30 | Southland: Carters Tyres - Gore T T Kelly Deeks Keeping the rubber on the road REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT After 40 years in the tyre industry, Dean Findlay and has gained the expertise and built the supplier relationships needed to create solutions for customers to help avoid potential tyre issues, minimise downtime, and decrease costs. Joining nationwide company Carter’s Tyres Service as a licensee in 2017 gave his business a greater New Zealand wide network to service fleet customers. T T to page 32 Dean and his wife Kelly-Anne took full ownership of the Gore business in April 2019. The husband and wife team have spent the last five years implementing many changes, and they haven’t looked back, driving their business forward and achieving long term goals. In April 2021, they reached a significant milestone by opening their new purpose-built tyre facility on Ashton Street. “People used to think we only did truck tyres because our old site was so small a truck would take up the whole space,” Dean says. “Our new building has allowed us to build up the retail or passenger tyre side of our business. “The design of the building ensures both passenger vehicles and larger commercial units are kept separate for better flow on site.” Carter’s Tyre Service Gore has gained efficiency with the layout of its user-friendly building. Three undercover drive-through lanes for trucks enable them to flow through the site, exiting straight onto the heavy vehicle bypass at the rear of the site. While their tyres are being worked on, drivers are invited to take a break in their drivers’ room, complete with hot drinks, food heating facilities, a toilet, and trucking magazines. The new building also made space for a new electronic wheel alignment machine; a service they could not offer before due to space restrictions at their former site. This has been instrumental in giving customers better service and less downtime for them. Experience the difference of an award-winning accounting firm. mmca.co.nz PAY LESS TAX GET AHEAD FASTER MAKE MORE MONEY NEW BUI LDS • RENOVAT IONS • COMMERCI AL • FARM BUI LDINGS Proudly Supporting Carters Tyres Office 03 208 7977 Scott Weller 027 303 9304 Michael Clark 027 839 3814 www.carpentrysouth.co.nz 3 Oreti Street, Gore | Contact Brent 027 425 0705 / AH 03 208 1399 Contact Justin 027 360 1667 / AH 03 208 5555 • Plumbing • Drainlaying • Central Heating • Roofing • Spouting • Fire Installation gore.eliteplumbing@xtra.co.nz 2745 Waimea Highway, RIVERSDALE | Ph. 03 202 4044 | andrews.transport@hwr.co.nz • Livestock • Bulk and General Cartage • Fert. Cartage & Spreading We are a locally owned and operated company servicing and supporting the rural communities of the Waimea Valley and greater Northern Southland Area.
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