Marshall Mechanical Co

17/09/2026

🚛 BIG SHOUT OUT TO MATTY Reds Heavy Haulage Pty Ltd 🚛

We’ve gotta give a massive shout out to Matty, who works for the one and only Mr & Mrs Red from Red’s Heavy Haulage — hands down one of the best bloody truckies we’ve had the pleasure of meeting!

Unfortunately, the big fella is packing up and heading home, and it’s a bloody shame to see him go.

Matty, you’re an absolute gun, mate. 💪
From day one, you got stuck into absolutely everything. No whinging, no carrying on, no standing back watching everyone else do the hard yards — you just rolled your sleeves up, jumped in and got s**t done.

And we mean everything. If there was hard work happening, Matty was amongst it. Long days, heat, dust, breakdowns or whatever else got thrown into the mix — zero whining, just get in and get the bloody job done.

That sort of work ethic and attitude is bloody hard to come by, and Mr & Mrs Red have definitely got themselves a bloody good one there! 🚛💪

We’re genuinely gonna miss seeing your mug rolling around up this way, mate. It’s been an absolute pleasure getting to know you, working alongside you and having a few laughs along the way.

But remember — if you ever find yourself back up this way, our door is always open. If you need a bed, a feed, a cold b**r or just somewhere to pull up and talk some s**t, give us a yell. You’ll always be welcome at our place. 🍻

Safe travels home, Matty.

Great truckie. Hard worker. Great bloke. Absolute gun.

See ya somewhere down the road, mate. 🤙🚛🍻
KEEPIN’ IT KIMBERLEY. 🔧 Marshall Mechanical Co

04/09/2026

🔧🍻 FRIDAY DONE RIGHT — MARSHALL MECHANICAL CO 🍻🔧

Another day spent sorting out the last of the Gibb River carnage! 😂💪

Today’s patient was this little broom truck that had definitely felt the wrath of the Gibb. She was in need of some serious TLC, so we got stuck into:
🔧 Changing out the U/S radiator
🔧 New fan
🔧 New hoses
🔧 New belts
🔧 New pulley
🔥 Welding repairs to the bullbar

A few busted bits replaced, a bit of welding, a few swear words thrown around for good measure, and she’s back together and ready to get amongst it again. 👌

Now there’s only one proper way to finish off a bloody good Friday…
🔥 Hill Billy spit fired up
🍺 A few cold b**rs
😂 Good mates, good yarns and plenty of laughs
And a little P.S. for everyone who knows the Boss Man…

🎂🍻 MR MARSHALL’S BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW! 🍻🎂

So make sure you drop Chris a HAPPY BIRTHDAY — and remind the old boy that birthdays are a bit like Gibb River kilometres… the higher the number gets, the more s**t starts rattling loose! 🤣🤣

Have a ripper weekend from the crew at Marshall Mechanical Co! 🤙

🔴⚫ KEEPIN’ IT KIMBERLEY ⚫🔴

03/09/2026

🔧 BACK IN TOWN & STRAIGHT BACK INTO IT! 🔧

After a couple of weeks away working up the Gibb and Kalumburu way, Marshall Mechanical Co is officially back in Derby — and apparently easing back into things wasn’t on the agenda! 😂

First cab off the rank was a quick damage-recovery session on our own work vehicle after the trip. Thankfully, we got off pretty lightly — just a fuel tank change-out and a cracked windscreen. Thank gawd for that! 😅

Then it was straight back into the usual Kimberley mixed bag:

🔧 Sorting out an air tank issue on a Kenworth
🚛 Heading out the Camballin Road to a broken-down concrete truck
⛽ Re-installing a fuel tank on a MAN spreader truck
🛞 Tyre change-out on the plant trailer, along with brake adjustments to get her sorted
🏍️ And changing things up with repairs on a Suzuki DR650

Trucks, trailers, plant, bikes — and even our own bloody work vehicle getting in on the action! 😂
There’s definitely no gentle return to town around here, but that’s exactly how we like it. Back on the tools, back on the road and back looking after our local clients and keeping their gear moving.

It’s bloody good to be home! 🤙

MARSHALL MECHANICAL CO

🔧 Heavy Diesel • Trucks • 4WDs • Plant • Breakdown Support

📍 Derby & surrounding Kimberley
💪 KEEPIN’ IT KIMBERLEY!

29/08/2026

👏 A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MT BARNETT ROADHOUSE! GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD FEED & GOOD OLD KIMBERLEY HOSPITALITY! 🔧🍔

A bloody big shout-out and Thank you from Marshall Mechanical Co to Matt and Kim, the managers of Mt Barnett Roadhouse, and their awesome crew!

We pulled in for a couple of nights while we waited for the rest of our mob to catch up with us on the Gibb, and these legends couldn't have made us feel more welcome.

Nothing was too much trouble, the staff were fantastic, the hospitality was second to none, and they're just genuinely beautiful, down-to-earth people. The sort of people that make travelling and working through the Kimberley that much better.

And then there's the BURGERS... 🍔🤤
Fair dinkum — some of the best bloody burgers we've had! When you've been bouncing around the Gibb, covered in pindan and living out of the work ute, a feed like that is worth its weight in gold! 😂👌

To Matt, Kim and the whole Mt Barnett Roadhouse team — thanks for putting up with us, feeding us and making us feel right at home. We genuinely appreciate everything you did for us.

