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The PivotTray story…

“What a great idea!” … That’s usually the very first thing people say when they discover PivotTray. Secondly, they want to know the story behind why we had this great idea – so here it is …

Just like the invention of the wheel, the idea that eventually became PivotTray was conceived as a solution to make transportation easier. Hobby inventor Barry Middlebook, was living on a

two acre property on the gentle slopes of Mt Tamborine and it was a perfect, sunny Queensland day. Barry’s task that day was to move a massive amount of dirt and begin landscaping his property. His problem was that he only had his one tonne Ute and a shovel. The Tipping Point

Not loving the idea of a week of shovelling dirt on and off the back of his Ute tray, Barry (like any decent inventor), decided to have a go at making a tipper unit. He began with a converted starter motor, then added a lead thread, U channel and four bearings to create a simple tipping device. He attached his invention to his Ute tray and was able to slip a load of dirt past the balance point and onto the ground. This first prototype could tip a load at 45 degrees. Using his new tipper invention Barry quickly began to get his landscaping handled. However two acres is a lot of land and he decided he needed to borrow a friend’s Dingo machine to make the job quicker. Barry headed over to his mates’ with his trusty Ute and tried to load the Dingo with some ramps, but that soon proved to be too risky to himself and to the Dingo! He realised he needed a safer option for loading and unloading the Dingo – and that’s when the idea for PivotTray first occurred to him.

‘Well, it can’t be that hard to modify the tipper,’ he reasoned and with this thought, Barry returned to his workshop. Here Comes the Twist

After a couple of days, Barry knew why no-one had ever engineered a tilt tray before. It turned out that it was very hard, if not close to impossible to create the device he was imagining. However Barry was now obsessed with the idea of a better way and driven by a vision of achieving the unachievable. He would not, could not, give up. Like Edison with the light bulb, it took thousands of hours over many years and more failed attempts than he likes to think about, before Barry actually got it right. Not only did he invent a tilt tray that actually worked, he also made it safe, reliable and practical for effortless everyday use by a single operator. The spin off was that the device created a better potential for the actual Ute. Barry realised that he had a sound invention of commercial value that could potentially revolutionise small industry transport. He approached brothers Paul and Garry Killgour to form a partnership. Paul, a seasoned entrepreneur with a business development background, could immediately see the potential. Garry as a skilled tradesman with many contacts, felt confident that PivotTray was exactly what Aussie tradies and farmers needed to make their lives safer and easier. A Pivotal Success

Now the PivotTray One Tonne Tilt has a patent pending (2014), as a unique device that can be fitted to any one tonne and two tonne tray back utility. Just like the Hills Hoist rotary clothesline, combine harvester, two-stroke lawn mower and the iconic Ute itself, PivotTray is set to make history as another innovative Australian designed, developed and manufactured invention. PivotTray Pty Ltd is located in Burleigh Heads, Queensland and distributes Australia Wide. Enquire about becoming a PivotTray Dealer

The PivotTray Promise: We promise an Australian made, quality assured, reliable product that safely and smartly delivers you the functionality of an 8 tonne tilt tray at an affordable market price. Our initial goal and philosophy remain unwavering: To deliver a quality, reliable and practical product that will revolutionise small industry transport.

02/06/2026

The end of the day is when loading gets risky. People are tired. They rush. They take shortcuts.

PIVOTtray helps remove some of that stress by giving one person a more controlled way to load heavy or awkward gear onto the ute.

It is simple, practical, and built for real work.
See it here: https://pivottray.com.au/
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27/05/2026

Broken machines are never easy to move. They are heavy, awkward, and usually sitting in the wrong place at the wrong time.

PIVOTtray helps turn that messy pickup into a controlled loading job.

The tray tilts, the winch helps pull the load, and one person can manage the process with less strain and less guesswork.

See how it works at https://pivottray.com.au/

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25/05/2026

Your customers will not forgive watching staff struggle with a heavy awkward load and hoping it works out.
“Make it work” is not a safety plan. It is a risk plan.

If the loading method depends on strength, balance, and luck, your staff are carrying more than the load.

A smarter system helps remove the improvising and gives the job more control from the start.

With PIVOTtrays tilted winch and the onboard loading winch removes all the risk.
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22/05/2026

When one worker gets hurt, the whole team pays for it. Jobs slow down.
Tempers shorten. The strongest people carry more.

Staff protection is not just about one person. It is about protecting the whole business from the ripple effect

A safer loading system helps reduce the kind of preventable strain that turns one awkward moment into weeks of pressure on everyone else. That matters more than most owners realise.

Protecting one worker often protects the whole team.
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22/05/2026

One of the biggest risks in any business is not one bad lift. It is when one bad method becomes normal.

New staff copy it. Old staff accept it. Then unsafe loading becomes “how we do it here.”

A growing business taking on new staff can reduce confusion and risk by using a system that makes the correct loading method more obvious.

That supports consistency and lowers the chance of dangerous shortcuts becoming routine.

A smarter loading system helps stop that before it becomes culture.

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21/05/2026

Nobody wants to watch staff wrestle with a dangerous load. Unsafe loading does not just scare workers. It can damage trust the moment a customer sees it.

A calmer, safer loading system helps protect staff and shows customers your business takes the job seriously.

That matters because people judge competence very quickly when heavy gear is involved.

Customers may not understand the product, but they understand risk.
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20/05/2026

Most businesses do not lose a good worker in a dramatic moment.
They lose them one awkward lift at a time.
One shove.
One twist.
One, “we’ll just get it on somehow.”
That is why loading safety matters long before anything goes wrong.

PIVOTtrays tilt, and the onboard winch gives you a better way to protect your staff without relying on forklifts, dangerous ramps, or extra hands.

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19/05/2026

A lot of businesses do not just pay for forklifts.
They pay for the waiting.

Waiting for the operator.�
Waiting for access.�
Waiting because one simple pickup now depends on another machine and another person.

That delay costs more than people think.
PIVOTtray is built for operators who want to get the job done without building the whole day around forklift access.

It gives you a more controlled way ( with the on-board winch) to load what fits on the tray, without the usual hold-up and extra moving parts.

That means less wasted time, less frustration, and more jobs getting finished without someone else needing to show up first.

Check out https://pivottray.com.au/tilt-tray-ute-video

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18/05/2026

Too many people still treat risky ramps like they are just part of the job.
They are not.
They are a gamble.

One slip.�
One wrong angle.�
One heavy load shifting at the wrong time.�
That is all it takes for a simple pickup to become a bad day.

PIVOTtray is built for people who are tired of loading jobs that feel unsafe before they even begin.
Instead of relying on awkward ramps and brute force, it gives you a more controlled way to get gear onto the ute tray.

That means less risk to your back,
less risk to your staff, and less chance of turning a normal job into an injury problem.
Safe is not soft.�
Safe is smart.

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15/05/2026

A lot of products sound good in a demo.
The real test is what people say after years of using them in the grind of everyday work.
That is where this gets interesting.
One mower shop says they use their Pivottray every day, with 5 to 7 lifts a day, and would not be without it. Another operator says their PIVOTtray has been working seven days a week, picking up 4 to 7 motorbikes a day.

Another business says one staff member can safely retrieve broken machines, and they average 20 to 30 lifts a week.

That is the sort of proof to understand.
Not hype.�
Not fancy talk.�
Just people using the thing hard, often, and getting value from it.

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