The timing was perfect when Lars Smith took the leap into his own agricultural contracting business specialising in effluent spreading. Having spent a good 7 years working for a well-established agricultural contractor he could see the need for specialty effluent spreading services around Northland, and he was ready to go out on his own, so when the opportunity to purchase an existing business came up, he took it!
It turned out to be a great move, with LJS Contracting being in high demand throughout Northland, covering areas from Whangarei to Kaitaia. Lars has focused the business solely on dairy effluent spreading, enabling him to offer a service where clients not only get the job done well and on time, but that they’re compliant with the ever-tightening council restrictions.
When Lars first bought the business, he inherited two 8,000L Nevada slurry tankers, but with the growing need for effluent spreading he purchased a second-hand 10,000L tandem axle Nevada slurry tanker with auto-fill, which increased his capacity and speed in getting the job done. After only 3 months of getting the 10,000L slurry tanker he quickly decided it was time to purchase a second auto-fill slurry tanker, but bigger. So, he bought a new Nevada 12,800L tandem axle slurry tanker.
Now with two auto-filling slurry tankers and a PTO stirrer, no job is too big or too small for LJS Contracting Limited – check out some of their work here. Happily taking on more and more clients, and with their services in such high demand we wouldn’t be surprised to see the business upgrading again in the near future!
