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.
The Real story behind NZ First FOrd CL-9000 - ‘Whistlin’ Dixie’
It’s funny how sometime when someone rings up with a question, the subject turns and you find out more about a subject you have an interest. Well that just what happened recently when Alan Mayo rung to find out if I knew where ‘Whistlin’ Dixie’ might be. As we chatted Alan began recalling how he purchased the Ford CL-9000 in America and shipped it home hoping to move into the transport industry now that it was de-regulating.
Central NI logger EF Deadman Ltd recalled – Part one
Eric Deadman began hauling logs in the King Country before the Second World War. From small beginnings his business grew from a single truck to a small fleet before selling the business to his son Bob and his wife Margaret. By the early 1980s the changing regulatory environment and declining business ethics saw the new owners sell up their stake and take up farming, a decision they haven’t regretted. Simon Vincent looks back over the history of this well-known logging business with the assistance of the Deadman family.