Master at work

A good work vehicle is as important as any other professional tool. A Victorian gardening and landscaping company is enjoying the benefits of upgrading to Renault's versatile and efficient Master Van

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Based in Victoria, Bloom Gardens Melbourne is, predictably enough, a hard-working garden-maintenance business. Owner Shane Rieniets keeps a close eye on the running of things and the wellbeing of his employees.

"We have 12 gardeners who do regular garden care for our client's homes on a two- four- or six-weekly rotation," he told Landscape Contractor. "We also have a garden restoration and hedging team that does more specialised work - soft landscaping, large hedging and clean ups, and a landscape-construction team who build hardscapes."

Keeping that sizable crew on time and on site takes some management, but Shane has made things just a little easier with the recent purchase of four Renault Master Vans.

Fit for purpose

After previously running utes and flat-bed trucks for maintenance crews, Shane saw a few plus points in changing to Renault's largest work vehicle.

"There were two big advantages in moving to vans," said the thoughtful Victorian. "The first was keeping everything contained and out of the weather. The second was having everything able to be locked up so the team can take the vehicles home and park them at their houses. We now don't have any problem with equipment disappearing."

The wide variety of options in size and build played a big part in Shane's decision, too. The Master Van is available in four lengths, three heights, front- or rear-wheel drive, and a platform cab. That gave Shane the opportunity to set up the vehicles to suit the work he intended them to do.