This man is legendary. Watched Mega Truckers when it first dropped on Netflix a couple years ago and just fell in love with his fleet. The level of pride this man takes in all of his equipment is insane, can’t believe I missed this interview!
Thats what happens when he was " spending spending and more spending". They way he spoke to his employees. I do belive a lot of people got burnt in terms of unpaid accounts.
It is too bad one large company did not come in and purchase the entire company to save all of the equipment and other gear. Installed a new managing director and finance manager to right the company.
You're right, it appears that after the one and only series was aired in 2012,13, AAH was liquidated in 2015 with a Mega Truck load of debt in the tens of millions. Obviously All Flash No Cash. Did he somehow manage to start a new business whilst leaving the debts of the past behind?
@@xj358 I love how nearly everyone who brings this up always only seem to tell/know half the actual story. Everyone seems to ignore the fact the company wasn’t in his possession when it went under.
@@trippnoutmotorsport3164You need to check the 2015 liquidator papers. It was owned 50/50 and the company which had bought 50% certainly had their ideas as to who was to blame for the collapse......"Due to the collapse of the company, McAleese had a loss of $18.9 million and was considering options for ‘legal recourse’ against the seller of the 50% stake, which also included the option for them to buy the remaining 50% in two to five year''. “We have learned a lot and won’t be rushing into acquisitions of that nature without serious consideration,” the chief executive of McAleese, Mark Rowsthorn said" ''The liquidators report to creditors blamed HHA’s failure on factors including an historical culture of indulgence and lack of financial discipline''.
@@xj358 He has a new company with a slightly different name now. Same paint scheme and everything for his trucks. At least as of recent he was at a truck show with some of the iconic trucks from the TV series.
I lost interest when he delivered a crapped out Mack truck said i want this i want that then went to check on progress then had the hide to say by the wsy i want it in two weeks was nowhere near finished
· THE boss of the collapsed Queensland company that starred in television show MegaTruckers says he has separated from his family, been threatened and faced a grilling from liquidators over a trucking deal. The business that boss Jon Kelly helped build into a massive transport fleet, Heavy Haulage Australia, collapsed in June last year owing $78 million. Now The Courier-Mail can reveal liquidators have been probing an unusual deal involving Kelly and six trucks with names including Gold Digger and Never Late V8. The 36-year-old also says he did not disclose a $450,000 payment for the trucks to his estranged wife. Bullet-headed and blunt-spoken Kelly is of trucking blood. His grandfather’s business transported Caterpillar equipment from Brisbane to Darwin. “I grew up with a love of trucks and … bought my first truck when I was 19,” Kelly told a Victorian Supreme Court hearing this year. He was in court for a liquidator hearing, according to a transcript The Courier-Mail exclusively obtained from the courts. In 2012, HHA and managing director Kelly starred in MegaTruckers, a pay television show broadcasting the transport of the “biggest loads on the planet”, including an oversized bulldozer and a 4-storey catamaran. HHA had 120 staff and 55 prime movers. Come November 2014, HHA struck a deal in which the Kelly family sold a 50 per cent equity stake in the trucking company to stockmarket-listed transport outfit McAleese for $3 million. ‘SIN BIN’ AS MCALEESE DEAL SOURS But the business wedding soured. Kelly complained McAleese were slow making decisions and “a … holes” about a financing deal. McAleese complained about Kelly’s management style - “the way I was conducting things,” Kelly said. That meant a trip to the “sin bin”, Kelly’s description of being shunted to a role in Western Australia. HHA struggled and in June 2015, Ferrier Hodgson’s Brendan Richards, John Lindholm and Tim Michael were appointed administrators and later liquidators. The liquidators report to creditors blamed HHA’s failure on factors including a resources-sector slowdown hurting revenue, a historical culture of indulgence and lack of financial discipline (HHA even sponsored V8 racing, with women supporters decked out in tight orange HHA shirts). Kelly was terminated but found $25,000-a-month work with Toll as a consultant. He also kept vehicles such as a debt-laden Toyota 4WD Sahara, a 1979 Peterbilt truck and a 1977 Trans Am. He had $33,000 and was paying his two children’s private school fees and supporting his wife. They had separated but were looking to sell their 28-acre, six bedroom home in Burbank, southeast of Brisbane. It’s been on the market for $2.95 million since March last year, according to property records. He had received “threats” since HHA’s failure, and expressed disappointment with the liquidators. TRACKING DOWN TRUCKING DEAL The liquidators’ job is to track down any assets - if assets can be recovered, creditors earn a bigger return on the money they are owed. So liquidators have examined how family friend, truck seller David Larsen, wound up with six trucks, bearing names including Gold Digger, Smiler and Caesar’s Palace. Both men told court Kelly had sold them to Larsen while Larsen holidayed in Queensland. The odd thing was the cheque. The court heard Larsen had written a cheque for $450,000 for the trucks in December 2014. Yet Kelly did not cash that cheque until October 2015. The liquidators’ lawyer zeroed in on seemingly conflicting statements: