Crane and Cartage

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• Crane and Cartage

  So Crane & Cartage is a family operating operator business specialising in hybrid. Mom and dad own the business, then its myself and my younger sister – she also works in the business. Her husband also is one of our senior drivers; as far as family goes, and then the rest are all employees. Because we’re working in a family business it does have its challenges so overall I’d say, you know, we work pretty well as a team. So business has been going now for 34 years. Dad started off as an agricultural contractor, he had tractors and various agricultural implements down in Whakatane. Things took a bit of a downturn for him with that and so he came and started the trucks with his brother. For me, I actually grew up around the business so I started off going in the trucks everyday with dad prior to going to school and then every opportunity I got after that, I did as well. Caitlin is my third boy and he’s pretty keen on getting involved as well. He spends any time he can in the trucks – school holidays, weekends. Choose something that you enjoy and do it well. So I guess it’s about really about finding systems that can keep you doing what you enjoy but maintaining what else has to be done as well within the business.