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Concrete products that last

BY ALAN WELBURN
PETER Graham knows his
way with precast concrete.
After all, he's been manu-
facturing and retailing a large
inventory of precast concrete
items for many years.
But the same Mr Graham
is more than happy to take
design advice from farmers,
which led him to develop
an ever increasingly popular SOLID: Peter Graham might have attention grabbers
style of water trough which like his tin dog but there's nothing gimmicky about his
is based on efficiency and concrete products.
animal welfare.
"These round concrete Graham's Precast Concrete in concrete products, having
troughs of ours have their has on its inventory are man- made its reputation on qual-
own float cover protection," ufactured in Kyogle, NSW, ity workmanship, lasting
he said. and sold through a lengthy products and service.
"It's a one-of-a-kind de- list of wholesalers. "We have earned the trust
sign, custom-made safety Graham's Precast Con- of each and every one of our
feature to stop cattle pushing crete has clients from Sydney customers," he said.
one another into the water. to Dubbo and out to Broken "When you are looking
"We listened to farmers Hill in NSW, up to Gladstone for a concrete septic tank,
who had those very con- and through to Longreach in or water or feed troughs
cerns and were desperate for central Queensland. call Graham's Precast Con-
a solution. KNOWLEDGEABLE: Joeann and Peter Graham, Graham's Precast Concrete Products, "You could say we have crete Products."
"So we took their advice and Cody Baker. clients everywhere," Mr Gra- "We design and manufac-
on board and started plan- ham said. ture quality precast concrete
ning the trough with its safe- "The quality with the in the trough and each has because they're concrete "Just about every town products ideally suited to re-
ty features. Here we are and trough is right through the concrete lifters installed so they are there forever." has someone stocking our gional and rural Australians'
it's been a beauty for us. product from the design to any farmer can lift them and Therangeofwatertroughs, products. All you have to needs. With a main facility
"In fact I reckon they have the concrete and there are position the trough wherever cattle grids, feed troughs, do is ask for Graham's Pre- in Kyogle, we deliver across
been our biggest and best plenty of things that farmers they want. water tanks, septic tanks, cast Concrete." NSW and Queensland."
thing for the last six or sev- like about them. "They have a 10cm (4") reed beds, concrete pipes, Mr Graham said the family ■ Visit: www.
en years. "There is a lot of depth outlet and 5cm (2") inlet and headwalls and well liners company was a trusted name grahamsprecast.com.au
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