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Isuzu Tradepack helps the King of Cool

Marty Nelson Refrigeration and Air Conditioning is enjoying the luxuries of its new Isuzu trucks

Isuzu Trucks Australia says its Isuzu Tradepack truck is helping a man known as the ‘King of Cool’ work more efficiently.

Marty from Marty Nelson Refrigeration and Air Conditioning first began as an electrician before diversifying into refrigeration and air conditioning over the past 15 years.

“Everything in my business revolves around refrigerated air conditioning, heating, and cooling. Whereas when I first started it was predominantly evaporative air conditioning,” Nelson says.

Nelson works all year long, solving the many problems that arise with temperate control of homes, buildings and businesses throughout the Central West of New South Wales.

Covering such a large and at times remote swathe of the state requires reliable transport that’s big on comfort, which is why Nelson recently traded up from a ute to an Isuzu NPR 45-155 Tradepack.

“I didn’t even have a ute back when I began in the business, so I used to borrow a ute from a friend of mine to get things started,” Nelson says.

“The business has progressed to now include a fleet of work vehicles, with the latest edition being our new Isuzu Tradepack.

“What’s great about the Isuzu truck is that I can put four installations in the back then drop them on-site. So, we’re not towing a trailer or getting the boys to travel from job site to job site.”

These business efficiencies are at the heart of the NPR 45-155 Tradepack, from Isuzu’s popular pre-bodied range of trucks.

Featuring a GVM of 4,500 kg and a GCM of 9,000 kg, the NPR also has towing capacity of 4,500 kg, meaning all of Marty’s payload needs are met, and all on a standard car driver’s licence.


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“We chose the manual transmission and it’s been great. It drives well, it’s comfortable, and I love it. For getting the job done and what purpose the truck serves, it couldn’t be any better,” Nelson says.

“You only need a car license to drive it, so it’s accessible to the whole team. That was a major advantage when it came to picking an Isuzu truck – it’s so convenient.”

The driving style and accessibility is not the only aspect that appealed to Nelson.

“We can chuck piping on top. We can store so much on the tray. The truck has got ladder racks you just jump in and away you go,” Nelson says.

“The Tradepack lets us load four jobs in the back. Now we can have four lots of ducting and air conditioning, meaning we can just deliver on site to each house without stopping in between.”

The Isuzu dealership Tracserv, located in Dubbo, came through for Nelson when he made the switch last year to a truck rather than relying on multiple utes.

Nelson’s business is expanding to meet not only the demands of the industry but also his enterprising spirit and opportunities for his family as his children enter into apprenticeships and begin to undertake trades.

“We’ve got growing pains at the moment because of the business expansions happening along with supporting five apprentices,” Nelson says.

“The new Tradepack helps because it is more effective and more efficient to deliver product to the job sites – this minimises our manpower to get it there compared to using multiple utes and multiple trips.”

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