New Isuzu dealer for NSW

Double R has been in operation for nearly 17 years beginning as an equipment repairs provider. The company branched out into new equipment sales, and has recently acquired the Peel Valley Tamworth Isuzu dealership.

This is the first Isuzu truck dealership acquisition for Double R and a big achievement for the whole team, according to Managing Director, Rusty Russell.

“The excitement and the nervous energy have been bubbling through the Double R team at Tamworth to take on Isuzu Trucks and everything's set to deliver outstanding results,” he said.

The first Double R location sprang up in 2005 in Mudgee, New South Wales, when Mr Russell decided to change paths after a highly successful career with Caterpillar in Australia and overseas.

Within a short span of time, Double R was able to grow from a one-person business with a single service vehicle, to opening the first of many locations in Mudgee, then expanding to include Hunter Valley and Gunnedah in New South Wales, plus Karratha and Leinster over in Western Australia.

And now the trucking needs of Tamworth will be in good hands, with a strong contingent of the former Peel Valley Tamworth team making the jump to join the Double R Trucks Tamworth team.

One of the big sign-ons was Brad ‘Hicksta’ Hickey the highly-skilled service technician who took out top honours at the Isuzu National Skills Competition in July and is somewhat of a local legend.

“We're super excited in supporting Hicksta as he prepares for the global competition. It’s a real win to have him on board with us,” Russell said.

Brad and fellow technician Louis Holt from Bendigo Isuzu are set to compete against teams from more than 40 countries in the prestigious?Isuzu World Technical Competition, the I-1Grand Prix (I1GP),?on November 4.?

It turns out Hicksta is not the only Isuzu celebrity in the Double R Truck ranks either.

“Drew Murden, our workshop manager, who coordinates the workshop team, was a finalist in the Isuzu National Skills Competition in 2017,” added Russell.

“Drew went to Japan with the Australian team, where they collected the bronze medal.

“It's great to have Hicksta and Drew there to offer that senior support and advice to the team. I could not be prouder of the Double R Trucks Isuzu team containing two nationally awarded Isuzu technicians, here in Tamworth.

“It's so exciting to be involved with a brand like Isuzu Trucks to really acknowledge the skillset and the training that is put in by the technicians as they go through apprenticeships and then post-apprenticeship education.”

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Tamworth is a region undergoing growth and expansion, so it's clear that Isuzu Trucks is the perfect partner to team up with Double R Trucks, to meet the broader transport needs of the region. With plenty of infrastructure and construction jobs underway the team will surely be kept on their toes.

“Thirty-three years as truck market leader is a testament to Isuzu and demonstrates the quality and integrity of the brand,” said Russell

“Any business that can stand by a reputation of 50 years of trading trucks in Australia is a business that Double R Trucks looks forward to learning from and working with.”