Since taking ownership of Auckland Truck Alignment, father and son duo Rick and Grant Ranger have slowly enhanced the company and its services to customers. The most recent enhancement is workshop expansion to include an area for suspension-related repair work on trucks and trailers that require a bit more than an alignment.

“We’re trying to set up Auckland Truck Alignment as a one-stop-shop for that kind of work,” said Grant Ranger. “Not a lot of places do these sorts of repairs.”

For now, repairs are limited to suspension-related jobs, including truck and trailer axle bushes, spring repairs, shock replacement, suspension rebuilds and axle straightening.

A classic Super-Liner in for COF repairs gets an almost all-new suspension, with springs, shocks, tie-rod ends, axle stubs, wheel alignment and tyres.

“We’ve had a couple of trailers in recently where an axle has been bent by being hit on something. This new area of the workshop gives us the space to back the trailer in, pull the axle out, straighten it with an induction heater and get the job done. Otherwise, it’s a case of putting a new axle in. Not a lot of places can do it,” Grant said.