Trucking back up Mt Messenger

[@eileenlynetteadams9182]

I have lots of memories of traveling this highway from the 60s to 2010. I don't live in Taranaki now and plan to return and travel to Hamilton this year, just to see the changes. The Awakino Gorge bypass of that tunnel, Mt Messenger, and all other changes. From the 60s travelling this highway has given me many fond memories. Car sickness, windy and gravel roads, sheep and cattle being moved... and trucks.

[@kevinsedo6869]

Real truck drivers , earning it the old fashioned way steerin and gearin , no cruise control queens here Love it !!

[@eileenlynetteadams9182]

Thankyou Will beautiful videography. Have you truck spotted the Coast road from Westport to Greymouth? That's the 7th most scenic Drive in the world apparently. I enjoy driving it.

[@willbishoptrucksnewzealand3826]

I would love to get down there one day, thanks for watching

[@blinkie1523]

Very good, heaps to view.

[@andikaofficial9274]

perfect, greetings from the Indonesian truck spotter

[@lintasan_truk_pantura]

Wow. i like spott truk big soo cool 👍 . Salam 1 aspal 🙏

[@imrankhanhkgn79]

Very nice 👌 truck I'm from India 🇮🇳

[@renedias3864]

la verdad la mejor música pará mis oídos

[@sureshamin5245]

Nice trucks 🚚 😍

[@Marlon369]

Wunderschöne Trucks ❤❤❤

[@pablosg3322]

Hola 👋 Desde México

[@peterscandlyn]

Great viewing - think Uhlenberg's might've won that round :-)

[@chix3457]

CAT the 2nd axles look too close to the 3rd axles

[@jahhman5986]

The Nissan drop sider at 11.27 dealing to it 🤙🤙

[@josedocarmooliveiradocarmo7796]

Muito bom, caminhãoes top de se ver, como chama esse lugar.

[@fireenginefan111]

Some good driving on challenging roads...beautiful to watch. Some of our roads in NZ are poor to say the least...however drive to the conditions and your talent level and these roads can be very enjoyable. Such a shame we share the roads with shithouse drivers equipped with equally shithouse attitudes and ability.

[@curiositynz]

It’ll be a pity in some ways when this part of the road is by-passed.

[@finnrasmussen8153]

are they making away arround ore through???

[@alistermclean5264]

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[@merledoughty5787]

@@finnrasmussen8153 around it imho I wondered if they could have punched a tunnel through, I have always loved this bit of the journey it does not take long to drive over it even in a loaded truck, I would have gone over Mt messenger since the early 50s, more twisty than today, My First recollection was going with my cousin taking tractor to the old MOW camp near Ahititi and that was an old Morris Commercial from that era. I used to drive for BP in the 70s so trips over the mountain were fun if not slow in a TK bedford or Commer ridgid tanker. I took a small Commer tanker still in Europa colours, a petrol slant engine, what a smooth wee truck, quiet as. Love watching these videos Thanks Will another great post

[@eileenlynetteadams9182]

I grew up in Taranaki. In the late 60s we were coming home from Aria near Piopio (King Country), around 9pm, Dad got our van stuck in the tunnel because a car didn't give way. In those days the tunnel was smaller and narrower. You had to sound your horn through the tunnel. We got home at around 2am.

[@Makon112]

When I'm on Mt messenger, I never see trucks on it?

[@HoogieWoogie]

👍

[@stevensmith9895]

not sure why fontera has such a long draw bars, they arn't even allowed to reverse, let alone jack knife them.

[@ElysiumNZ]

It apparently aids in trailer stability.

[@Gordon-r4h]

They do millions of miles a yr millions ..an have their share of prangs ...a long drawbar can disassemble itself from the unit without taking the Entire unit out. In otherwords break lol ..fact

[@rodneyclark7407]

Hope this route gets turned in to a scenic route been over it in the car. 🙅☕️

[@merledoughty5787]

I think it will remain as there are farm access at the top by the carpark

[@finnrasmussen8153]

how steep in Messenger???

[@appasochavan1983]

danger training school driving 🚛

[@นางฟ้าน่ารัก-ฝ3ฉ]

What is the name of this mountain?

[@eileenlynetteadams9182]

Mount Messenger Taranaki North Island

[@iainbanks7415]

you truckers looking forward to messenger by past

[@stevensmith9895]

not really, its not a bad bit of road, you just have to pay attention, in saying that it will cut 30 mins off to any where north

[@blinkie1523]

The local paper states six minutes from an NZTA report, hardly worth it I think. Still takes about four hours to Auckland from New Plymouth.

[@mrkdawg8951]

14:22 what was that Hilux doing

[@wambogojonah316]

Cutting the corner....

[@SamLockhart-XR6]

How about u come film the trucks in elthem

[@willbishoptrucksnewzealand3826]

Have done some filming there Sam was in Uhlenbergs yard parking trucks up for photos last weekend

[@SamLockhart-XR6]

@@willbishoptrucksnewzealand3826 would you u do another elthem I know a spot where u can see up 30 or more trucks plus i really want to join and be on KZbin

[@rafaelgomesdacruz7586]

quero uma miniatura

[@Uri_and_Taiga]

Hello♡ #KONGNO2000

[@Gordon-r4h]

I cant be fkd now adds just fk it for me, soons add comes up im out ..

[@dwikydarmawan7093]

Always there isn't any narration