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NTS to donate flat top for cancer research

NTS Transport Engineering Solutions is donating a flat top trailer to raise money for cancer research at the 2024 WA Mack Muster and Truck Show.

The WA Mack Muster and Truck Show, presented by Rentco, is an event in Western Australia which raises funds towards cancer research for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

This year, NTS will build a 45-foot flat top trailer to be auctioned at the event.

The trailer will feature Fuwa K Hitch axles and running gear, five-inch coaming with tie rails and 3mm steel chequer plate flooring.

“It will be built for our northwest spec, so it will be little bit heavier than a normal lightweight trailer,” NTS owner and Director, Nick Bailey, told Trailer.

“We’re hoping to raise over $100,000 off of it, so that would be our end goal.”

At the inaugural 2020 WA Mack Muster and Truck Show, 140 trucks from across Australia were on display with over 3,500 spectators in attendance, raising a total of $100,000 for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the Cancer 200 Ride for Research.

The second show in 2022 saw 214 trucks on display, over 6,500 spectators and $250,000 raised.

NTS donated a tandem dolly for that event which sold at auction for $75,000.

Bailey said NTS is looking forward to this year’s show after the successful outcome.

“We weren’t expecting the dolly to go for $75,000 at all, I think that blew everybody away,” he said.

“To raise that amount of money was why we decided to go bigger again.”

According to Bailey, the cause behind the WA Mack Muster and Truck Show is very important to NTS.

“All that money goes to charity, so it’s purely about fundraising towards an important cause and giving back to the community,” he said.

“Nearly everybody is affected by cancer one way or another, so that’s why we’re strongly behind it.”

NTS’ flat top will be auctioned off on 22 March at the Mack Muster Dinner.

The 2024 WA Mack Muster and Truck Show will take place on 24 March.

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In other news, one of Tasmania’s key freight links on the west coast is getting a major upgrade.

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