Outtasite Mobile Welding is a well-established mobile welding company based in Margate in Hobart’s south. Owner-director Brendon Wass, otherwise known as ‘Wassy,’ has built a solid reputation throughout the region, known for his welding skill and attention to detail.
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Wassy is a veteran welder and general handyman who has been applying his considerable skill in and around the Hobart area for two decades. No job is too small for the Outtasite Mobile Welding family, the team focus primarily on mobile welding repair and field service work no matter the size or scope of the job. Be it fabricating
an excavation attachment or repairing plant equipment, Brendon’s ability to get just about any job done is becoming the stuff of legend.
WELDING THE FAMILY TOGETHER
Wassy doesn’t hold down the fort alone and Outtasite Mobile Welding is not a one man show. Amanda Wass, Brendon’s wife is at the heart of the business, taking care of the paperwork, clientele, and overall strategic direction of this growing family business.
“Wassy does a lot of odds and sods,” Amanda said. “Welding, earth moving, repairs…he can do it all. We haven’t really had to advertise too much, it’s all word of mouth, which has been great.”
The business thrives on hard work and in that vein, Wassy has taken on a young apprentice – Marcus, who started with Outtasite through a school-based apprenticeship. Marcus is a high school senior but has proven his determination to become a welder.
“He’s doing really good work,” Amanda said. In true tight-knit community spirit that Tasmania is characterised for, the Wass’ have known Marcus’ family for donkey’s years and can remember back to when he was a young child. “He only started with us in 2022 because he did some work experience with us. We were pretty keen to put him on because he’s doing such great work already,” Amanda said.
A TRUCK FOR ALL SEASONS
Outtasite’s reputation is growing day by day so Amanda and Wassy made the big decision to purchase an NPS 75-155 4×4 cab chassis in 2021, special feature the first new vehicle the couple had ever purchased. “Of course, our first ever new vehicle was a truck!” Amanda joked. A tried and tested staple of Isuzu’s famed 4×4 offering, the rugged NPS 75-155 is a serious set-up designed to tackle environments and conditions most vehicles wouldn’t dream of approaching. “Brendon finds himself in some pretty random and inaccessible locations around Tassie,” Amanda reflected. He’s in safe hands though.
The NPS 75-155 with Isuzu’s automated manual transmission(AMT) is Australia’s first two-pedal 4×4 light duty truck and is extremely popular with Australia’s emergency services and fire-fighting community. Featuring a GVM of 4,500 kg and a GCM of 9,000 kg, the NPS has towing capacity of 4,500 kg, meaning all of Wassy’s towing and payload needs are met and exceeded.
Powered by Isuzu’s four-cylinder 4HK1-TCN engine, the NPS has plenty of punch at 114 kW (155 horsepower) @ 2,600 rpm and torque of 419 Nm @ 1,600 – 2,600 rpm. The truck features a crane fitted to a custom-built tray, put together by none other than Wassy himself.
“I tell people the truck was made by a welder for a welder,” said Amanda.
“He knew exactly how he wanted it, and he likes things to be perfect.”
Thanks to the top-notch work done by the Outtasite Mobile Welding team and the tight knit communities around Tasmania, the company has not had to invest in expensive advertising to get their name out there. Quality work speaks for itself. “I think that attention to detail is why we’ve never had a great need to do much advertising,” Brendon said. “Word always spreads about the quality of his work.”
SIGN AWAY
Although the team has not had to rely on advertising, Outtasite and their NPS 75-155 4×4 mobile welding truck were plastered across a giant billboard in Hobart last year, after the business won the Tasmanian division of the Isuzu 50th Anniversary Billboard Competition.
“We’re really happy with the billboard. It was a fantastic opportunity,” Amanda said. “We took our young son out to see it and he was so excited, he said, ‘oh my goodness, it’s Mummy and Daddy…and our truck!’”
A well-loved Isuzu truck can become one of the family, especially when businesses like Outtasite Mobile Welding who are driving it day-in, day-out, and relying on the NPS welding truck to transport Bredon and Marcus to jobs all over the state and carry valuable capital equipment.
Amanda’s eye for business strategy, and Wassy’s deft skill on the tools support the reliability and attention to detail that Outtasite Mobile Welding has become known for throughout Tasmania. Now that the family business is backed with the Isuzu reliability with the addition of their NPS 75-155, the future looks bright.