Ross purchased his first container in 1995. It didn't take
long for local builders to notice it and realise how handy
it would be to have on a building site. The container side
of things just grew and grew.
Not long after purchasing the first
container, he became a depot for Claytons Towing. He was
able to use this towtruck to relocate the empty and loaded
containers.
To advertise the company and phone number
on the containers was becoming expensive as the number of
containers grew. So Ross decided to buy the computer cut
lettering machine and do it himself. Then of course when
people found out about that - that business grew as well.
Ross' Dad, Harold, has a dairy farm
in Maleny. The deregulation of the milk industry has stuffed
the farmers in a big way. Harold was thinking of giving
up farming, but together with Ross, and other son Keith,
and daughter Kay, decided to fight back and build a Milk
Processing Plant and sell their own brand of milk. Hence
Maleny Dairies.
The water deliveries started when we
had a long and very dry spell in Maleny. We were carting
water for our factory, and like all small towns, people
started to hear about it. We were able to utilize the milk
tanker, as it was only needed for milk a few hours a day.
Ross Hopper.com Pty Ltd currently employs
17 staff, which is great for a small town like Maleny.
