Lonsdale | Southern Adelaide
Lonsdale | Southern AdelaideThe South’s Own
Truck & Concrete
Mixer Specialists.
The Lonsdale industrial estate keeps the south moving. We keep its trucks and mixers moving, with independent repairs and a 24/7 Emergency Hydraulic Recovery Unit.
Talk to a real technician.- All Makes& Models
- PartsSourced
- Hoses MadeIn-House
- WingfieldWorkshop
- 24/7Breakdown Line
Around 40 minutes south, or we bring the workshop to you.
- Mechanical + mixer, finished
- 1 visitMechanical + mixer, finished
- Emergency hydraulic recovery
- 24/7Emergency hydraulic recovery
- Trucks, mixers & agitators
- All makesTrucks, mixers & agitators
Local service · Southern Adelaide
Truck & Mixer Repairs in Lonsdale
Lonsdale is the industrial heart of southern Adelaide. The estate around Sherriffs Road and Lonsdale Road holds a dense mix of manufacturing, transport, plant hire and materials operations, and the Southern Expressway funnels a constant stream of heavy vehicles past it in both directions.
The catch for southern operators has always been distance. Most of the specialist heavy-vehicle and mixer work in Adelaide sits in the north-west, which means a truck that needs mixer hydraulics done properly is looking at a long run, and a truck that needs mechanical work as well is looking at two.
We solve that by doing the whole job in one visit. Book the truck in and it comes back with the mechanical work, the mixer hydraulics, the hoses and the fabrication all finished. And when the hydraulics fail on a southern site with a full drum, our recovery unit heads down the expressway rather than leaving you to watch it go hard.
One trip, whole job: Mechanical, mixer, hydraulic and fabrication work finished in a single booking, not three.
Recovery runs south: The emergency hydraulic unit travels. A full drum in Lonsdale still gets discharged on-site.
Estate-ready servicing: Set up for the tippers, agitators and plant trucks working out of the southern industrial estate.
Independent parts advice: Components are selected for the application, with brand and applicable warranty terms confirmed when quoting.
Nearby service information
Tell us what your truck needs and we'll quote you fast.
Hydraulics Down in the South? We’ll Save It.
STEP 1
Call Our 24/7 Breakdown Line
The moment your hydraulics fail with a full drum, call us. You have a very short window before that load sets solid, so we answer day or night and head straight to you.
STEP 2
We Bring the Recovery Unit to You
Subject to location and availability, the Emergency Hydraulic Recovery Unit connects to the mixer and can take over from a failed pump or motor so the drum can be turned.
STEP 3
We Turn and Discharge the Drum
Where conditions allow, the unit turns the drum so the load can be discharged before it sets. The team will assess access, safety and the recovery plan on arrival.
We run the recovery unit south down the expressway whenever a drum is at risk.
Took my Kenworth in after the dealer quoted me a fortune and a two-week wait. Garry sorted the brakes and an electrical gremlin in a couple of days, charged me fair and actually explained what was wrong. Good to deal with somewhere independent that isn't just pushing dealer parts.
Trevor Nguyen
Every Trade the South Needs, Under One Roof
Southern operators already lose time to distance. Losing more of it shuffling a truck between a mechanic, a hydraulics shop and a fabricator makes no sense — so we do all of it in one workshop, in one visit.
Truck Mechanical Repairs
Servicing, diagnostics, brakes, suspension, transmission, electrical and cooling for all major brands.
Concrete Mixer & Agitator Repairs
Hydraulic pumps & motors, rollers, drum & chute repairs, PTO and water systems.
Emergency Hydraulic Recovery
Mobile drum-turning and discharge option when mixer hydraulics fail, subject to location, access and availability.
Hydraulic Hoses Made In-House
Hydraulic hoses made at the Wingfield workshop to the required dimensions, pressure rating and fitting specification.
Fabrication & Refurbishment
Sandblasting, industrial painting, welding, steel fabrication, structural & chassis repairs.
De-Dag Service
Build-up removal service: hardened concrete stripped from drums, chutes and hoppers every 3 months.
Parts & Components
Hydraulic components, pumps, rollers, bearings, chutes, oils and filters, with brand and availability confirmed when quoting.
Tell us what your truck needs and we'll quote you fast.
All Makes & Models, No Corporate Bias
The Lonsdale estate runs everything from tippers to agitators to prime movers. We service and repair every major truck brand plus all makes and models of concrete trucks and agitators.
…and more
Why Southern Operators Choose Us
When you’re travelling anyway, it matters that the workshop can finish the whole job. Here’s the comparison.
One-Stop Shop
Truck mechanical and mixer repairs handled in one place, so you’re not towing between workshops.
Truly Independent
Every make and model, honest advice, no dealer lock-in or brand bias.
Emergency Hydraulic Recovery
A mobile unit designed to turn and discharge a mixer drum when the main hydraulics fail, subject to access and availability.
Hoses Made In-House
Hydraulic hoses made at the Wingfield workshop to the specification required for the application.
Parts Matched to the Job
Oils, filters and components selected for the equipment, with brand and applicable warranty terms confirmed when quoting.
Planned Fleet Servicing
Discuss servicing intervals and staged workshop bookings around the way your fleet operates.
