When it comes to ensuring the smooth operation of a project, whether it’s a construction site, an outdoor event, or an emergency backup, the importance of a reliable power source cannot be overstated. Generator hire offers a flexible and efficient solution to meet this critical need. However, selecting the right generator requires careful consideration of…

Trying to find the best in new generators for sale can be overwhelming. There are many factors to consider. It’s important to remember that buying any of the new generators for sale means a significant outlay. It should be obvious that the investment is greater when it comes to large generators for sale. 5 Key…

When they need to rent a generator, Melbourne companies call on the experts – that’s East Coast Generators. When we discovered the need for cheap generator rentals Melbourne businesses were crying out for, we set up Generator Rentals Australia. We’ve been growing our service and our reputation ever since. We have the know-how to help…

GRA operated domestically as well as on a commercial level! Now that’s something you don’t see every day! GRA was called upon to assist a family in need! Due to a miscommunication with the power authorities, the Melbourne Generator Hire specialists, GRA, were called upon to come up with a solution to provide power to a…

GRA is going green! At East Coast Generators we are going green and are conscious of always trying to reduce our carbon footprint on the environment where possible. With this in mind,  we have recently replaced our ageing skylights with new, more transparent ones, greatly increasing the natural light in our depot which has reduced…

Laneways Festival 2016, powered by GRA GRA was called upon to supply the generators and lighting towers for the 2016 Laneways Festival held along the Maribyrnong River in the heart of Footscray. Laneways is one of the very few remaining large scale outdoor, multi stage festivals and GRA was ecstatic to be a part of…

GRA Powered the Sugar Mountain Festival! GRA was once again the supplier of generators and power distribution for the annual Sugar Mountain festival held in the streets of Southbank, around the Victorian College of the Arts. A wonderful example of community spirit and culture. This festival is continuing to grow larger with each year that…

GRA provides power to Flemington! GRA was once again the proud supplier of the melbourne generator hire solution to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington. GRA caters to major events like this on a regular basis, with projects always running smoothly and without drama. The event went off without a hitch and GRA was…

GRA assists in the return of Cold Chisel! November, 2015 saw the long awaited return to stage for Cold Chisel! Headlined by Jimmy Barnes it was great to see an iconic Australian band perform at such an iconic venue – Hanging Rock. GRA supplied all production, site & catering power as well as temporary lighting…

GRA extends its fleet with a new Shindaiwa small generator purchase! Late in 2015 GRA injected multiple small generators into its small Melbourne generator hire fleet, to fill a gap that formed with some long term contracts utilising its existing stock. GRA chose to purchase the Shindaiwa branded small generator sets after a long procurement process analysing many different…

Reliable, efficient and price effective standby power solutions. East Coast Generators was tasked with the supply and install of a new standby generator at a remote nursing home in Terang, South West Victoria, to ensure peace of mind for all stakeholders. The generator set will provide a reliable, continuous power supply in the even of a…

ECG supplied a Traralgon nursing home with standby power! ECG was awarded the contract for the supply and install of a new 150kVA standby generator at a nursing home in Traralgon. The existing Main Switchboard was extended to facilitate an Automatic Transfer Switch to allow the premises to be up and running on backup power…

We were treated early in 2015 with two fantastic acts performing at the iconic Hanging Rock site. It all kicked off with The Eagles late in February and was then backed up by Rod Stewart in late March. Both events were a huge success and GRA was front and centre providing all the temporary power…

February, 2015 was another massive month for GRA with big rigs galore. B-Doubles, Sideloaders and Supertilts were in full swing. There was 1250’s, 1,000’s and 750’s flying out the door all month. The question is now, what truck to buy next? A Sideloader or  a Supertilt?

In January, 2015 GRA supplied generators for the Sugar Mountain Festival that had previously been an indoors event at the Forum Theatre. In 2015 Sugar Mountain teamed up with Mushroom Group, a long-time client of GRA to hold the massive outdoor event in the heart of Melbourne. The event posed a few challenges with space…

GRA Supports Australian Open GRA kicked off 2015 with a massive goal, we were awarded the contract for the supply of backup power at the Australian Open Tennis. Broadcast globally this was a critical job requiring the right equipment and tech support during the 2 week long tournament. GRA supplied a 1400kVA Standby Rated Generator…

Once again GRA was engaged to supply temporary generators to the annual Stereosonic Festival held at the Melbourne Showgrounds. Stereo is one of the first events to kick the festival season off and GRA is proud to have now supplied this event for the last 6 years straight. With critical supplies like this all our…

In October we took some time to refurbish and repower some of the engines getting up in the hours. As part of our stringent maintenance routine we are constantly upgrading to keep the reliability and age of our fleet in the best possible shape. Below is a couple of new engines and alternators replacing sets…

ECG was tasked with a complex install at a Mooroolbark nursing home in August 2014. The spec was stringent in the sense that the backup power system needed to blend in as best as possible to the existing nursing home decor. The generator was repainted in our workshop to the clients requested colour and the…

