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How did a company known more for specialised agricultural equipment come to build what is essentially a giant kitchen on wheels for a footy club?<\/p>\n
Australian Grain Systems makes seed cleaning and processing equipment with a speciality in mobile seed cleaning trucks. It\u2019s the only business in Australia that designs, develops and builds at type of vehicle.<\/p>\n
When a grain crop such as wheat, barley, oats or canola is harvested, the header it picks up a lot of trash with the grain.<\/p>\n
Farmers are only allowed a certain percentage of rubbish in the crop when they take it to market.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a crop is harvested, farmers would load it onto a truck to take to a static cleaning and treating plant,\u201d Mr Holloway said. \u201cNow the trucks we build go direct to the farm to clean the crop, eliminating the transport costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaking trailers to cook sausages and egg and bacon rolls is not something AGS does on a regular basis, but we wanted to help where we could.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the normal course of business AGS buys a truck, extends the wheelbase to the length required and then builds all the equipment for the chassis in their factory in Mitchell Park. The end product normally sells for over $1 million.<\/p>\n
AGS is not well known around Ballarat with only 0.5 per cent of its clients from the area, the rest are spread Australia wide.<\/p>\n
Mr Holloway sees the trailer as a way to lift AGS\u2019 profile in the local community as well as support the Swans\u2019 fund-raising activities.<\/p>\n
With a current workforce of 15 people and future growth planned, AGS would like to be seen as a preferred employer in time to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BALLARAT Football Netball Clubs Junior Swans needed a barbeque trailer, so they approached Andrew Holloway, co-owner of Australian Grain Systems\u2019 to give them an idea of the costs they could expect. When Mr Holloway later contacted the club asking would it accept a trailer if he built one for them the answer was yes and […]<\/p>\n