Founded in 1944, Peerless designs and manufactures highly specialized trailers for a variety of industries including oil and gas, forestry, construction, super hauling, and mining. Peerless has built its reputation on innovation and quality, offering market-leading models and consistently launching best-in-class designs.
Peerless engineers its equipment to maximize payload while minimizing tare weight for an ‘On/Off’ road environment. What sets us apart is our decades of experience working with industry leaders in each of our markets to optimize our designs. There is exceptional attention to detail in our trailer frame rails – resulting from careful analysis of stress, strain, fatigue, deflection, and stress-riser avoidance. It is from years of successful off-road experience that we can advance our product lines to help our clients win in their markets with lower trailer tares, lower total-cost-of-ownership, and higher resale values.
The Peerless production facility is located on 10 acres in Penticton, British Columbia, and has been transformed and equipped to accommodate Lean Flow production lines configured for the needs of varying trailer models. Peerless offers premium submerged-arc frame rail weldments; fixtured sub-assemblies; two paint facilities and exceptionally experienced staff. Our top 50 production team members have an average seniority of 15 years of service with Peerless. In addition, we hold over 900 years of combined Peerless service for the entire production team.
Peerless offers trailers under two well-recognized brands: Peerless in Canada and Scona brand in the United States.
About Us
Central Tire Inflation Systems: A History of Innovation
Central tire inflation systems, also known as tire pressure control systems, were created in the 1940′s to increase the mobility of military vehicles on weak, poor traction surfaces, such as desert sands.
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Since 1994, Bigfoot Equipment Ltd has been proudly leading the development of central tire inflation systems. The Bigfoot Central Tire Inflation System outperforms any other system on the market, is more reliable and fitted to many makes and models of trucks and trailers.
These days central tire inflation systems are increasingly being used on a wide variety of truck and trailer units in different types of industry. Whether its forestry, agriculture, mining or roading we have a CTI system that will suit your truck.
2016 - Integrated Systems
Fully integrated single and dual zone systems.
2017 - New Gen2 Display
Designed to fit neatly into a 1Din radio slot with download functionality.
2016 - Meritor accounted Bigfoot CTI update
Meritor advise an update on the Bigfoot CTI system, that it can be installed on the MFS73 and FL941 steer axles.
2017 - Benefits Study
A study on the benefits of Bigfoot CTI Systems and an international literature review completed by Dr. Glen Murphy
2018 - Design Improvements
Redesign of Meritor drive axle manifolds and steer axle union.
2019 - First sales into the Baltics
With Metsatek and Cargo mobile.
2020 - COVID lockdown
Bigfoot supported by customers kept the wheels turning supplying kits and components.
2020 - System Integration
Telematics first system integration with on-board telematics and cellular connection.
2021 - Design Improvements
Design Improvements newly reconfigured Single Zone system with plastic cover.
2021 - Australian distribution
Kennedy Trailers based in Bairnsdale Australia become national distributor.
2022 - Canadian Distribution Appointed
Peerless Canada based in Penticton, British Columbia become national distributors for Bigfoot.
2022 - Swedish Distribution Appointed
Björnavagnar AB Sweden located in Björna become national distributors for Bigfoot.
Here’s what we’ve proudly achieved so far to help truck drivers like you.
1994 – First New Zealand System Fitted
The first commercial system fitted was a pneumatically controlled system fitted to an LW924 Kenworth operated by Fearon Logging at Masterton.
1995 – First Electronic System Fitted
The first New Zealand-made electronic system was fitted to Owen Anderson’s truck at Whakatane.
2001 – Tripled Union Life
We became the first and only Central Tire Inflation Manufacturer in New Zealand to make its own mechanical sealed rotating unions. This allowed us to fit a shield to provide added protection for the bearings, tripling the life of the unions. This also gave us the components to re-condition and modify the existing rotating unions already in service.
2009 – GPS Speed Sensed System
Another first in central tire inflation technology for us. Prior to using GPS, the speed signal had to be obtained from the vehicle system.
1996 – Exported to Australia
The good word spread and the first New Zealand-made systems were fitted in Australia. G&R Logging and Moreland Holdings of Mount Gambier fitted two systems each.
2006 – Multi Zone Control Box
The Multi Zone control boxes allow for the tire pressures in the steer tires, drive tires and trailer tires to be controlled using a single control box.
2009 – Low Height Mechanical Sealed Union
The design of the rotating union was changed to reduce the height of the rotating union. This design also allowed for special unions to suit vehicles fitted with hub reduction differentials, and low height trailer unions.
2010 – Slimline Box Mounting
The Slimline Box mounting was developed to suit the U.K. market where central tire inflation has to be fitted to very short wheelbase tractor units.
2015 - Westpac Rotorua Business Excellence Awards
The Bigfoot Team became winners of Manufacturing & Trade Business Award sponsored by Holland Beckett Lawyers.
2016 - Bigfoot Equipment Ltd changes ownership
Neil and Marie Wylie after 23 years in the business sell to brother Graham Wylie.