Frew's Transport, a rural haulage firm with operating depots in Darfield and Oxford, provides transport solutions for clients around central Canterbury, the South Island and beyond. We have a fleet of around 50 vehicles, and the expertise and capacity to handle your requirements for:
In addition we also offer:
We are a Ravensdown Fertiliser consignment store and a Firth concrete batching plant - both are run out of our Darfield depot (see our product sales page for further details).
Our core client base between the Rakaia river to the south and the Ashley river to the north relies on us for cost-effective, reliable and on-time transport of a wide range of cargo.
Discover more about us and the services we offer at this site, or get in touch today to talk to us about how we can help you.
We haul almost any cargo around the central Canterbury region, the South Island and beyond. Most deliveries are made same day.
All stock swiftly and safely transported. Our certified drivers have the experience, qualifications and skills to handle and transport your stock. Our trucks are equipped with GPS, mobile phones and radio telephones.
From our Darfield and Oxford depots we handle freight-forwarding for larger companies to and from our collection point in Christchurch. We deliver furniture and other freight to rural customers and run daily vegetable and chiller truck services through Darfield and Oxford.
We have versatile units (aluminium bathtubs etc.) for the transport of bulk materials, eg grain, shingle, palm kernel, and offer specialised rock carting trucks with heavy duty steel decks for river protection rocks etc. Our grain vac and auger equipment is available for hire to assist in emptying silos/sheds. We also have bulk transport equipment for grain deliveries.
We have 4X4 spreading trucks for spreading lime and super and specialist single-tyre 4X4s for spreading over crops like barley and wheat - capable of spreading up to 24m following any spray truck lines ("tram lines"). We use the latest GPS technology and have GPS tracking packages that can provide accurate proof of placement, time, date, product used and area spread.
We can deliver empty containers and bins to your business or site, wait until ready for pick-up, then deliver where needed. Our crane and swing lift trucks make loading at your site easy. We can also hire out water troughs, pallets, tanks, pipes, farm machinery and more.
We provide transport of logs around Canterbury and can provide hire and use of self-loading equipment.
In partnership with harvesting specialists AH Chapman Contracting, we provide reliable modern truck and trailer units during the harvest season.
Both our Darfield and Oxford depots are equipped with certified weighbridges for public use during business hours (Monday - Friday 8am-5pm).
Frew's Transport are local agents for Ravensdown Fertiliser and Firth concrete. We run a consignment store for Ravensdown at our Darfield depot and carry their most popular and commonly-used products, including:
Call 0800 100 123 for Ravensdown enquiries. For ready mix concrete supplies you can order or enquire with Firth concrete on 03 317 9019 or 027 494 790.
In addition we sell bulk products, including:
Shingle:
Drop by our Darfield depot, fill up a truck or trailer, or give us a call to see what we have on hand and how we can help with your bulk product requirements.
We provide customer storage facilities at our Darfield depot. Our storage shed facilities offer short or long-term storage for bagged and palletised products. We can also store bulk grain products in our silo storage facilities.
The convenient location of our storage facilities (on-site at our Darfield transport depot) makes short-term storage of your products or produce a convenient and easy option - there's no need to deal with separate storage and transport operators, no double-handling, just one bill to pay, and your stored product is immediately on hand for transport.
Call us today to talk to us about your storage requirements and to see how we can help.
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