Ausroad Helps to Build Safer Roads

Ausroad builds tough, specialist road maintenance trucks designed specifically to work in harsh environments, to be low maintenance and to exceed Australian Standards. Providing road maintenance solutions is vital to your business, so you need the best people on your team to drive your business forward.

Without a doubt, if your business has been contracted to supply road maintenance services, then you need trucks and equipment that are built to last and use the latest technology, so you can stay ahead of your competitors.

This means that you need high quality, customised trucks, full training and backup support services, and the flexibility of purchasing or hiring your trucks and equipment.
 
High quality trucks customised to your needs
Ausroad’s trucks can be customised to suit the specific road maintenance services you provide, so you can always be sure of having the latest technology on hand. What you have is a road maintenance body fitted to a standard cab chassis, but with your modifications included. So you can chose between a HD truck and a Jetmaster truck, with optional additional equipment to suit your individual requirements and both come with a 3 year warranty.

Full training and backup support
When you hire road maintenance trucks from Ausroad, you can chose from their well-maintained fleet of high quality, modern trucks. So you don’t have to put up with older trucks that have seen better days, you have access to some of the best trucks in the world. You also have full training and backup, as well as fitters and maintenance personal on call if you need them at any time.

The flexibility of hiring your trucks

If you hire your trucks, this brings a whole new meaning to road maintenance solutions, because you can hang onto your capital and use it for other business opportunities, instead of tying it up in hard assets. It’s fair to say that the resources industry has taken a downturn, so having access to your capital in such a volatile market can mean the difference between the success or failure of your business in the future. So if you are in the market for some tough road maintenance trucks, call Ausroad on 07 3216 7058.

How To Get The Latest Equipment For Your Road Maintenance Company

Mining maintenance contractors need to stay on top of their game or else they could lose their valuable contracts to the competition. One of the easiest ways to stay at the top is to make sure that you always use the most reliable and the latest high-tech equipment that is available for road maintenance in Australia.

This is not easy, because you have to source the right companies, who can offer you the latest equipment for the right price. So let’s take a look at whether you should hire or purchase your road maintenance equipment in today’s financial climate.

Hiring equipment for road maintenance in Australia
When mining maintenance contractors hire equipment for road maintenance they don’t have to use their capital, because they only have monthly hiring costs. This means that you can expand your business and spend money on other areas that need attention without tying up your money in equipment.

You also don’t have the cost of maintaining the trucks or repairing them and you don’t have to register and insure them. Even more importantly, you can use the latest equipment and not have to pay top dollar to purchase them, because any good the hire company should have the most up to date equipment available for hire.

Buying equipment for road maintenance in Australia
As a mining maintenance contractor you need to have the latest equipment available at a moment’s notice to take advantage of any work that comes your way. So purchasing your own fleet of trucks and your own road maintenance equipment makes sense from a logistical point of view. When you own your equipment, you can deploy your operations team anywhere at any time without having to worry about arranging to hire trucks and equipment and then finding that what you need isn’t readily available.

So if you are in the market for the latest equipment for road maintenance in Australia, then if you are cutting costs, it is better to hire your trucks and equipment. On the other hand, if logistics are your top priority, then purchasing the latest equipment is the better option.

On the road again: Ausroad upgrades council’s ageing fleet

Challenge

A Queensland-based local council needed to replace an ageing fleet of road maintenance trucks and transition the new vehicles to the road with minimal service interruptions.

Solution

Ausroad consulted with the client and made a number of recommendations. Subsequently, the council purchased four Ausroad HD Series Road Maintenance Trucks and one Emulsion Spray Trailer. One of the deciding factors that made Ausroad a strategic match for this project was the speed at which Ausroad could build the trucks to specification, which was more than 50 per cent faster than other companies that tendered said they could deliver.

Result

The new vehicles have resulted in:

  • Increased productivity
  • Improved operator comfort
  • Less down-time due to better reliability
  • Higher workplace health and safety standards.

Modern spin: Ausroad’s got council’s roads covered

Challenge

A Queensland-based local council needed to improve the way in which it managed its road repairs. Systems were antiquated, manual handling was excessive and health and safety standards were less than ideal.

Solution

The council selected Ausroad because of its specialist vehicles, which provided the versatility to deliver a number of functions. The council also appreciated the fact Ausroad offered comprehensive staff training and induction with each vehicle purchase. Since July 2011, the client has purchased five Ausroad HD Series Road Maintenance Units, one Ausroad Jetmaster Road Maintenance Unit and two Emulsion Spray Trailers.

All purchases have been well utilised, with the Ausroad Jetmaster Road Maintenance Unit on the road full time spray sealing the roads with aggregate and bitumen emulsion, while the Ausroad HD Series Road Maintenance Units focus on potholes and general road repairs. The Emulsion Spray Trailers accompany the Ausroad Jetmaster Road Maintenance Unit to save re-fill trips back to the depot, making the overall operation even more efficient.

Result

The new vehicles have resulted in:

  • Increased productivity
  • Improved operator comfort
  • Less down-time due to better reliability
  • Higher workplace health and safety standards.