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Food importer expands
withToyota forklifts
A Victorian food importer is poised to double its complement of Toyota forklifts
after leasing additional warehouse space to accommodate rapid business growth.
Lloyd Foods, based in Dandenong South
(Victoria), supplies the food service industry
nationally.
It currently has a 2.5-tonne payload Toyota
8FG25 counter-balance forklift and a two-tonne
payload Toyota BT Reflex RRE200 reach
forklift.
Director Darren Lloyd said the company has
leased an adjoining building and will soon
commission more reach trucks to service the
increased warehouse area.
“The business has quadrupled in the 18 months
we’ve been operating,” Darren Lloyd said.
“When we opened in 2015 we had another
brand of forklift, but after eight months we
switched to Toyota forklifts as they ticked all
the boxes.
“The forklifts are flexible and reliable, the
service back-up is excellent and our account
manager is very responsive to our needs,” he
said.
Grant Owen, area sales manager for Toyota
Material Handling Australia’s (TMHA)
Melbourne branch, said Lloyd Foods uses the
gas-powered Toyota 8FG25 forklift primarily to
unload and load trucks.
“It is also used to unload containers using a
labour-saving slip-sheet attachment, while the
Toyota BT RRE200 reach truck works in high
racking and narrow aisles,” he said.
Lloyd Foods was founded 18 months ago when
Darren Lloyd bought an existing food import
business in Sydney before renaming it and
relocating to Melbourne.
“We currently import 10 containers of food per
week, sourcing product from a dozen different
countries,” Darren Lloyd said. “It is all shelf-
stable product so it is stored dry.”
Mr Lloyd has just returned from a major food
trade show in Dubai.
TMHA offers five Toyota BT Reflex reach forklift
models with payload capacities from 1.4 to 2.5
tonnes, all designed around the four core values
of safety, productivity, durability and driveability.
An advanced transitional lift control system
achieves high-speed yet completely smooth
lifting and lowering. This intelligent design
supports faster work cycles while supporting
safe operations.
Toyota’s 8FG25 is the top selling counter-
balance forklift in Australia and is widely used
across many industries.
“The popularity of the Toyota FG 8-Series
forklift range is based on proven reliability that
means they keep on going in all environments,
giving customers excellent performance,
service and good value for money,” Grant
Owen said.
The award-winning 8-Series Toyota forklifts
have a number of leading safety features,
including Toyota’s System of Active Stability
(SAS) technology that helps prevent tip-overs.
Toyota builds show-stopper
V8 forklift
Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has launched a new show-stopper
display vehicle at the Bathurst 1000.
Staff at TMHA’s Moorebank national
headquarters have built a grunty six-litre V8
forklift.
Following its debut at the famed Bathurst Mount
Panorama motor race, it will follow a busy
schedule of charity events and trade shows.
The brainchild of TMHA executive vice
president and COO, Steve Takacs, the V8
Forklift is based on a four-tonne payload
Toyota model.
National Used Equipment manager Wayne
Barty project-managed the 18-month build,
performed by members of the TMHA Used
Equipment refurbishment team, Fabrication
Shop and Paint Shop.
“We sourced components from around the
country,” Mr Barty said. “The forklift was at our
Newcastle branch. We purchased a Crate
Chevrolet engine and the gearbox came from
Adelaide.
“We had to engineer the engine installation,
mating the engine to the forklift transmission
and differential.
“Then were no guidelines to work from, so the
whole project has taken 18 months, including
overhauling the transmission and differential,
and fitting disc brakes to the steered wheels.”
Mr Barty said that after Bathurst the Toyota
Material Handling V8 Forklift will be on hand
for the annual auction of the season’s first
cherries at the Sydney Produce Markets.
“It will then be seen in the city at a charity
event at Barangaroo, followed by some trade
shows.”
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