Christchurch based, DDS410 as it shines today. Photo: Derek Tankersley.

PTS Group national parts manager Grant Stead quickly gives credit where it is due: “The two of them have both been solid performers. They are those trucks in the fleet that just get on and get the job done; we really haven’t had to do a great deal of work to either of them,” he says.

“DDS410 had a new turbo at the 1,000,000km mark. Then, at 1.1, a full in-frame rebuild was completed. So, yes, you can’t really complain about that performance, especially with the linehaul work that it has done.”

On that note, both trucks have never shied away from hard graft. In PTS colours, both units in the past spent a lot of time running Palmerston North- Auckland return, with regular trips across the Cook Strait and on to Christchurch also in the mix.