Diesel mechanics and workshops Australia-wide have long known about the services and products supplied by Australian-owned and operated equipment specialist trucktools.com.au
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As a business Trucktools evolved from the combined transport and automotive experiences of the Heldoorn family, particularly brother and sister Mark and Annelie.
“Not often do brothers and sisters work alongside each, but in this instance it works,” Annelie says.
Prior to opening Trucktools, Mark worked alongside their Dad, John Heldoorn, in a transport business specialising in local and interstate furniture removals.
Annelie got her start working for many years in the automotive tool industry.
She says it was a casual conversation between the siblings about 25 years ago where they had settled on the idea of selling tools themselves.
The pair took the risk of turning that idea into a reality, and the rest, as they say, is history.
“We originally opened our first location in Hallam, specialising more in automotive speciality tools,” Annelie says.
“We found that over time, our clientele was predominantly coming from the truck service industry.
“Over the years, our product range grew into specialised tools for the Australian truck repair service industry.
“It’s taken many years of research and development to get to where we are today.”
Where Trucktools is today is — well and truly on the radar of truck service centres across the country.
“Our business has grown to be the largest truck specialty tool supplier in Australia,” Annelie says.
“We recently acquired our second warehouse as we had outgrown the first.
“It’s taken hard work and dedication to get to where we are and to have built great business relationships all over Australia.”
Trucktools carries an extensive catalogue of speciality tools that it packs and ships to workshops across Australia every day.
“We carry a huge range of engine tools, suspension and driveline tools, heavy vehicle stands, engine rotator stands, king pin presses and a massive range of wheel and axle nut sockets and more,” Annelie says.
As a national preferred supplier for the Capricorn group, Trucktools is able to offer Capricorn members direct access to online ordering and bonus point collection too.
Trucktools HQ is to be found just 1 kilometre off the Princes Freeway at Pakenham in Melbourne’s fast growing south-east corridor.
“Our location has made logistics a breeze,” Annelie says.
“On and off the freeway with ease”.
Truck Tools can be reached Monday to Friday by phoning 1800 000 561 or emailing info@trucktools.com.au. The warehouse is at 16-18 Tango Circuit, Pakenham -— please call first to check stock availability on the day.
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