The first day of winter arrived with a vengeance in Gore, along with 81 entries for the inaugural McDonough Contracting Gore Truck Show. The cold, wet weather didn‘t dampen the enthusiasm of all who gathered at Transport Repairs‘ yard in Gore. A lot of time was put into preparing entries and the quality was as high as usual, with numbers up on last year; a reflection of both the work the show committee put in and a sign operators from around the south are still keen to come along in support.

It is an awkward time of year, with stock trucks busy on cattle movements and log trucks having just spent a week in the bush, so there isn‘t a lot of time to get trucks clean. By the end of the week there aren‘t many clean trucks about, so these entrants put in an enormous effort to get gear ready for early Saturday morning. With a large number of categories, the prizes put up by a long list of sponsors was certainly appreciated, further ensuring the show‘s success. All involved hope it remains as popular as it was this year. The committee is looking for more volunteers if anyone from the area is interested for future events.

Photo: Craig Jolly‘s impressive King Rig-winning Mack Super Liner.

Photo: Cleanways from Invercargill walked away with a number of awards.

Photo: Dynes Transport came with 15 of their immaculate units this year.

Photo: Angus Drummond leads the spreaders through the main street of Gore in his Cromtrans Atego.

Photo: Brendon Brand took out best paint scheme for RTL with this Kenworth K200 in Clinton Waipahi colours.

Photo: Paul Briggs with his nicely presented UD Quon in GFS colours from Gore.

Photo: Scott Reid took away four awards with this sharp International ACCO.

RESULTS McDonough Contracting Gore Truck Show 2019