NZ distributor XpeditioNZ says “others lay claim to having the strongest canopies, evidently unaware they’re not even on the same playing field as Bushtech.”
Bushtech’s advanced engineering capability has long been evident in its internationally proven wellside aluminium
canopies. These are load tested to an unheard of 2.5 tonnes and offer NZ’s highest 300kg dynamic load rating (50 percent above the nearest rival), all while weighing less than a plastic or fibreglass canopy.
“That bears repeating: multiple times the strength and security and lighter too.”
Bushtech’s new X-Series tray and canopy offers even greater 500kg dynamic load capacity, while aiming to establish a new best in class benchmark for strength to weight ratio in tray canopies.
“Clearly Bushtech canopies are not constructed the same as others.”
Bushtech’s unique designs have been refined with more than 15 years of research and development building aluminium canopies for off-road fleets. Fleets that operate daily in some of the harshest conditions and locations. As a result, Bushtech has accumulated engineering experience beyond that available to brands developing in NZ.
High frame strength is not only about carrying capacity. It permits some of the biggest side access doors of any canopy on the market, transforming the usefulness of the whole vehicle.
Bushtech says its canopies go beyond achieving 100 percent waterproofing, “they’re also the most dustproof canopies you can buy in New Zealand.”
Bushtech canopies are preferred on 4WD ute fleets operating permanently off-road.
These utes, also fitted with commercial grade roof tents and overland fitouts, take streams of overland tourists from South Africa to experience the lions, giraffes and elephants in Botswana, usually returning home via a circuit through the Namib desert. Operating day-in-day-out in the heat and dust of the African desert, these utes need to stay clean in the cargo area. It’s no small task, but Bushtech is confident they lead the way in dustproofing of canopies and ute wellsides.
XpeditioNZ has thoroughly tested Bushtech’s products in NZ. It’s kept a fully Bushtech-equipped Hilux clean in the back while churning up dust over hundreds of kilometres on the Molesworth and Rainbow gravel routes in the South Island.
“We’ve also been testing the new X-Series tray and canopy on long off-road routes here at home and we can’t get a speck of dust into it.”
Bushtech canopies are constructed very differently, built around specially developed aluminium extrusions that are tig welded to produce by far the strongest canopy frames on market. Every canopy is backed by Bushtech’s 10-year frame guarantee, which is impressive considering many Bushtech canopies are in service on permanently off-road fleets.
Most double cab canopies are in stock now, or XpeditioNZ can have a canopy built to order, just as required by the customer, for one canopy or for a whole fleet.
To view a Bushtech aluminium canopy up close, to see a wellside or the new X-Series tray and canopy, get in touch with NZ distributor XpeditioNZ on 0800 287 483. More information is available at www.xpeditionz.co.nz/aluminium-canopies