Stick with the best

A pair of JCB mini-excavators has helped a plant hire and landscaping business establish itself in the industry.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

That could be the philosophy of Greenstar Hire's Managing Director Sam Kirkby, who says he only stocks his fleet with industry-leading brands.

"I don't reinvent the wheel when it comes to choosing new products, and cannot afford to let my customers down with inferior items," he said.

Greenstar Hire - based in Alstonville near Ballina, NSW - evolved from Greenstar Earthmoving, a business started more than 10 years ago that specialised in all aspects of land clearing and property development, including civil works such as property subdivisions, school car parks and council works.

"Greenstar Hire came about because I could see about five years ago that labour, and in particular, experienced people, were becoming short in supply," Sam said.

"Therefore I transitioned my business, retaining administration, mechanical workshop facilities and much of my equipment, to an exclusively dry hire model.

"We're now one of only two independent hire companies in the Ballina area.

"I also have a landscape supplies yard business, Plateau Landscape Supplies, which has become an agent for Greenstar Hire, and offers the shopfront for processing transactions, displaying machines and arranging deliveries and pick-up of machines and products."

This unique connection enables customers the luxury of purchasing any of the products that Plateau Landscape Supplies offers including bulk sands, gravels, decorative pebbles, bricks, blocks and pavers - and not only be able to have these delivered, but also have dry hire machines moved to the same destination and have the convenience of having it all on the same transaction.

"Being a small business, we can provide excellent service by way of our office staff and also through our full time mechanic and call-out service, where necessary," Sam said.