GPT: Not just chat, but real efficiency

As a former CJD Equipment employee, Tim Parker didn't need to be convinced about the quality of machinery sold by the dealer.

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GPT Services Operations Manager Tim Parker was hard at work overseeing several excavation projects when we caught up with him recently in Brisbane.

That's not bad going for someone who only four weeks prior was selling the brand of machines he now manages.

As a regional sales manager for the Brisbane branch of CJD Equipment at Acacia Ridge, Tim had been selling Volvos for many years, including the first machine he sold to GPT. His product knowledge and professionalism, and the way he understood the machines at a practical, ground level, did not go unnoticed by GPT Managing Director Garry Traynor. And his firsthand knowledge of Volvos and CJD was a big bonus," he said.

After being approached by Garry, Tim made the switch to GPT, excited at the opportunity to step away from the showroom floor and into the field, trading sales contracts for operations.

"I sold GPT and Garry numerous Volvos in the three-year period I was with CJD," Tim said. "The first Volvo GPT purchased was an EC330C crawler excavator, which started the fleet to what it has become today.”

With Tim leading the way, the relationship between GPT and CJD blossomed. The GPT fleet now features several Volvos of differing makes, including three A40G articulated haulers, one A45G articulated hauler, two EC480DL and two EC380DL excavators.

GPT was also the first company in Australia to acquire a Volvo A40J hauler and an EC500F excavator. Another model, an EC530E 50-tonner, was delivered in September.

“The EC530E will be utilised for the bigger projects and quarrying jobs,” Tim said.

“The larger size and weight of the machine with the extra heavy construction will be perfect to hold up to the harshest of conditions.