Austral Bricks takes pride in the efficient and effective delivery of our products and working closely with you to meet your delivery needs. To help provide a smooth delivery and ensure that we meet Occupational Health and Safety laws, here are a few simple questions to answer to help us place your product where you want it, when you want it.
- Delivery Obstacles Are there any obstacles hindering the delivery or truck access to your site. These can include:
Excess rubbish on site, frames, trusses, sand or roof tiles.
- Busy Streets Is your site on a busy street? It is important to advise Austral Bricks of this in advance as you will need to ensure that traffic controls have been organized to enable the safe unloading of your bricks.
- Our trucks are Big! Delivering your bricks to where you want them is one of our highest priorities, however it is important to ensure that the Austral Bricks truck/forklift will be able to fit down your requested access path so we can place your bricks where you want them. Austral Bricks truck and fork dimensions are:
Austral Brick Truck Dimensions
8 Wheeler: Width 3m, Length 10m
Truck & Trailer: Width 3m, Length 20m
Austral Bricks Fork Dimensions
Requires a minimum width of 2.7m and height of 2.8m.
- Our trucks are Heavy! Is the ground condition or access path suitable for a delivery? Wet, steep or rough sites can make deliveries more difficult or unsafe, so it is important that you advise Austral Bricks in advance of any possible problems.
Austral Bricks Truck Weights
8 Wheeler: 27 Tonne
Truck & Trailer: 50 Tonne
- Footpath Access Will the Austral Bricks truck or crane block or restrict access to the footpath when unloading? Austral Bricks will always endeavour to deliver your bricks as close as possible to where you want them, however there may be certain restrictions imposed by councils regarding the unloading of product over pedestrian footpaths unless adequate permits, signage and traffic controls are put in place. It will be necessary for you to ensure what requirements need to be met and that the necessary controls are in place prior to our product being delivered.
- Powerlines Austral Bricks trucks require a minimum safe working distance of 3 metres from any electrical wires. Please make sure you advise Austral Bricks if there are any power lines in close proximity to your project.
- Delivery Restrictions For safety reasons, the following delivery restrictions apply to the delivery of Austral Bricks products.
Slabs:
Bricks cannot be delivered onto first floor slabs.
Bricks can be delivered onto ground floor slabs up to 1.5 metres.
Bricks can only be delivered onto suspended slabs up to 1.5 metres if a pallet jack is used on site to move the brick packs and spread the weight evenly around the slab.
Forklifts cannot deliver on suspended slabs.
Forklifts cannot deliver on waffle pod slabs.
Banks & Holes:
Bricks can be delivered no more than 2 metres above or below ground level.
- Parking Guidelines In line with RTA road rules and regulations, Austral Bricks Trucks are not permitted to park or unload in the following areas.
Within an Intersection
- Within 20 metres of an intersection with traffic lights
(unless a sign permits).
- Within 10 metres of an intersection without traffic lights
(unless a sign permits).
- Within 20 metres before and 10 metres after a children’s school crossing or pedestrian crossing.
- Within 10 metres before and 3 metres after a marked pedestrian crossing.
- Within 100 metres of the crest of a hill or curve if other vehicles cannot view the truck from a distance of 100 metres.
- If not, traffic control is required.
Should you have any questions regarding the delivery of your Austral Bricks products, please do not hesitate to contact
your Austral Bricks Sales representative or one of our customer service staff.
