Swishy and Rex 1, Heavy Haulage Australia 0

News reports are that Heavy Haulage Australia has gone into receivership. Hopefully that leads to more customers for 2 of our forum members
m.bigrigs.com.au/news/heavy-haulage-aust...administrat/2689163/

Of course it only helps if they are paying customers!

Think you jumped a bit early there Bruce
I don't think Rex or Swishy would want to benefit from some else 's misfortune
Wait till all the details are laid out
JMO

I think you are probably right I was just trying to be a bit light hearted.

I don't know enough about the Heavy Haulage / oversize loads sector of the industry to even know if they were really competitors

had to happen you cant spend the kind of money that H H A were spending prettying up trucks just to big note. what were mcaleese thinking buying up a business that heavily relied on an industry that was slowing down quicker than the greek economy or am i wrong tell if i am?? whale

...the very old apt saying .. pride comes before a fall....

Gentleman.
Jon Kelly had a go.
When there is no more of us that will have a go, God help Australia.
Rex

...i don't believe "having a go" should entail taking down firms or people that have helped him along the way....bad management is just plain bad management...

...from a bloke who has been in business 28 years dealing with the slippery can of worms that is the transport industry, in my opinion... he has no excuses!!

Gentleman.
Jon Kelly had a go.
When there is no more of us that will have a go, God help Australia.
Rex

I gotta agree Rex from what I have heard he's stood on a lot of toes over the years and spent a fortune on gear and his management most likely was up the creek but he had a crack and thats more than most people will do in Australia today love em or hate em they had a go

And as far as taking other people down with them unfortunately that could also be seen as bad management never risk more than you can afford to loose

dunno just saying

Paul

...i don't believe "having a go" should entail taking down firms or people that have helped him along the way....bad management is just plain bad management...

...from a bloke who has been in business 28 years dealing with the slippery can of worms that is the transport industry, in my opinion... he has no excuses!!

totally agree with you Defective (and welcome back with your sexy new name)

heavy haulage is a tough gig....been involved in that with Kangaroo Transport....if Jon spent as much time looking after the essentials instead of preening for a tv show he might still be around and making money and therefore paying his bills!

just saying...

newto

It always amazes me how many people love to knock HHA? as Rex said he had a go and a good one at that!
It appears that a major client of HHA has closed down or stopped trading I challenge any business to survive in this tough economic climate when you loose say 1/3 of your work and you have that much gear.
I believe that it is voluntary administration which indicates he is still trying to fix it!
Again I don't know all the facts but not many people that started as young as Jon did have done what he has.
I say good luck Jon and I hope you work things out