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As it enters its third decade, Kais Hire continues to choose Cat® machinery for its business and remains connected to the WA community.

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With an extensive fleet of Cat® machinery, Kais Hire is one of Western Australia's leading plant hire companies.

The family-owned business offers premium equipment for dry hire purposes, including excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, dump trucks, graders, water carts and more, with almost the entire the fleet made up of quality and reliable Caterpillar equipment purchased from WesTrac.

Based in Redcliffe, Perth, Kais Hire has extensive experience providing equipment to clients in remote areas, including mining companies. For this reason, the company understands the specific challenges that present itself across the state.

But while Kais Hire may now have a substantial fleet of machines, its roots trace back to a single Caterpillar grader and a deep passion for earthmoving.

Company director Dave Kais first discovered his love for Caterpillar machinery as a 17-year-old labourer working for Leighton Contractors, captivated by watching the big yellow machines roll past on job sites.

“I said to my boss Jim McGinley that if I ever got the opportunity, I'd love to get in and learn how to operate them,” Dave said.

“That opportunity came just a few months later, and from the moment I climbed into the cab, I was hooked.”

With that drive and commitment, Dave learnt to operate nearly every Cat machine, understanding the functions, the capabilities and the limitations of the machinery to get the job done.

“Earthmoving become my skill and expertise in the industry. Through the recognition of my peers over time, I soon became a supervisor and earthworks boss for many road, civil and mining operations in WA,” he said.

As Dave's family grew, it was his wife Sharon who encouraged him to take a leap of faith and start his own contracting business, to take advantage of the potential offered by mining companies such as Hope Downs and Fortescue, which were starting up.