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“After the initial enquiry, we subbed the work out for someone to do it for us and then we got talking to another customer who said ‘Yes, that’s something that we need.’ “They talked to one of their customers and it was something they required too. So we said we’d build the rig if they used us for the hose work and we’ve been doing their hose work for quite some time now.” Hydraulic flushing work is useful in drawing in further business, says Andy. “The hose flushing is a bespoke service that not many other hydraulic service companies can offer and without it we wouldn’t have the other hose business. “Our hose flushing work is mainly new installations so if a customer is building new power packs or ring mains, that’s where we’ll get involved. We’ll supply the hoses that are flushed and ready to go into a clean ring main.” Hydraulic flushing can mean significant business for the franchise, Andy says. “Our biggest installation to date was for EMR Midland Shredders last year. That was a complete hydraulic installation and flush of a metal shredder, which cuts up scrapped cars.
to design, install and flush the ring main that operates stage props at its Stratford theatre. “The franchise had never undertaken such an operation before but after some deliberation, I talked Andy into doing the job,” says Ian. “We rolled the dice, pulled it off on time and under budget and the customer was over the moon. Now we service their hydraulic system every three months.” Speaking of his career in broader started for me – it was the first ring main installation that we flushed. That three- month installation was us dipping our toe in the water. “I did all the installation and then we had an outside company build the power pack for us. Now we’d be building the power unit ourselves.” hydraulics, Ian says, “The Royal Shakespeare Company is where it
Training is ongoing, Ian says. “I’m booked on two courses this year and then I’m going to do an intense year’s course. We’re getting involved with the electronics now, which is going to mean more training – it never stops.” Andy fills in on more recent developments. “We’ve started to look at hydraulic service work, installation work, diagnostics and oil management, which is really starting to take off. “When we had an enquiry from a customer who needed a substantial amount of hoses flushing we couldn’t find a third party who could do it
in our time frame and on budget so I realised there was a gap in the market.
“We looked into it and bought our own rig, adapted it to suit our requirements and it’s gone from there. That was two years ago.
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