Co-partner of Southern Rigging and Scaffolding, Jeff Reinen, is delighted with the recent addition to their equipment line-up and believes it will help to further expand the business serving both the crane hire market and their continual development in the Victorian onshore gas industry.

"Our new 50 tonne Tadano from James Equipment is a wonderfully equipped mobile crane," said Jeff Reinen.

"This fully refurbished hydraulic truck crane is perfect for both our hire business and our continual support to the $1.3 billion Otway onshore gas project. It was also fully re-painted by James Equipment in our company colours of white, blue and yellow"

Beginning back in 1972 with his father, Jeff Reinen has a long standing association with the crane industry in Australia first starting in pre-cast concrete and engineering. Since that time, Jeff has continued to develop his engineering and concrete interests whilst expanding into onshore gas service and the crane hire market sector.

"Our first experience with Tadano was around 3 years ago when we called upon James Equipment to help find us a replacement crane in the 25 tonne category," said Jeff Reinen

"We needed to replace our old Grove crane. James Equipment recommended to us the purchase of a super reliable 25 tonne Tadano that has been working solidly ever since on our onshore gas projects and as a hire crane"

"Since then, the ever constant push for higher and larger cranes won over and it was an easy decision for us when it came time to purchase a bigger crane."

Jeff Reinen initially dealt with James Equipment when he bought a crane from Barry James Cranes in Ballarat many years ago. The excellent service and after sales support stood out and has been a major factor behind Jeff's decision to continue dealing with Brendan, son of Barry James, and the team at James Equipment in Altona.

"At Southern Rigging and Scaffolding our business relies heavily on the performance of our range of mobile cranes. Brendan James and Paul Collard (Service Manager) have been a constant support to us. We have been very impressed with their knowledge, after sales support and of course how their products have met our budget every time," said Jeff Reinen.

When demand dictates a new addition to the Southern Rigging & Scaffolding crane fleet, Jeff Reinen will not hesitate to contact Brendan James and the team at James Equipment for his next Tadano Crane.

James Equipment is a Melbourne-based crane specialist dealing in new, second-hand, and spare part products sought from local and international markets.

James Equipment is the exclusive Australian distributor of the award winning range of new Tadano Cranes. Establishing a solid reputation over 15 years, James Equipment has a broad knowledge base of crane engineering and a large network of international suppliers to draw upon. James Equipment has an excellent range of used cranes in stock from international manufacturers including Demag, Kato, Liebherr, and Kobelco.

For further information on this story contact:

Brendan James
Managing Director, James Equipment
Tel (03) 9369 6823
Fax (03) 9369 1777
Email info@jamesequipment.com.au