If you're heading up the Gibb, do yourself a favour — pull into Mt Barnett Roadhouse, say g'day to the crew and GET THE BURGER! 🍔😂
Great people supporting people out here doing what they do — that's what the Kimberley is all about. ❤️

🔧 MARSHALL MECHANICAL CO
KEEPIN' IT KIMBERLEY 🔧

27/08/2026

⚠️ WHEN THE DUST CLEARS… THIS IS WHAT CAN BE LEFT BEHIND.

These photos are a very real reminder of why speed, dust and dirt roads can be a dangerous combination.

While travelling on unsealed roads, heavy dust can reduce visibility to almost nothing. At speed, that leaves very little time to see a vehicle ahead, judge the distance, slow down or stop safely.
In this instance, another vehicle ran directly into the rear of this bitumen tanker, causing significant damage to the rear of the unit and its running gear.

Marshall Mechanical Co attended to assess the damage and carry out the necessary repairs to get the tanker back to a condition where it could safely make the journey back to Derby for further attention.

The photos tell the story — this was a substantial impact, and it could have ended very differently.

If you're travelling our Kimberley dirt roads:
Slow down in dust. Increase your following distance. Never blindly push through another vehicle's dust cloud. If you can't see what's ahead, you can't react to what's ahead.

No destination or deadline is worth risking a life for. Stay Safe!

For us, it was another remote repair and another damaged unit made safe enough to get back.

🔧 MARSHALL MECHANICAL CO
KEEPIN’ IT KIMBERLEY

Remote breakdowns • Heavy diesel • On-site repairs

27/08/2026

Well… apparently Marshall Mechanical Co has a Temp new apprentice. 😂🐦

Only in the Kimberley… 😂
This little fella got clipped by another vehicle up the Gibb, so we pulled up, rescued him, and got him cozy in a box on the back seat.

Nek minute turn around and there’s the bloody kookaburra riding sh***un on top of the back seat like a pro!!! 🤣

Not sure if he is impressed with the Uber service, but at least he is safe! 🤣

KEEPIN’ IT KIMBERLEY — one passenger at a time! 🔧🐦🚙

26/08/2026

🔧 ANOTHER FEW DAYS UP THE GIBB… ANOTHER FEW REPAIRS! 🔧

Marshall Mechanical Co is still out bush, up the Gibb River Road with the Bitutek crew, keeping the gear moving and the job rolling. 🔴⚫️

A few more days of corrugations, red dirt, heat and machinery doing its best to shake itself to bloody pieces means — you guessed it — a few more running repairs! 😂🔧

Luckily, Bitutek have their bomb-ass supervisors keeping the circus pointed in the right direction, while Chris keeps chasing rattles, fixing broken bits and making sure anything that tries to give up gets another chance at life. 😂

Out here it’s pretty simple:
Something rattles — tighten it.
Something cracks — fix it.
Something falls off — pick it up.
Something stops — call Marshall Mechanical Co. 🤣🔧

Plenty of laughs, plenty of pindan, plenty of kilometres and a bloody good crew to be working alongside.
Another day up the Gibb, keeping Bitutek rolling.
🔴⚫️ MARSHALL MECHANICAL CO
🔧 KEEPIN’ IT KIMBERLEY 🔧

25/08/2026

23/08/2026

📍 CHECKING IN FROM KALUMBURU! 🔧🔥❄️

Marshall Mechanical Co. is still up north, keeping the wheels turning and the gear in the fight!
It’s been mostly weld repairs this round — apparently the corrugations up here have decided that if it’s got a weld, a bracket, a mount or anything remotely attached… they’ll have a bloody good crack at breaking it. 😂🔥

In among other cool stuff, we’ve also knocked over a couple of A/C repairs, because let’s face it — Kalumburu is no place to be sitting in a machine with no bloody air-con! 🥵❄️

Meanwhile, the main crew are absolutely smashing out their contract and kicking goals. 💪

They’re keeping the gear moving, the job rolling and giving us plenty to keep an eye on along the way.

A few sparks flying, a bit of gas in the A/C, plenty of red dirt and another day getting it done in the Kimberley.

Marshall Mechanical Co.
🔧 Heavy Diesel • Mobile Plant • Repairs & Maintenance
📍 Kalumburu, WA
KEEPIN’ IT KIMBERLEY 🤙

21/08/2026

The Gibb River Road: 4th Day In!!!! 😂🔧

Nothing says “team support” quite like spending two solid days tackling the Gibb River Road, bouncing across corrugations big enough to rearrange your internal organs — all while tailing an awesome crew and keeping the show on the road.

The Marshall Mechanical Co support crew brought up the rear, making sure everyone kept moving, lending a hand when needed, sorting out the inevitable mechanical dramas and, of course, picking up the odd broken bit and piece that decided it no longer wanted to be attached to what it once was. 😂

A bolt here, a few fire extinguishers, a donkey motor jigsaw puzzle, a bracket there… by the end of it we were half expecting to find an entire vehicle sitting in the middle of the road.

But that’s what we do. When the going gets rough — and on the Gibb, rough is an understatement — we keep the wheels turning and the team moving.

Two days. Plenty of dust. Thousands of corrugations. A few casualties along the way.

Four days in and having an absolute blast with this crew, every single on of them are all fantastic, genuinely great people.

Marshall Mechanical Co — keeping things moving, and occasionally collecting the evidence behind them. 🔧😂💪