Is Your Truck Legal to Drive Away? Understanding Payload and Axle Weights
Learn how tare weight, GVM and NZTA axle limits determine the legal payload of your crane truck or EWP, and what Waimea Group checks to keep every build compliant on the road.

Learn how tare weight, GVM and NZTA axle limits determine the legal payload of your crane truck or EWP, and what Waimea Group checks to keep every build compliant on the road.
September's Truck of the Month: Scanpower's fleet of Waimea-built Linelift® and Versalift EWPs, supporting live line and network work across the Northern Tararua district and beyond.
Choosing a hydro excavation unit supplier comes down to more than the truck on the yard. Here's what to look for in range, compliance expertise, and purchasing flexibility.
Underground utility strikes remain a serious contractor safety risk on New Zealand job sites. Discover how Allvac® hydro excavation trucks use non-destructive digging to protect services and reduce injury and disruption.
August's Truck of the Month features ASAPVAC's Allvac® AV4000H hydro excavation truck at work across Christchurch, handling non-destructive excavation for councils and contractors day and night.
Not sure which Palfinger crane suits your operation? Learn how reach, lift capacity and HPSC requirements separate the PK17, PK19, PK26 and PK8.5, and how to match each to the right chassis.
Wondering how far an Allvac® hydro excavator can suck material from? Learn how our 90% deep vacuum system moves product up to 60 metres away, uphill, downhill, or from a blocked pump station.
July's Truck of the Month: Hydro-Pro Central's Allvac® AV7000H hydrovac truck, built for hydro excavation work from Queenstown to snowy back country.
Wondering why Waimea doesn’t build an 8x4 hydrovac truck? Discover why our 6x4 Allvac® hydrovac platforms, like the AV7000H, deliver the best balance of payload, manoeuvrability, and value for New Zealand hydro excavation operators.

