Harward & Son Ltd

25/07/2026

The workshop view never gets old any day of the week.

02/07/2026

On to the next classic truck chassis tear down and rebuild.
Getting quite a few of these under our belt now and appreciate the owners trust in doing them.

01/07/2026

This week, our team finalized a service pit modification project, and we invite you to take a look.

A recent set of four 300 dia external service pit exhaust ductings designed and installed by Matt and myself. With many different styles of service pits out there there is no "one fits all" solution for enhanced safety and productivity. We design to suit the application for existing improvements, an...

28/06/2026

Big thank you to Sime Motors for allowing Harward+Son Ltd industry leading safety products to be part of these projects.

28/06/2026

Good to see the official branch openings!

07/06/2026

Proud to be partnering with Harward+Son Ltd as the Australian agent for their innovative Service Pit Solution range. Working in maintenance, reliability, and industrial operations, we’ve seen firsthand the safety risks, productivity challenges, and space constraints that traditional service pits c...

07/06/2026

I am very pleased to announce that Harward+Son Ltd's Service Pit Solution products are now available both in New Zealand and Australia, with the expert help of Rob Wakefield at Adelaide Industrial Maintenance.
Rob provides Australia-wide service and is a professional, well-established industrial engineer with an awesome team behind him.
Harward+Son Ltd's Service Pit Solution workshop systems are highly engineered, New Zealand-designed, and manufactured.
They maximise spatial efficiency, technician safety, and workflow productivity.
Would you like to explore pricing guidelines for a greenfield build, or do you need technical specs for retrofitting a safety cover to an existing concrete pit? Please see the attached brochures and contact Rob or myself for a no-obligation, tailored solution and discover why Tier One clients Truck Stops New Zealand, Cal Izuzu, and Lockheed Martin trust and use our products.
Local skill, local knowledge, trusted reputation.

04/06/2026

Very privileged to be chosen to provide the design build services for the C-130 Hercules and P3-K Orion retired Tall Tail’s Fin display stands, thank you Airforce Museum of New Zealand!

03/05/2026

Along side our stainless steel,hydraulic dual drive pit covers we offer our curved wall service pit system featuring end and side entry options, underfloor workrooms and full services fit out.

- ventilation ducting
- service lines
- full length step up platforms
- floor sumps
- trolley bays
- brake tester bay
- Harward+Son Ltd alloy pit bridges and three piece work platforms

With curved steel sidewalls bonded to a concrete raft foundation floor slab our unique curved wall workspace is fitted with standard accessory clips allowing all pit services to be mounted along the pit interior sides, leaving clear and spacious elbow room to work, along with the ability to bolt on assets as required.

Our extensive construction and project management experience allows us to effectively assist or fully manage your project as required with new or existing upgrades.

We welcome all New Zealand and Australian enquires.

Phone David 0210437376
Phone Matt 0273859121

16/04/2026

The team is proud and excited to share the completed install progress on our first two fully NZ designed and manufactured service pit safety covers.

Supplying the light / heavy vehicle service industry, however is ideal for anyone who has open pits requiring a solution.

- Hydraulically driven from both ends, meaning it’s reliable, plenty of power and intrinsically safe.

- Low footprint system installed under aluminium stair sets to keep maximum length available on your service pit.

- Self cleaning rail system which is ideal for wash bays and dirty environments.

- 150kg pedestrian traffic weight rating.

- Manufactured components from high quality 304 stainless steel.

- Low maintenance system, with a 5 year parts warranty, NZ wide service and technical support.

- This system can be retro fitted to an existing concrete, block or steel service pit as well as installed with new builds.