Darling Downs Haulage (DDH) is a Queensland-based logistics company with years of experience helping businesses meet their haulage needs, specialising in excess mass/dimension freight, grain, cattle and liquid feed transportation.
DDH Managing Director, James Gilbert, has been involved with transport for his entire life.
His father owned trucks for 40 years, and according to James, was a pioneer in converting tankers into fibreglass for molasses a few years ago. From there, James followed in his footsteps and created DDH with his business partner, Matthew Gardner.
DDH recently took delivery of an AB-triple and B-double set of molasses tankers from Moore Trailers, and by being involved in the designing and building processes of them himself, James was able to achieve exactly what he wanted in terms of their tare weights and payloads.
“We’ve been able to drop the tare weights down on the trailers and get a better payload of 40 tonnes on them,” he says. “On the previous ones we were only able to get 38 tonnes, and that’s on Concessional Mass Limits (CML). If we went to Higher Mass Limits (HML) we could get more again.”
The trailers feature lightweight axles as well as poly piping running underneath for durability. But most importantly, they have been built for high safety when working at heights, with optional steps and handrails spec’d to access the tankers easier.
James says that working with Moore Trailers to construct the new trailers was the right choice to aid the fleet in carting molasses and liquid supplements for GrainCorp Liquid Feeds.
“It’s a great benefit because you get what you want,” he says. “In Moore Trailers you have a manufacturer that listens to you.”
As part of their freight tasks, the tankers typically come out of the Isis Central Sugar Mill near Bundaberg, Queensland, and travel as far as South Australia, over to Victoria and across all of New South Wales.
On top of this, they are also carting from the Marian Mill up at Mackay and into the Port of Brisbane. Throughout these operations, James says the tankers have been amazing.
“The drivers say they are unreal,” he says. “The B-double is a shorter set, so it tracks really well. The trailers tow great, and a lot of people on the road are commenting on them as well.”
Within its fleet, DDH has already accumulated a drop deck, AB-triple of grain tippers, two A-double grain tippers and a road train compromising of flat tops from Moore Trailers which James says have met all of his expectations.
“They’re amazing trailers and are standing up to what we’re doing,” he says. “The drop deck is an unreal trailer and it’s seen some pretty rugged terrain. We service some mines up in Weipa, so it’s done many trips up there and it has lasted in those conditions.”
“So, we’ve got a fair chunk of Moore trailers here. Moore Trailers is very open to how you want to customise your trailers and they’re always willing to listen, talk to you and take on advice on different ways of doing things. They’re a great company to deal with.”
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