Episode 2 - A history of trucking - The New Zealand experience

[@michaelkilanin6424]

A lot of this episode was the story of my and other people's grandfather's after returning from the war, then our dad's and uncle's small transport businesses. Great to see..thank you. I started work just before the deregulation of labour's government in the eighties and just finished a week of nightshift..Constant monitoring by office staff through the trucks cameras..was instructed to not blink so much..it triggers the newly sensitive sleep cams! Lol..triggered me more like..I hear grandads ghost telling me to get the fuck out of it..well kind of, he never swore.

[@andymack5093]

Loved the quick glimpse of the Road-Air truck, always kept a sharp lookout as small boy on those long trips from Northland to Hawkes Bay - they were just the smartest trucks on the road! What a great series from Truck Archive invoking happy memories of a gentler and simpler time and showcasing the pioneers of NZ transport, both in personnel and trucks.

[@buckhornz2184]

I can remember GT Gillies had a sales lot on the SW corner of Thames Hwy and Usk St in Oamaru when I was a kid and I can remember seeing all those GMC trucks including ambulance and radio shack types as well. Looking forward to part three.👍

[@bharatkumarjoshi1596]

At 15:16, the truck in video, India, had quite a few thousand when the British left India, and India had no truck manufacturing back then. In India, they were brought at the start of second world war and when war ended, many more were sent by the British. India's truck manufacturing started in 1954 by Tata motors with their collaboration with Mercedes Benz of Germany and other manufacturer being Leyland of UK.

[@BradCollier-zn2uc]

Want go trucking now ❤

[@TheInvoice123]

Anyone remember Spruit's? around Feilding?

[@TheInvoice123]

Me Grandad used to RHD convert