Hills Carrying Company of Bulls and Hunterville
In the summer in the early 1950s during the peak of the fat lamb season Hill’s Morris Commercial had unloaded at Greatford rail and was headed back to Bulls for another load when over the Greatford overbridge came a Riley 9 that had no show of stopping. It hit the Morris in the cab and wrote off both vehicles.
50 years behind the wheel
Russell Carnegie started his driving career at Horton, Bidwell & Co Ltd. Fifty years later he is still behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz Actros for Heartland Haulage Ltd. Along the way Russell has tried his hand at many different sectors of the industry, including several stints as an owner driver. Age is seeing him cut back to just four days a week but this sprightly 69 year old still finds time to DJ on weekends as well as to fuss over his special edition Holden Commodore. Simon Vincent sat down with Russell and discussed his lively career recently.
The history of B Cronin & Co Ltd – Part One
During the 60s, 70s and 80s, the premier fleet in the Waikato had to be the Tamahere-based trucks of B Cronin & Co Ltd. With red cabs and black mudguards, red tipping bodies and green stock crates, these rigs really stood out. Dave Hall looks back at the history of this stand out fleet.
Don and Anne Julian – 1973 Commer CEGV841
Don and Anne Julian’s lovely TS3 Commer began life hauling metal for Winstone out of Winstone’s Lunn Ave Quarry in Auckland.