Forklift
Transport & Heavy Machinery Transport Specialist
Company
Profile
Select Tilt
Tray Group Pty Ltd ( STTG ) initially started operations
in 1994 as "Select Towing Service". Since adding
a second truck to our fleet in 1997, our growth has been
almost unstoppable. We have since adopted an owner driver
policy, therefore the driver turning up to do your job owns
the truck. The theory is that as the owner of his own business,
the driver will do your job properly and safely. In practice,
this has proven to be so. We still run one of our own trucks
though with company drivers for those urgent jobs. Some
of the drivers at Select have been known to me for 20 to
30 years and many who I did not know before starting with
us have become more like friends than drivers. Between all
the drivers we have more than 250 years of experience in
towing!
As our business
grew we were gaining people from all industries including
welders, mechanics, panel shop owners, salesmen, engineers,
car carrying, garbage collecting, concrete trucks and even
pathology and the police force.
We are a "service
first" company and will do anything we can to make
the job as easy and hassle free for you, our customers.
Most of our business is achieved through "word of mouth"
which in my view is the best form of advertising. We currently
service hundreds of regular customers and cover approximately
150 transport movements per day.
All of our
trucks are late model (for reliability, comfort and appearance)
and are fully insured with "on hook" insurance
and public liability insurance, complying with Tow Truck
Authority requirements. They are all able to be operated
by remote control, allowing the driver to keep a better
eye on loading and unloading procedures. The drivers are
all well trained in every aspect, from loading to different
ways of securing cars and machinery, to height and weight
awareness, right down to OH&S responsibilities, customer
relations and road rules. Most of the drivers have MSIC
cards for waterfront work, Yellow cards for transporting
access equipment, forklift licences and "Bluecards"
to show OH&S training. We pride ourselves in a clean
and tidy fleet of trucks and drivers.
Our allocator
at Select is Rick Bakewell who is back as main allocator
after a short stint in the trucks. Rick has been involved
in towing for the past 33 years and has owned his own towing
company in the past. Rick was a top boat racer for many
years till injury and a near death accident forced him out
of the sport he loved so much.
I am Chris
O'Riordan and had worked with Rick at Kareena Towing for
many years before starting Select. I have been involved
in towing and transport for all of my working life, starting
out in 1974 doing NRMA towing at night as a second job to
supplement my low pay at my day job which was in the bank.
I was only on $35 take home per week. I soon left the bank
to join "Capo" at Caringbah Towing and began doing
heavy towing in an old V8 Cummins Acco which took me around
much of NSW and occasionally interstate. I was only 18 at
this time, so I learnt a lot about trucks and towing quickly.
I then got a job at Johnston's Transport at Alexandria (later
to move to Marrickville) and worked with Frank and the boys
for the next 8 years where I got a semi licence and learnt
a lot more about transport, carting anything from paper
to steel and doing a lot of wharf work and machinery relocation.
I still drove towies on weekends doing accident work. After
that I worked with Garry Phillips for 5 years at Kareena
Rd Smash Repairs doing smash work, then started with Rick
at Kareena Towing in 1988 doing mainly NRMA salvage work
and long distance towing. Then came 1994 when Rick decided
to sell his trucks to the drivers.
Michelle is
our administration manager and will often answer your calls,
along with my son Brendan O'Riordan who is an assistant
allocator working with Rick to make sure times are kept
and to assist in customer communications. Together we will
assist you with whatever you need to be transported and
we look forward to being of service to you.
Our office
and storage premises is at Unit 19/10-18 Yalgar Rd Kirrawee
NSW 2232. Postal address is PO Box 170 Sutherland NSW 1499.
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