium / Heavy.
The Kaingaroa forest used to have fleets of massive "Pacific" trucks in the mid 70's.I can't remember seeing any Diamond Reo,Marmon,Tatra(Czech),Oshkosh, or GM.
Kenworth, Volvo and Mack trucks made in Australia and exported to New Zealand. Japanese Heavies you will see in New Zealand are Fuso, Hino and UD
Love your program 👌👌i am a transporter myself come and see and visit Namibia then you will see how many Scania’s on our roads Volvo , Merc , Man , American trucks as well but not very popular here
Having cut my teeth on South Island roads and moved over to oz…30 years in👍🏻. Shiny side up boys. P.s oz doesn’t usually have the 4 axle trailer. The 2nd set does turn for the hill work.
Shannon. My home town. Went to school there, had my first job there. Dad was a Dairy farmer and we had a farm just three miles north of there.
Australia and New Zealand have everything, the tractor units are american, european, asian, both cabover and conventional, very nice variety indeed.
Just found your Channell, use to drive a Scania through Shannon, great vid
The MERC is a very capable truck my friend the only draw back is it's road handling its a bit bouncy on the bumps in the road and a bit wobbly from side to side in the corners. The DAF is excellent to drive for my money it's the best all rounder for handling,fuel economy,power and driver comfort etc..🤗🤗🤗
There is this one time where a guy here in New Zealand drove over 100 km...with no brakes. And this was on steep, windy roads.
@@e.thorsen1937 Thanks. F1is one of the few motorsports we haven't conquered yet.
@votejj Didn't know about '67. Nice.
The MAN KAT defence force trucks are seen a lot in this area. There is a military base about 15-20km north of this intersection.
The Fuso and Old Dodge v8 trucks are cool !
6:00 I'll weigh in. Most of my time in trucks has been driving UD (Nissan), but at one of my jobs I had a Mercedes Atego, and it was the most comfortable and easy truck to drive (once you figured out how the gearbox works, had a twin H range change), it sat on the road beautifully, it was quiet in the cab, and even with a half full tanker on the back, there were never any issues with control
Would love to see another wrc nz reaction vid ( i was on stage 2 and 5 and it was epic!!)👍 and yes that was an army vehicle (think there called unimogs) loving the nz content 🤙
No the Unimog is a Mercedes and not quite as big as those military MAN HX beasts... Though I want a go in both of them!
@@garethreece I knew someone would correct me if I was wrong lol!
I'm a New Zealander. To pass the time while driving back and forth to my mothers home, thasts a six hour return drive every couple of weeks I watch and count the different makes of trucks that I spot, the record to day is 26 different makes, some old brands now extinct but still on the road, But twenty six makes, I've done a lot of driving in the USA as well and rarely get above five.
So funny, I always do the same when driving long distance, always kept me awake driving through the night with the trucks from the ferry crossing. Safe travels
Hi iwrocker, we have a great car scene in nz, we love fast cars here in nz here's some big racing names from nz you might recognize- Bruce McLaren, Chris Eamon, Scott Dixon(indi car) Scott Mclaughlin former Australian v8 supercars champion now racing in indi car, Shane van gisburgen current aussie v8 super car champion, Burt Monroe had movie made on him(world's fastest Indian-Sir Anthony Hopkins) and heaps more.
7:50 Reefer trailers are not technically refrigerated they are climate controlled and are used for more than just hauling food. They can be used for loads requiring constant temperature and humidity levels, such as manufacturing chemicals or pharmaceuticals. There are three main temperature-controlled freight categories: frozen, refrigerated, or maintained (heated),
Scania THE BEEESSTT! Mercedes are good but usually better in "luxury" other than pure raw power & reliability
3:37 is a frieghtliner argosy with a Cummins 500hp motor very popular is South Africa aswell
9:00 this 8 X 4 twin steer set up is extremely extremely popular in Europe especially in construction applications
Called Ute 's in New Zealand as well.
Thought so just wanted to make sure. Thanks
The Kenworths’ and Macks’ you see in this video are all made in Australia and are unique for Australia and New Zealand requirements.
