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Frequently asked questions, Driveby Billboards Limited | North Island Billboard Trailer Advertising

How much does it coat to hire a mobile billboard trailer?

Depending on the length of your campaign determines the monthly hireage, most of our clients are on 6 or 12 month campaigns. 6 week Christmas campaigns command a higher rate due. Across the North Island we are generally the same price except for logistical expenses.

 

Where can I advertise in the Lower North Island?

Driveby Billboards Limited has 20 high-traffic roadside billboard sites across the Lower North Island, from Stratford in Taranaki on the West to Napier in Hawkes Bay on the East, and Southerly down to Greytown in the Wairapapa - Talk to us to discuss where you are looking to target your advertising campaign, we will do the best our to source the most ideal site for you.

 

How Big are your Billboard Trailers?

Driveby Billboards Limited has double-sided 6 m × 3 m advertising boards for maximum impact of your brand and seen by traffic traveling from both directions. Our trailers are designed for stability while still high off the ground to clear adjacent roadside clutter. We clear adjacent vegetation to insure your advert is presented cleanly and clearly.

 

What about the advert design and printing?

Driveby Billboards Limited handles the printing, installation and maintenance, but we don't offer graphic design in-house. If you already have print-ready artwork, send it through and we take care of the rest: Printing the skins, leasing the land, installation, deploying the trailer, maintenance of the board and adjacent vegetation. If you need advert design, we're happy to refer you to a graphic designer we've worked with — you'll engage them directly, at your own cost.

 

How fast can my advert be put up?

Most billboards are up within about 14 days of artwork approval, allowing time for printing, freight to Driveby Billboards and weather. Advert skins are installed as soon as they arrive , the timeline is usually just print and freight. Iif your skins arrive early and your site's free, we'll put your board up straight away and give you that extra time as free advertising — your paid campaign still starts on your agreed date.

On a tight launch or event date, tell us early and we'll do everything we can to fast-track it.

 

How well do trailer adverts work?

Billboard Trailers work because they reach people where their attention is already focused — the road in front of them — instead of competing with a phone screen, TV, or any other distraction. A well-placed board builds repeated exposure with the thousands of locals and travelers who pass it every day, which becomes 100s of thousands of views per month. This results in strong brand recall, more inquiries!

Billboard Trailers uniquely bridges physical and online advertising - they are one of the most effective media for converting roadside exposure into immediate mobile searches.

 

Who owns Driveby Billboards Limited?

As you can see if looking up the company online, Driveby Billboards is a Lower North Island owner-operated billboard company run by Ted Charlton from the Dannevirke area. Trailers are personally owned, myself with at times a particular trusted assistant, manage the sites and run every campaign ourselves, with no other contractors, so you're dealing directly with the people who put your billboard up, in the region we know well and call home.

 

One Stop Shop.

With over 40 years living and working across the Lower North Island, including nearly 20 years as a Rural Sales Rep covering the greater Lower North Island region; I bring deep local knowledge of its roads, communities, economies, and traffic patterns; together with an extensive network of business and personal connections.

This combination of proven relationship-driven sales experience and genuine on-the-ground understanding provides a practical edge in identifying high-visibility locations, building trusted partnerships, and delivering targeted mobile billboard campaigns that outsiders simply cannot match.

 

Part of the Be Visible Group
Driveby Billboards works closely with two trusted partners:
 

 

• Be Visible NZ – covering Auckland, Franklin and Waikato

• Roadside Reach – covering Northland   

Together we form the Be Visible Group, offering genuine North Island-wide coverage. This network has made us one of the most well-known and preferred billboard trailer providers in New Zealand, regularly chosen by national advertising agencies and large corporates.

Why Choose Us?
With nearly three years of proven performance, our combined expertise in business operations, compliance, logistics and engineering gives us a clear advantage in this specialised industry. We have streamlined every part of the process to deliver reliable, high-visibility outdoor advertising that gets results.Looking for effective billboard trailer advertising in the North Island? 

Contact Driveby Billboards Limited today.

 

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