Jun 16, 2026 · 24 min · 11 segments
In the OEM update, we talk with a broad cross section of original equipment suppliers to the New Zealand industry. This month we enjoy a great chat with someone well known in the truck body and…
John StevensGuest
Dave McCoidHost
So what's the plan for the two brands going forward? And in this, I'm talking contextually about we've been very much down the pro forma space in terms of high productivity vehicles in recent history.
And so that tends to unify output and therefore it increases, makes a very competitive market.
But coming towards us is probably far more opportunity in the PBS space and task-specific vehicles.
How are you guys sitting in that space or do you see the brands heading off down different paths maybe, one staying more in the pro-former space and one becoming prone to special innovation, like, you know, just commentary?
I think the PBS space While it's been around for a while and it's certainly a big part of trailer manufacturing across the ditch, in New Zealand, we're still stuck with legacy infrastructure and things like that.
And most transport is dictated to, you know, our rules around transport and what we can do and what we can't do is really based around our infrastructure in New Zealand.
You know, we've got tight, windy roads and it's shitty sometimes, probably a lot of the time.
But in terms of PBS, we see it as a tool to try and get more benefit out of shipping more product, making use of the rules and regulations that we're bound by.
Ideally, you want to get more product into your trailer to be able to shift it from point A to point B. Yeah.
And with the PBS as part of the solution to that, it would probably apply a lot more to other parts of the industry, the transport industry, you know, over-dimensional stuff and things like that, you know.
So for us, it's certainly something that we factor into our thinking about how we can do things and what we can do in the future and how things might look like going forward.
But we're still certainly bound by rules and regulations around that and We certainly see it there as a good tool.
I guess it's the old story that the quality of your rugby game will always be determined by the quality of the pitch you're playing on.
And New Zealand's very much, well, I think PBS is a great thing, but it's certainly very much, you know, you're certainly bound by the rules and regulations around our, you know, roading and infrastructure and things like that.
It's certainly in our mind's eye around what we can do with it when we're looking at designs.
So what's the plan for the two brands going forward? And in this, I'm talking contextually about we've been very much down the pro forma space in terms of high productivity vehicles in recent history.
And so that tends to unify output and therefore it increases, makes a very competitive market.
But coming towards us is probably far more opportunity in the PBS space and task-specific vehicles.
How are you guys sitting in that space or do you see the brands heading off down different paths maybe, one staying more in the pro-former space and one becoming prone to special innovation, like, you know, just commentary?
I think the PBS space While it's been around for a while and it's certainly a big part of trailer manufacturing across the ditch, in New Zealand, we're still stuck with legacy infrastructure and things like that.
And most transport is dictated to, you know, our rules around transport and what we can do and what we can't do is really based around our infrastructure in New Zealand.
You know, we've got tight, windy roads and it's shitty sometimes, probably a lot of the time.
But in terms of PBS, we see it as a tool to try and get more benefit out of shipping more product, making use of the rules and regulations that we're bound by.
Ideally, you want to get more product into your trailer to be able to shift it from point A to point B. Yeah.
And with the PBS as part of the solution to that, it would probably apply a lot more to other parts of the industry, the transport industry, you know, over-dimensional stuff and things like that, you know.
So for us, it's certainly something that we factor into our thinking about how we can do things and what we can do in the future and how things might look like going forward.
But we're still certainly bound by rules and regulations around that and We certainly see it there as a good tool.
I guess it's the old story that the quality of your rugby game will always be determined by the quality of the pitch you're playing on.
And New Zealand's very much, well, I think PBS is a great thing, but it's certainly very much, you know, you're certainly bound by the rules and regulations around our, you know, roading and infrastructure and things like that.
It's certainly in our mind's eye around what we can do with it when we're looking at designs.
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