Kelly had talked of financial pressure in the period before October 2015, so why take 10 months to cash in money from the truck sales? “I was concerned that, over a Family Court matter (my wife) would have a claim to the money,” Kelly replied. “I haven’t told her (about the $450,000).” The court transcript shows the liquidators also tried to understand the trucks ownership. Kelly maintained the trucks had been his. They were specifically quarantined in a deal when McAleese bought into HHA in November 2014, he explained. “I just assumed they’d be my personal assets,” he told court. But the paperwork was a problem. Kelly said he believed the trucks were transferred to himself when McAleese bought half of HHA. “I consider them transferred, but I … don’t have a paper trail for the transfer,” he told court. Yet the court also heard of a document confirming the trucks in November 2014 had been transferred from one HHA entity to another private Kelly-linked entity also under the control of liquidators. The document was allegedly dated in February 2015, two months after the purported sale in December 2014. Larsen told The Courier-Mail the trucks were now unencumbered and in his name. ‘LIFE GOES ON’ Kelly reckoned the liquidators were chasing a “frivolous” $450,000 when HHA was owed $1 million in uninvoiced revenue of which he knew. He had other fights too, claiming his termination had triggered an $8.025 million payout from McAleese. Of course, McAleese might lodge a $4 million counterclaim. “I’ll happily take a cheque for $4,025,000 any time and we’ll fight about the $4 million,” he told court. Kelly has not responded to interview requests but told court “it’s been a pretty traumatic 12 months for me, been pretty tough”. “Life goes on,” he told court. “You keep fighting the fight.” See less
This man is legendary. Watched Mega Truckers when it first dropped on Netflix a couple years ago and just fell in love with his fleet. The level of pride this man takes in all of his equipment is insane, can’t believe I missed this interview!
I agree with you! Top notch man!
Jon is a living legend i wish I could get him to america to help me expand my trucking company
He's definitely the man!
Besides workin your ass off you still take time to give insight and up close content of your life and career. Hats off man. Keep spinning the rubber
Thank you Robert that means a lot! Wait! Were you talking about me or Jon Kelly? 🤭
I have been all over the states in a 1986 black on black 359 Peterbilt with a cat and a twin stick back in the 1990's it was great
Thanks man appreciate you doing the interview, great to see John again.
You're welcome 😊
I remember they sold off a lot of the gear and my dads mate and my dad bought trailers, dollys and a van as I remember
Company went bust, had to sell all their stuff.
They have awesome b models in Australia still earning also can’t kill the bulldog Mack’s
I'm a big fan of Jon Kelly!
That was cool. Jon has some awesome rides.
Loved that show sucks to read online that Jon’s company heavy haulage Australia went bankrupt
Thats what happens when he was " spending spending and more spending".
They way he spoke to his employees. I do belive a lot of people got burnt in terms of unpaid accounts.
I have watched that show n it is a great show wished they had more seasons of it
Beautiful superliner I was curious to heard about if it was camel back suspention and ratio diff
Super video love your videos stay safe✌✌
Black dog and Smokey and the bandit is where it’s at
Very cool I really enjoyed the video
Great interview.
Please tell Jon Kelly I miss his videos badly!!,,
instagram.com/jfk526?igshid=1u65zpw7jj20r
That's his Instagram, I hear his show is coming back.
Great video mike !
Thank you 😊
It is too bad one large company did not come in and purchase the entire company to save all of the equipment and other gear. Installed a new managing director and finance manager to right the company.
You mean like what actually happened? McAlesse owned it at the time it closed down
I also like when he move a fully dressed cat D11
Jon Kelly’s the man 👍🏻
Yes he is!
How old is this interview? I thought his company went into liquidation back in 2015??
Last year.
You're right, it appears that after the one and only series was aired in 2012,13, AAH was liquidated in 2015 with a Mega Truck load of debt in the tens of millions. Obviously All Flash No Cash. Did he somehow manage to start a new business whilst leaving the debts of the past behind?
@@xj358 I love how nearly everyone who brings this up always only seem to tell/know half the actual story. Everyone seems to ignore the fact the company wasn’t in his possession when it went under.
@@trippnoutmotorsport3164You need to check the 2015 liquidator papers. It was owned 50/50 and the company which had bought 50% certainly had their ideas as to who was to blame for the collapse......"Due to the collapse of the company, McAleese had a loss of $18.9 million and was considering options for ‘legal recourse’ against the seller of the 50% stake, which also included the option for them to buy the remaining 50% in two to five year''.
“We have learned a lot and won’t be rushing into acquisitions of that nature without serious consideration,” the chief executive of McAleese, Mark Rowsthorn said"
''The liquidators report to creditors blamed HHA’s failure on factors including an historical culture of indulgence and lack of financial discipline''.
@@xj358 He has a new company with a slightly different name now. Same paint scheme and everything for his trucks. At least as of recent he was at a truck show with some of the iconic trucks from the TV series.
Another great show, and I got first viewer. When ya getting Howard stern on!! Stay safe👍
Howard is King!
