SA company Jeffries expands compactor fleet

South Australian soil and compost company Jeffries has added two new Isuzu 240-300 Autos with green waste compactor bodies to its fleet.
Executive chairman of the Jeffries company, Lachlan Jeffries

The trucks, which were recently collected from Northeast Isuzu in Adelaide, join a fleet of other medium- and heavy-duty Isuzu trucks.  

These include FVY 240-300 compactors, tippers, trailer and water trucks, an FVY 240-300 with agitator, a Gigamax EXY 260-520 fitted with a quad dog trailer and tipper body, and another Gigamax for the serious grunt work.  

Jeffries say their favourite truck is the robust FVY 240-300, which they use for everything from compacting to tipping, towing, and agitating.  

The FVY comes with a GVM of 24,000 kg and a GCM of 36,000 kg, which leaves plenty of payload for collecting organic material or delivering horticulture supplies.

It’s powered by Isuzu’s 6HK1-TCS 6-cylinder 24 valve engine, which outputs 221 kW (300 PS) @ 2,400 rpm and 981 Nm @ 1,450 rpm.  

Jeffries’ compactors collect organic material from grocery stores and produce suppliers, compacted on-board before being brought to the Jeffries’ facility in Wingfield.  

This material is then processed to become compost, soil, mulch and fertilisers to be used at farms and vineyards across SA.

Lachlan Jeffries, executive chairman of the Jeffries company, says: “We need our Isuzu compactor trucks to be able to manoeuvre in the CBD, but we also want to have maximum payload, so that we don’t make unnecessary trips back to the site to load up.” 

Jeffries’ tippers can regularly be spotted on the road transporting soil, compost, mulch and fertilisers to Jeffries’  customers across SA, and their water truck is on site for dust management during construction activities.  

The company offers a range of composts, soils and mulches, many of which are the product of partnerships with the council, local supermarkets, hotels, restaurants and food processors seeking a solution for their organic material disposal. 

Jeffries have also designed their own recycled organics sorting system.  

“We have large customers who generate organic resources, including government and city councils, and we partner with major waste companies such as Cleanaway and Veolia,” Jeffries says.  

“We also have bulk products that we sell to a range of landscape supply yards. These products go back to home gardeners and landscapers and are used in small domestic projects through to large-scale jobs like parks and recreation areas.  

“We think we play a key role in moving Adelaide towards a more circular process where items are either reused or recycled.”  

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