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Ron Oliver and Ron Oliver Jnr … Ollies Towing have moved into new premises<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 10, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well-known Kingaroy businessman Ron Oliver may have just sold Ollies Mowing … but he’s not looking at retirement yet!<\/p>\n

There’d been rumours going around town that Ron may turn to a life of fishing, but the 67-year-old doesn’t look like he’s about to slow down any time soon.<\/p>\n

He may be eyeing off his boat and caravan and talking about “lightening the work load”, but he’s also still thinking of ways to expand his towing business.<\/p>\n

A new line is containers: selling new and secondhand storage containers, as well as shifting rental containers.<\/p>\n

Ron’s been connected to many successful Kingaroy businesses over the years, all of which have been run as family concerns.<\/p>\n

As well as Ollies Mowing, there’s been Ollies Windscreens, Ollies Honda Motorcycles and Ollies Towing …<\/p>\n

“All the family members have been involved in one or another over the years,” he said.<\/p>\n

Ollies Towing is the last one left in family hands. It’s now being managed by Ron’s son, Ron Junior.<\/p>\n

This business has just relocated into new premises at 4 Markwell Street (the old home of Loves Tiles).<\/p>\n

Ron Senior began his working life as an apprentice spraypainter at Kingaroy Body Works.<\/p>\n

About 39 years ago, he purchased the smash repairs business … the only one that never carried the Ollies moniker.<\/p>\n

Ollies Towing developed as a natural partner to the panel shop and continued on in its own right after Ron sold Kingaroy Body Works about 12 years ago.<\/p>\n

“The towing business has grown from just one truck,” Ron said. “We now have five trucks: four tilt-trays and a Scania bogie drive with a drop-deck trailer which we use as a recovery vehicle.”<\/p>\n

There are also two holding yards: one in Kingaroy and one in Murgon.<\/p>\n

In 1977, Ron kicked off Ollies Mowing, the first dedicated mowing shop in Kingaroy. Brett and Jacquie Irwin, formerly with South Burnett Hire & Sales, formally took over this business on January 3.<\/p>\n

Ron says his life has consisted of work but he looks back with satisfaction.<\/p>\n

“We started with nothing. We grew the panel shop from almost nothing,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We started the mowing shop from nothing; we started the windscreen shop from nothing; we started the towing business from nothing.<\/p>\n

“We created these businesses from nothing and at our peak we employed between 15 and 18 people.”<\/p>\n

Even if Ron did decide to retire, he says he won’t be leaving Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

“Kingaroy’s been good to us and I’ll never leave it,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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