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[excossack]

Some nice rigs there peoples

 

[excossack]

A few nice rigs in that lot.

 

[oversize]

Looking good

 

[powerjoke]

you boy's overseas hav all the cool stuff! lol

I have to ask though, Jared do those Star's set up higher in the front than trucks over here?


here's a couple of pic's of my ole' star's

Pj

 

[MAC-EX]

Boy, there is some nice rigs here. almost embarrassed to post my first dump truck. Just got it last sat. Nothing fancy, but will get me started. Needs a lot of TLC. Former city truck.

 

[jared]

Thanks for the comments guys.
Powerjoke, we run 22.5" rims down here so maybe that is what you have noticed?

 

[jared]

Here's my T950 in it's new owner's colours.

 

[MKTEF]

Realy nice pics Jared.
Realy apreciate them.
Just keep up posting...

NZ shurely is a strange country regarding trucks.
A mix of japaneese, European and US modells.
Not what u will find many other places in the world.

How does the US modells compare to the European?
Thinking of price, handling, comfort and reliability..

 

[jared]

As far as price, KW is the dearest US brand by a fairly big margin and I'd say some of the top-spec European gear would be similar. With KW you get trucks that are designed and engineered specifically for Australian and New Zealand conditions, and they vary greatly between the 2. AUS has high ambient temps and big onroad GCM's approaching 200t, whereas NZ's GCM is still only 45t but you have really hilly,winding terrain. WesternStar's are competitively priced and really good value for money, just the build and shipping time for custom units like mine let the brand down.
My uncle ran a 505hp Stralis and a R500 Scania and they were both lemons, always had something wrong. The driver of those rigs had enough and is driving a 4964WStar for us. He's 63 and absolutely loves it, he cant believe how smooth the ride is and the grunt of the C15. Best truck he's ever driven he reckons.
The real value for money rigs are the Japanese brands. Roughly half the price of the other makes, but to be fair you wont get the same life out of them.
Take the Hino's we run as 6x4 tippers: 450hp 1650lb/ft 13L elec. motor, not a flat torque curve and low hp peak like a yank motor but very respectable. 18spd roadranger box, Hino 46# lb diffs on either Hino 6-rod or Hendrikson airbag, huge chassis rails and universals, 4point airbag cab suspension. A really strong, comfy truck. They are heavy, ours tare at 11t with steel deck, but you'll never break one. You wouldn't want to be linehauling at max weight in one but for local work like we do they are great.
If you want to look cool, buy a Yank. If you want to make money, buy a Jappa.

Cheers, Jared

 

[jared]

Couple of recent ones

 

[MKTEF]

Thanks for your evaluation Jared. I suspected what you confirmed.
A specialy built WS would often be bether than a of the shelf standard truck.
Norwegian army is buying 1000 trucks in 2011-2020, and i am hoping some of the US produsers would react on the big deal.
Rather have a WS 8x8 C18-800, than a Scania 8x8 R470, for our heavy tank transporter...

And i see you guy's even got Norwegian equipment.
Looks like that moxy had its left front into something, as the ladder is well bent.

 

[jared]

Tri-drive 565hp Cummins Signature Iveco Powerstar
Komatsu D575 on a T904 KW

 

[jared]

Mercedes lube truck
Volvo coal hauler

 

[jared]

Lineup of Argosy's

 

[jared]

Culvert 1, Isuzu 0

 

[hvy 1ton]

Good thing its a right hand drive truck!

 

[jared]

Nissan Diesel

 

[Matthew caudill]

This is my 87 Diamond Reo single axle dump has a 240 cummings and a allison 5 speed transmission

 

[jared]

NZ's Grand Canyon
And with a little bit of drizzle..
This GD825 seized the motor so had to push it on with a WA600

 

[jared]

25Ton rotary breaker
Had to hook the other Wstar on for the last pinch up to the crane