Affectionately named after Greg Low, the grandfather of Bluff Sand Supply & Cartage manager Casey Barris, the Bean Pole has earned not just its stripes but its Bridgestone New Zealand Trucking Million Mile club cap and plaque.

“He was rarely seen in any other truck in the fleet,” says Casey.

This extremely tidy 1995 Nissan Diesel CWA31 has spent its life in the deep south, kicking off at Ryal Bush Transport before inching even further south to Bluff Sand Supply & Cartage.

Under the floorboards is a 234hp PE6 Nissan Diesel, and behind that, an Eaton Fuller RTO7613 and Nissan Diesel RW1AA rear end.

Casey says this dear old girl has amassed 1,600,000km, for sure. In the keep of Casey and co-owner Graham Laidlaw, you get the feeling the old Bean Pole will be happily carting whatever needs tipping off around the Southland traps for many more kilometres yet.

Well done, Bean Pole. You’ve earned your place!