JBS Australia Pty Limited’s Beef City operation
40km west of Toowoomba includes a feedlot,
meat processing facilities for 260,000 head per
year and a farm.
Established in 1976, Beef City feedlot is one
of four JBS feedlots in Australia and one of the
largest in the country.
Beef City has a staff of 950 on site with the
abattoir, feedlot and JBS Carriers - a trucking
division established to transport cattle,
containers and hides. At any one time more
than 26,000 cattle may be in the feedlot.
JBS, its predecessors and AMH have used
Toyota forklifts for nearly two decades.
The new complement of forklifts are all on
long-term hire from Toyota Material Handling
Australia’s (TMHA’s) Brisbane branch. They
include three Toyota internal combustion,
one Toyota electric three-wheel forklifts, two
Toyota electric reach trucks, two Raymond
reach trucks, three BT hand-pallet jacks and
six Raymond pallet trucks (both walkie and
ride-on).
Nationally, TMHA has more than 200 forklifts in
service with JBS Australia, with 18 forklifts being
the largest fleet in a rural location.
Beef City general manager Justin McCormick
said the company chose Toyota as the best
brand available to suit its business needs.
“They are the best forklifts on the market and
the service from Toyota’s Brisbane office has
been first class,” he said.
“The relationship with Toyota has grown
with support from TMHA Queensland major
accounts manager Martin Gross and the
Brisbane office being on hand 24/7 when
required.
Beef City uses its internal combustion Toyota
forklifts for the main yard, rendering section and
maintenance lifts.
Four of the battery electric machines are used
for cold-room operations and set up to service-
racking profiles.
TMHA’s Brisbane branch this year opened new,
larger and purpose-built premises close to the
Logan Motorway at Larapinta.
It offers the full product range of Toyota forklifts,
skid-steer loaders and towing tractors, BT Lift
Trucks and Raymond forklifts - providing a one-
stop shop for material-handling needs.
Beef City Feedlot is located 40 kilometres west
of Toowoomba in the heart of the rich grain
growing region of the Darling Downs. It has four
steam flaking mills and a modern fleet of paddle
mixer trucks to feed the cattle locally produced
wheat, barley and sorghum grain and with
quality roughages.
The adjacent grain-fed processing plant
processes 260,000 head of cattle each year.
The 800 hectare site also includes a farming
operation that produces crops such as corn,
winter cereals and forage sorghum for either
daily supply to the feedlot or as silage or hay.
JBS Australia is a division of JBS, Brazil’s
largest multinational in the food sector, and the
world’s largest meat company.
JBS Australia has an extensive presence along
the eastern seaboard, with operations including
11 meat processing plants and four feedlots.
It has a number of brands that have strong
domestic and global recognition, including Beef
City Platinum, King Island Beef, Royal, Beef
City Black, Your Choice, Tasman Meats and
Tasmanian Premium Beef.
Jbs beef city commissions
Toyota forklift fleet
A massive Darling Downs meat producing operation has commissioned 18 new
pieces of Toyota Material Handling’s forklift range.
Rural Fire Service gains lift from
Toyota forklift
The New SouthWales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has chosen a Toyota forklift for their
new regional complex on the North Coast.
The new $3.7 million NSW RFS North Rivers
Zone Fire Control Centre Complex at Casino
Airport recently acquired a 2.5-tonne payload
Toyota 8FD25 forklift.
It is the first time the service has commissioned
a forklift truck in the Northern Rivers zone.
The new Toyota forklift provides logistical and
aviation support at the Casino Airport facility,
including the ability to load bottles of fire-
fighting foam. It is also used for pallet racking
and storage operations.
National Toyota forklift retailer Toyota Material
Handling Australia (TMHA) has also supplied a
BT SWE120S Walkie Stacker for general use
at the NSW RFS Coffs Harbour Airport facility.
The NSW RFS Northern Rivers zone manager,
Michael Brett, said the ability of the forklift to
operate on grass as well as hard-stand area
was a key reason for selecting the Toyota
8FD25.
“The safety features of the Toyota forklift and the
ready availability of service were also important
to us,” he said.
“Toyota has a branch and service vans based
in Lismore, just 33km or half an hour away by
road.”
TMHA’s North Coast manager Andrew Booth
said Toyota 8-Series forklifts help get the job
done, regardless of the brief.
“The Toyota 8-Series forklifts offer leading
design and safety features, such as Automatic
Fork Levelling Control to level forks during
loading and Active Control Rear Stabiliser,
which locks the rear axle to help reduce the
potential of lateral tip-overs,” he said.
The NSW RFS had its beginnings more than
100 years ago in the south-western town of
Berrigan, when residents banded together to
form the first official fire brigade in the bush.
Today, the NSW RFS is the world’s largest fire
service, with more than 2100 rural fire brigades
and a total membership of just over 70,000.
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