Environmental Industries grows with Isuzu Trucks

It’s a trust that local landscaping and constructions specialists Environmental Industries holds close to heart.

They’re a family-owned and operated business that has built an impressive portfolio, with scope reaching from high-profile state and local government projects such as playgrounds, parks and sporting fields, through to commercial land developments and streetscapes that wind along the Perth’s beaches right out to the cities and towns of the Pilbara.

Brendon Winterbourn, General Manager of Environmental Industries is proud of the company’s history in the region and their family’s story in building a dynamic business that’s supported with highly trained staff, quality equipment and several offices in Perth and Newman (servicing the Pilbara).

It all began back when Brendon’s dad, Barry Winterbourn, picked up the tools in the early 80s, launching the company with a contract for works along the Burrup Peninsula just outside of Karratha.

“Things really began to take off for the business in the early 2000s, back then we had four trucks and a few utes on the road.

“Now we have a combined fleet of about 100 vehicles including 40 Isuzu trucks for our staff across multiple projects.”

These range from light-duty trucks such as a newly collected NLR 45-150 AMT Traypack with customised tail lift, through to heavier FVZ 240-300 Autos specified as a water truck and a garbage compactor.

Sustained business growth has meant the equipment lockers are expanding quickly to stay level with demand. Brendon shared details of a master plan in place with Major Motors Forrestfield and Sales Dealer Peter Dewar to move the entire transport operation over to Isuzu Trucks product.

“We have a long-term plan with Major Motors to keep operating Isuzu Trucks and continue building the fleet to meet our needs,” said Brendon.

Brendon explained that a large part of the strategy is upgrading their remaining utes to light-duty trucks.

“The business is transitioning away from utes towards light-duty Isuzu trucks for a number of reasons — they have better durability, we can fit more on the back of them, and we find they tow better than a ute," he said.

The business finds Isuzu’s short wheelbase Ready-to-Work NLR 45-150 AMT Traypack with GVM of 4500kg and GCM of 8000kg a useful turnkey solution for carrying out their massive grounds maintenance roster.

Featuring a payload of over 2000kg and tray space large enough to load equipment and tools for the day, the NLR Traypack also offers a generous towing capacity of 4000kg, making an efficient exercise out of towing heavily loaded trailers.

For further ease of use, Environmental Industries have added customised hydraulic tail lift which work with the Traypack’s removable drop sides for loading equipment and green waste.

From the view of dealership Major Motors, Sales Dealer Peter Dewar said the focus will remain on providing best-in-class transport solutions to support Environmental Industries and their clients in the years to come.

“Our two companies have worked together for a long period of time, and over that time have built up mutual trust and respect for one another.”

“Personally, I am very proud to have worked closely with Environmental Industries for almost 35 years.

“Collaborating with them on their fleet requirements and watching the business become the success it is today has been really rewarding,” he said.