I lost interest when he delivered a crapped out Mack truck said i want this i want that then went to check on progress then had the hide to say by the wsy i want it in two weeks was nowhere near finished
Try outback trucers
I love that show! I'm going to interview Kendall Yogi!
I interviewed Yogi tonight, I'll post it tomorrow.
Big Rig Gig
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THE boss of the collapsed Queensland company that starred in television show MegaTruckers says he has separated from his family, been threatened and faced a grilling from liquidators over a trucking deal.
The business that boss Jon Kelly helped build into a massive transport fleet, Heavy Haulage Australia, collapsed in June last year owing $78 million.
Now The Courier-Mail can reveal liquidators have been probing an unusual deal involving Kelly and six trucks with names including Gold Digger and Never Late V8. The 36-year-old also says he did not disclose a $450,000 payment for the trucks to his estranged wife.
Bullet-headed and blunt-spoken Kelly is of trucking blood. His grandfather’s business transported Caterpillar equipment from Brisbane to Darwin.
“I grew up with a love of trucks and … bought my first truck when I was 19,” Kelly told a Victorian Supreme Court hearing this year. He was in court for a liquidator hearing, according to a transcript The Courier-Mail exclusively obtained from the courts.
In 2012, HHA and managing director Kelly starred in MegaTruckers, a pay television show broadcasting the transport of the “biggest loads on the planet”, including an oversized bulldozer and a 4-storey catamaran. HHA had 120 staff and 55 prime movers.
Come November 2014, HHA struck a deal in which the Kelly family sold a 50 per cent equity stake in the trucking company to stockmarket-listed transport outfit McAleese for $3 million.
‘SIN BIN’ AS MCALEESE DEAL SOURS
But the business wedding soured. Kelly complained McAleese were slow making decisions and “a … holes” about a financing deal. McAleese complained about Kelly’s management style - “the way I was conducting things,” Kelly said. That meant a trip to the “sin bin”, Kelly’s description of being shunted to a role in Western Australia.
HHA struggled and in June 2015, Ferrier Hodgson’s Brendan Richards, John Lindholm and Tim Michael were appointed administrators and later liquidators.
The liquidators report to creditors blamed HHA’s failure on factors including a resources-sector slowdown hurting revenue, a historical culture of indulgence and lack of financial discipline (HHA even sponsored V8 racing, with women supporters decked out in tight orange HHA shirts).
Kelly was terminated but found $25,000-a-month work with Toll as a consultant. He also kept vehicles such as a debt-laden Toyota 4WD Sahara, a 1979 Peterbilt truck and a 1977 Trans Am. He had $33,000 and was paying his two children’s private school fees and supporting his wife.
They had separated but were looking to sell their 28-acre, six bedroom home in Burbank, southeast of Brisbane. It’s been on the market for $2.95 million since March last year, according to property records.
He had received “threats” since HHA’s failure, and expressed disappointment with the liquidators.
TRACKING DOWN TRUCKING DEAL
The liquidators’ job is to track down any assets - if assets can be recovered, creditors earn a bigger return on the money they are owed.
So liquidators have examined how family friend, truck seller David Larsen, wound up with six trucks, bearing names including Gold Digger, Smiler and Caesar’s Palace. Both men told court Kelly had sold them to Larsen while Larsen holidayed in Queensland.
The odd thing was the cheque. The court heard Larsen had written a cheque for $450,000 for the trucks in December 2014. Yet Kelly did not cash that cheque until October 2015.
The liquidators’ lawyer zeroed in on seemingly conflicting statements: Kelly had talked of financial pressure in the period before October 2015, so why take 10 months to cash in money from the truck sales?
“I was concerned that, over a Family Court matter (my wife) would have a claim to the money,” Kelly replied. “I haven’t told her (about the $450,000).”
The court transcript shows the liquidators also tried to understand the trucks ownership.
Kelly maintained the trucks had been his. They were specifically quarantined in a deal when McAleese bought into HHA in November 2014, he explained. “I just assumed they’d be my personal assets,” he told court.
But the paperwork was a problem.
Kelly said he believed the trucks were transferred to himself when McAleese bought half of HHA. “I consider them transferred, but I … don’t have a paper trail for the transfer,” he told court.
Yet the court also heard of a document confirming the trucks in November 2014 had been transferred from one HHA entity to another private Kelly-linked entity also under the control of liquidators. The document was allegedly dated in February 2015, two months after the purported sale in December 2014.
Larsen told The Courier-Mail the trucks were now unencumbered and in his name.
‘LIFE GOES ON’
Kelly reckoned the liquidators were chasing a “frivolous” $450,000 when HHA was owed $1 million in uninvoiced revenue of which he knew.
He had other fights too, claiming his termination had triggered an $8.025 million payout from McAleese. Of course, McAleese might lodge a $4 million counterclaim. “I’ll happily take a cheque for $4,025,000 any time and we’ll fight about the $4 million,” he told court.
Kelly has not responded to interview requests but told court “it’s been a pretty traumatic 12 months for me, been pretty tough”.
“Life goes on,” he told court. “You keep fighting the fight.” See less
Old news...Kelly is back on top and showing the haters what's what! 💪💯