HINO GETS AGITATED

News

17 Mar

One of Victoria’s leading building and garden material suppliers, Flintstones, has taken delivery of a brand-new Hino 500 Series FE Standard Cab with a Mini-Mix concrete agitator, which signified an important milestone for Hino Australia.

The truck was Hino Australia’s 150,000th truck sold in the country, a highlight achieved as it starts its 60th year in Australia.

A far cry from the foot-powered car made famous in the Flintstones cartoon, the 500 Series Standard Cab features high levels of innovation, technology and safety.

“Hino has always been our preferred supplier of small and medium sized trucks,” said Dominic Barro, General Manager of Flintstones Building & Garden Supplies.

“In our business, it is essential that we have a robust, reliable truck that is safe and simple to operate, and Hino has proven this for over four decades,” he continued.

Flintstones is family-owned and operates a fleet of 45 Hino trucks, which have a mixture of tilt trays, agitators and tippers bodies.

“Our tippers transport between 2 to 14 cubic metres of raw materials such as crushed rock, sand, soil and mulch while our Mini-Mix concrete agitators carry between 0.4 and 3 cubic metres of premixed concrete.”

“We use our tilt trays including crane tray trucks for delivery of concreting supplies such as reinforcing mesh,” he concluded.

Flintstones is a subsidiary of Barro Group, which is a leading independent supplier and distributor of premixed concrete, quarry products and a range of associated products.

Richard Emery (pictured above), President and CEO of Hino Australia presented a commemorative plaque to Flintstones to celebrate the 150,000th Hino truck.

“Hino Australia honoured to have been the truck of choice for Flintstones for over four decades," he said.

“It is phenomenal to think that we have been supplying trucks to Flintstones for over forty of the sixty years we have been operating in Australia

“It is a tribute to the quality, durability and reliability for which Hino trucks are renowned, and we look forward to the relationship continuing for many years to come,” he concluded.

The 150,000th truck was delivered by Angelo Valerio, Dealer Principal of Bendigo Hino.