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The Uhlenberg team unfortunately were forced to see 2015 out with the sad task of fare welling valued staff member - Bryan Pickering (Pix), who passed away suddenly at home on 26th December.

Pix was a popular member of the team at Uhlenbergs - his regular drive was UHL 31, the sole Mack Superliner in the fleet – the great all-rounder who floated among all of the different types of loads and jobs at UHL.

Pix was a perfectionist, and is remembered as the popular guy - who was a skilled operator - capable of operating every piece of equipment in the yard.

Depot alterations and improvements are well underway, with admin staff well settled into the new purpose built office facilities - The recent removal of the old office block – which had served us well for 16 or so years - will allow for improved truck access and will include the addition of extra automatic gates.

Security systems have also seen some upgrades.

March 19, 2014 saw Graeme Gardner serve 30 years service at Uhlenbergs,

Graeme began his service driving a D series Ford way back in 1984, carrying fertiliser wool, meat and other commodities to and from local farms.

Internationals, W model Kenworth’s, Mack superliner & CH  as well as Peterbilt’s were operated by Graeme through his long driving career at UHL, mainly delivering LPG throughout the country - before he took on the LPG despatch role in the office - ten odd years ago.

Uhlenbergs recently took delivery of a new Western Star 8X4 tractor unit. This purchase is the first Western Star into the predominantly Peterbilt and Kenworth (Pacaar) equipped fleet and also marks the first Cummins engine into UHL since 1985.

The recent cold weather experienced in New Zealand, brought snow falls to much of the country, causing road closures and disruptions for road users in many areas. Our home base and surrounding areas were coated with the heaviest snow falls experienced in decades, with two periods of snow falling within weeks of one another.

Uhlenberg Haulage Ltd recently launched their new website. The website was built using the popular Content Management System called Drupal. "The site has our basic information in it, and we plan to build more content over time.