Multiple Workshops
Mechanical at one place, mixer work at another, recovery somewhere else, and you coordinate it all.
Brand Lock-In
Tied to one manufacturer’s line, so you get sold what’s on their shelf, not what your truck actually needs.
No Load Recovery
Hydraulics fail with a full drum and you’re on your own, watching the concrete set solid.
Waiting on Hose Suppliers
Ordering a hose externally can add another supplier step when the workshop could make the required hose in-house.
Generic Parts
Whatever’s cheapest from the catalogue, fitted by whoever happens to be free that day.
Truck Sits in the Queue
No fleet priority and no turnaround promise, just a spot in line and a truck off the road.
Had a mixer barrel that was caked up and a chute that needed rebuilding. They de-dagged the lot, sorted the rollers and welded the chute up like new. Truck came back looking and running better than I expected, and it was done when they said it would be. Proper job.
Joe Krasniqi
Talk to the Mechanic, Not a Middleman.
When you call the workshop, Garry answers. When your truck or mixer is up on the hoist, Garry's the one with his head in it. When you come to collect, Garry's the one who walks you through what he found and what it cost. There's no service advisor playing telephone between you and the bloke turning the spanners, which is the entire point.
That's a deliberate choice. Garry started the business because getting a truck or a mixer fixed had become a runaround: mechanical at one shop, mixer work at another, recovery somewhere else, brand lock-in pushing parts you didn't need, and days off the road waiting on a hydraulic hose that should have taken an hour. An independent, one-stop workshop fixes all of that, and a hands-on operator fixes the rest.
If you've been bounced between dealers and single-trade shops and walked away frustrated, this is the version that fixes those problems.
Whether you're based in Lonsdale or working across Southern Adelaide, that's who you'll be dealing with — the bloke who actually did the work on your truck.
Where
We Work
Lonsdale anchors our southern run. We cover the southern suburbs, the rest of metropolitan Adelaide and out into regional South Australia.
Northern Adelaide
Western Adelaide
- Port Adelaide
- Wingfield
- Kilburn
- Regency Park
- Dry Creek
- Hindmarsh
- Royal Park
- Mile End
- Beverley
- Woodville
- Rosewater
- Gillman
Southern Adelaide
- Lonsdale
- Tonsley
- Reynella
- Noarlunga
- Seaford
- Morphett Vale
- Marion
- Edwardstown
- Melrose Park
- O’Halloran Hill
- Hackham
- Christie Downs
Eastern Adelaide & Hills
- Norwood
- Newton
- Magill
- Campbelltown
- Athelstone
- Mount Barker
- Lobethal
- Nairne
- Hahndorf
- Littlehampton
- Balhannah
- Woodside
Regional South Australia
- Gawler
- Murray Bridge
- Barossa Valley
- Tanunda
- Nuriootpa
- Port Pirie
- Port Augusta
- Whyalla
- Mount Gambier
- Victor Harbor
- Clare
- Kadina
Lonsdale Questions, Straight Answers
It depends on the job. For a straightforward service, probably not. For anything involving mixer hydraulics, drum or chute work, de-dagging or a combination of mechanical and mixer repairs, one trip to a workshop that can finish all of it usually beats two or three trips to shops that each do part of it.
Yes. The Emergency Hydraulic Recovery Unit is mobile and it travels. If a mixer loses hydraulics with a full drum anywhere in the southern suburbs, ring (08) 7081 3155 straight away — the sooner we’re rolling, the better the odds of saving the load and the barrel.
The Emergency Hydraulic Recovery Unit is designed to connect to a mixer with a failed pump or motor, turn the drum and allow the load to be discharged before it sets. Call the 24/7 breakdown line on (08) 7081 3155 immediately so the team can assess the location, access and availability; an outcome cannot be guaranteed in every situation.
Yes. We're a fully independent workshop, so we service every major truck brand, including Kenworth, Freightliner, Isuzu, Iveco, UD, Mack and Sinotruk, plus all makes and models of concrete trucks and agitators. No dealer lock-in means honest advice and the right fix for your equipment, not what a manufacturer tells us to sell.
Yes. Our emergency line is open 24/7. Call (08) 7081 3155 with the vehicle, fault and location so the team can confirm availability, response options and the safest next step.
Both. We have a fully equipped workshop at Wingfield for scheduled servicing and bigger jobs, and we provide mobile breakdown support, including emergency hydraulic recovery, when you can't get the truck to us.
Yes. Hydraulic hoses are made at the Wingfield workshop. Bring the failed hose or call with its specifications so the team can confirm the required fittings, pressure rating and availability.
Yes. That's the whole point of a one-stop shop. We handle truck mechanical repairs (engine, brakes, transmission, electrical, suspension) and the concrete mixer/agitator (hydraulics, drum, rollers, chutes, PTO) under one roof, so you deal with one team instead of three.
De-dagging removes hardened concrete build-up (“dags”) from drums, chutes and hoppers. The right interval depends on use and build-up, so ask the workshop to inspect the mixer and recommend a practical schedule.
We source hydraulic components, pumps, motors, rollers, bearings, chutes, oils and filters for trucks and concrete mixers. Brand, availability and any applicable supplier or manufacturer warranty are confirmed when quoting.