Our steady QLD growth extends to the Northern Rivers of NSW

Prior to 2018, the coastal towns of the NSW Northern Rivers were an area the RFS depot at Underwood in Queensland serviced with just one Mini-Tanker and an operator. The three-hour round trip made several times a week in support of local customers who were reliant on regular fuel supply, was a challenge that Refuelling Solutions needed to meet. Servicing these customers meant crossing the QLD/NSW border from our depot, based at Underwood, however, the vision of potential growth was enough ‘fuel’ to commit a truck and the manpower required. 

In 2018, a large-scale customer approached Brad Minahan, State Manager, requesting that we extend ourselves to support a Federal Government contract for an upgrade to a 35km stretch of new highway from Woolgoolga to Ballina. Our customer won the project and we quickly got into action by hiring a local Operator/Driver and a 2nd Mini-Tanker to support the project out of Ballina. As the project ramped up, so did we by implementing both a day and night shift. To support the demand and bring fuel security to the project, RFS decided to install a 100KL above-ground tank on our customer’s leased quarry for the duration of the contract. During this period, a Maxi-Tanker would supply bulk fuel to the tank several times a week. The decision to expand our footprint into the NSW Northern Rivers area exceeded expectations, as the fleet had increased to five operators/drivers and 5 Mini-Tankers to support the upgrade process. 

Several years later and on completion of the 35kms of the new highway, we retained two of the operators/drivers and employed a third local operator.

Through negotiations between Brian O’Sullivan, Business Development Executive from our Underwood office, and Bruce Beesley, owner of GO GROW, the above-ground 100KL tank was relocated to GO GROW’s site in Ballina to service their loaders, graders, and equipment. A solid business relationship has developed over the last three years and the positive growth for both companies for the supply of on-site refuelling in the Northern Rivers district has launched a new era of opportunities benefiting the community. The synergy between Refuelling Solutions and GO GROW is bound by how the two companies were built on a dream to succeed by the entrepreneurial enterprise of owners Tony Hartin, Managing Director, Refuelling Solutions and Bruce Beesley, Owner GO GROW where nurserymen and home growers source professional potting mix specialising in growing media and landscape supplies. GO GROW was the first accredited growing media supplier in NSW under the NIASA Best Practice Guidelines and is also a certified organic input manufacturer of potting mix and soils. 

The vision for this area has been fully supported by our team, from management, sales, administration, scheduling of the tankers, and our operators/drivers. 

We love the adventure of expansion, and our commitment to our customers is supported by the enduring relationships that we have with each of them, as we service their refuelling requirements. For over 35 years, the Refuelling Solutions group of companies, Mini-Tankers, Maxi-Tankers and iFUEL, have an established and proven track record as Australia’s leader in all refuelling and information management systems. For all your fuel needs and solutions to fuel supply, speak with our friendly staff. The team at Refuelling Solutions looks forward to hearing from you.