Business Rural Spring 2021

| 75 of imported products Fert Wholesale Direct’s BlackMAX ammo. RURAL PEOPLE » Fert Wholesale Direct Ltd WWW.SOUTHPORT.CO.NZ LOGISTIC & WAREHOUSING SOLUTIONS PROUD TO SUPPORT FERT WHOLESALE DIRECT LTD Let us help you like we do Fert Wholesale We have a range of transport solutions for all your needs: Storage, devanning, bulk cartage, swing lift, chilled freight and tankers. Contact Chris on 027 520 5402 or chris@tullochroad.co.nz WhenMac Tulloch returned from theWar in 1945 he purchased a small trucking business inMataura just south of Gore, founding the family business of Tulloch Transport, servicing the rural sector that has endured over three quarters of a century. Under the leadership of Mac’s son Ian (Inky) Tulloch, the business grew and diversi ied into all areas of the road transportation and at one stage the company had branches throughout the South Island and inWellington and Auckland as well. After many successful years in line haul cartage, Tulloch Transport’s South Island freight divisionwas sold in 2009 and for the next ten years the company operated solely out of Mataura returning to its rural transport roots, servicing the farming community with livestock cartage and bulk fertiliser. Mid-2019 the latest chapter commencedwhen theMataura Tulloch operationwas purchased byMcNeill Distribution to complement its own transport business based in Kennington, just north of Invercargill and in itself a business with strongly held family values. Since purchasing Tulloch Transport owners Ken and Ross Richardson have been committed tomodernising the leet of vehicles and refreshing the Tulloch Transport brand. “The Tulloch brand is a small passion- A Passionate Family Owned Business ate family owned business,” says Tulloch Transport’s Manager Damiyen Crosbie. “Going from the Tulloch family to the Richardson family has retained the family feel but with the support of the wider McNeil Distribution business framework. The local farming community is very tight knit and it is important for them to be dealingwith locally owned and operated businesses.” Tulloch transport continues to cover every aspect of rural transport including livestock cartage, fertilizer sowing and a wide range of bulk cartage including bulk or bagged fertilizer, timber, woodchip and sawdust throughout the South island. Tulloch Transport’smodern leet of fourteen vehicles includes livestock, bulk units and fertiliser spreaders. “We also have the ability to call on Hiab and swing lifts through the wider McNeil team. Fert Wholesale Direct is one of our key customers andwe do a large portion of their cartage to farmers throughout the South Island. They share the same passion to succeed in the rural sector that we do.” Re lecting on the company’s success over the decades Damiyen believes it is about being a small teamwith family values with a good understanding of the rural sector and product knowledge. “It is also about understanding the importance of meeting deadlines for our clients.” Rural Transport Specialists 195 Main St, Mataura • tullochtransport.nz Damiyen (Croz) Crosbie 027 478 9254 or 03 203 8118 • damiyenc@tullochtransport.nz ChantelleWhitmore 027 520 1231 or 03 203 8118 • chantellew@tullochtransport.nz Get in Touch BULK CARTAGE Fertiliser | Lime | Aggregate | Coal Sawdust | Baleage |Woodchip Stock Food | Grain |Wool | Timber LIVESTOCK CARTAGE South IslandWide Livestock Cartage Lamb | Sheep | Cattle | Deer SOWER TRUCKS Fertiliser Spreading Seed Sowing TracMap | TracIt System Proud to be associatedwith FertWholesaleDirect Ltd 03 236 2897 www.gladvalefarms.co.nz For excellence inDairy Farming andCropping.