Fuel ready for the cut

Hay and silage season is nearly here, and for a lot of Gippsland farmers their fuel and lubricants needs are taken care of by Evans Petroleum.
The company has been supplying the district since 1970 and knows how the season runs.
The weather picks the day, not the calendar. When it finally comes good everything happens at once, and a machine standing still costs more at that time of year than any other.
Andrew and Bec Verboon have been dealing with Evans Petroleum for years, and said, "during harvest, the window of opportunity is small with the fickle weather." Evans Petroleum keeps their tanks full on the regular route runs and puts on extra servicing of the diesel tank when the season peaks and usage climbs well above normal.
September is a good time to get it sorted.
A phone call is enough to organise a bulk delivery out to the farm, get a lubricant order in, or have someone come and take a look at whether the tank is still up to the job.
Their depots at Leongatha, Traralgon and Sale look after it from there, with a tanker fleet that can turn things around at short notice.
"Lubricants are the ones that get left too late.
The right chain bar oil, gear oil or grease often decides whether a baler goes all season or sits in the shed waiting on a part", said John Schelling from Evans Petroleum. Evans Petroleum runs BP/ Castrol lubricants to your property on their lube trucks and carries AdBlue for the newer machinery.