That's in sanson, it's a hik town but situated on the liven bypass to palmy north, yes- we used to call them 8 wheelers but more and more they're called twin steer, so your right all four front wheels turn, merc make a decent truck, scania make an awsom truck, yes we say ute, old people said the whole word- utility
Only learned not long ago AMerican truck brands still make cabovers, they just don't sell them in the US.
Saw an annoncement about Kenworth K220 while I though Kenworth stopped after the K100, but no, they made the K200 and now K220 for international market (mostly Australia), I was mindblown ^^
Isuzu is still sold in the US, mostly as light commercial (12000/18000 lb), assembled in Michigan. The larger heavy-haul trucks (up to 35 tonne capacity) are sold in Australia/NZ. Back in the 70s Dad had a 3-tonne Isuzu running mail between Leonora and Wiluna ("mail" was anything from small packages to 44-gallon drums of diesel, wool bales, kangaroo carcasses for pet food, etc).
Isuzu lost out big in the US auto market after Consumer Reports Magazine suggested the Trooper was a "rollover risk" (using rigged tests), but after a jury defamation case, Isuzu still lost out.
Twin-steers are common, as mentioned here in comments. Dad operated twin-steer MAN diesels in Mackay, Old (after we moved from WA). The trucks were set up for transporting raw sugar from the mills to the harbour, having to navigate downtown. An Australian truck brand, Leader, was commonly used as sugar trucks, also twin-steer. Leader produced trucks from 1972-1984.
the internationals are accually made in new zealand south island
In New Zealand we have a lot a B-doubles and quad dogs as our roads are hilly and windy (our main highways are mostly 2 lane roads). Trucking is the main form of goods transportation in the country. The main roads over here are falling apart as the government has started a stupid and unrealistic zero road toll by 2030 scheme earlier this year and since that started there has been a reduction in road maintenance and if a road does get repaired it's usually a poor patch up job and needs to be repaired again in a few weeks time.
Down in that neck of the woods. A lot of the trucks have twin steering axles.
the international truck you show a picture of reminds me of the Pt Cruiser :P
Yes they do turn
The military trucks will be 6 wheel drive as well
I live in Auckland by the Ports so see a lot of trucks. Pretty much see mostly cabovers in NZ. The guys at Mainfreight take alot of pride and wash their trucks everyday. You really do see makes from all countries in New Zealand, were lucky to be close to Japan/Asia but still have demand for Euro and American trucks. We do call them Utes as well.
Mainfreight,the blue truck with the NZ flag,is part of a Kiwi worldwide logistics company.This transport organisation has units in 20 countries,from USA ,to China to all over Europe.As stated”We are a 10,000 strong global team”.-Quote from their online information.
Benz Actros and Axor trucks rule the roads in my part of the worls
Very typical of Shannon in the Manawatu - lots of heavy traffic.
As for those trucks carrying logs - met several in commuter traffic. Not a fun time.
The twin front axles are indeed steerable on the 8 wheeler units. Some of the newer ones have gone to a different setup where there are 3 axles at the rear and the rear one steers. Very common in the UK as rigid 32T tipper wagons.
The Mercedes Actros in the video... They are a very nice place to spend the day, cabin etc is lovely. But I actually prefer the Renault Range T480s we have at work over the last Actros I drove.
Might be no good for a review video but I'm sure you'll find something like this UK truck show video fascinating. So many different Euro trucks with fancy paintjobs and modifications
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Nice one buddy yeah the new Zealand trucks are so nice , I'm a truck driver I drive semi truck in france , new Zealand is on my country to visit special for the trucks
I wouldn't bother. Australia has all of what they have and much much more!
In NZ the Oshkosh and Marmon are hard to find but are around. The Brockway went for scrap ;(
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About 3/4 of an hour up the road is a city called Palmerston North.
Where they had the Stock Car team championship.
Gladiators on wheels.
Check it out.
@IWrocker10:07 min US Freightliner with two steering front axles. Very useful on gravel roads.
yeh you're right, that was an army truck, looks like one of the recovery vehicles.
Neat optic illusions with the wheels.
I work for Iveco in Germany, Italian company and the heavy trucks are made in Spain and the American company Nikola is also part of Iveco