In September, 2014 ECG was engaged as part of a major upgrade at Mitcham Private Hospital located in Melbourne’s South East. The job included the trade-in of the old redundant standby generator & supply of a new 500kVA generator complete with 2,000ltr Long Range Fuel Tank. We worked in closely with the client to ensure…

East Coast Generators was selected to supply and install a new 330kVA Standby Rated Generator at Pakenham Aged Care. ECG handled all aspects of the project from start to finish including the supply and install of a temporary generator to run the facility during the integration of the Automatic Transfer Switch into the Main Switchboard.…

GRA was once again the sole supplier of generators and lighting towers for the annual Future Music and Goodlife Music Festivals. Unfortunately this was the final year for these two music festivals but GRA was appreciative to be a part for the last few years. Lookout for some new formats in the 2015/2016 music festivals…

Following our win as National Generator Hire Company of the Year for 2014, GRA hosted one of the HRIA Victorian General Meetings. The meeting was a great success with approx. 80 attendees who got to see firsthand why we were nominated as one of the best in the industry. We were privileged to have a…

GRA attended the HRIA AGM on the Gold Coast followings it’s nomination for National Generator Hire Company of the Year. The event wrapped up with the traditional awards night. Following on from its victory as Victorian Hire Company of the Year 2013, GRA pleasantly surprised to be announced WINNER of the National hire Company of…

GRA was engaged to supply generators to power the main stage of the Bliss N Eso ‘Circus Under the Stars’ tour. We provided a package of 1 x 250kVA & 2 x 150kVA’s all with paralleling and load sharing capabilities. The sets powered the main stage at all gigs around the country. The customer chose…

GRA was once again the principal supplier of generators for Goodlife and Future Music Festival. With over 40 gensets delivered and installed onsite in record time the job went off without a hitch. All stage sets were synchronised together for 100% no break redundancy.

GRA was the principal supplier of generators for the Centenary Celebrations at Point Cook RAAF Base. The celebration marks the 100th Anniversary (to the day) of the first military flight in Australia. There were certainly some impressive pieces of equipment on show and GRA was proud to be part of the action!

GRA received a panic phone call following a main switchboard failure at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. The coordination with shopping centre management and electrical contractor’s saw the down time greatly minimised with GRA. The ability to provide the right generator and switchboards to re-feed all the separate tenancies within a very short…

The sales team kicked the year off with a bang by supplying and installing a 500kVA Generator in the Melbourne CBD. The ECG team designed and manufactured a 1,000ltr Bunded Fuel Tank to go underneath the generator for extended run time. The Volvo powered Kohler Generator will also be fully backed and serviced by the…

With another year starting sees the annual BDO kick off 2014. This year GRA again supplied all the light towers and generators for the event. Once again was a great success thanks to the meticulous work of the GRA ground staff.

GRA was engaged to supply generators for the return of the Vans Warped Tour at Birrarung Marr. The event was a great hit and being centred in the middle of the CBD meant it received plenty of attention from onlookers!

GRA was once again proud to be part of the annual Stereosonic Festival which blasted into the Melbourne Showgrounds early in December 2013. This year the event ran over two days for the first time and by all reports was a great success! Once again and without surprise the GRA gear was faultless. All sets…

The GRA team was nominated for Victorian Hire Company of the Year for 2013 and is pleased to announce that it took out the award! We were very chuffed to have been voted one of the best in the industry. It’s a credit to the staff for all their hard work.

GRA received a distress call late on a Saturday afternoon and when we got to site the picture wasn’t pretty… The whole main switchboard had gone up in smoke and left us with no choice but to separately feed the sub boards. The boys from GRA managed to tailor a solution and feed the 8 outgoing sub…

The ECG team have been busy again this month, suppling and installing a new 88kVA Kohler Generator complete with 1,000ltr Double Bunded Fuel Tank. This is one of many gensets supplied to Masters who are widely expanding across Australia.

GRA received a call from a production facility in Braybrook that experienced an unexpected power fault shutting down a large portion of its facility. GRA was onsite afterhours within the hour to tailor and mobilize a solution to get the facility back online within 24 hours. GRA supplied a 1000kva and 750kva (synchronized together) along…

GRA was the principal supplier of generators and lighting towers for the Easter Saturday and Sunday gigs at Hanging Rock for the tour of Bruce Springsteen and the ‘E’ Street band. With record numbers turning out to watch the great man perform, GRA was there at the forefront ensuring the job went on without a…

GRA was called upon to supply generators for a couple of telcos and emergency services who lost power near Ballarat. We knew it was bad upon reaching the site only to find the mountain still on fire! None the less the experienced GRA driver worked in with the authorities to get the job done safely…

GRA completed what could only be described as a clean sweep for the 2012/2013 Music Festival Season. GRA was the main generator and light tower supplier for all of the big music festivals, these included: Stereosonic, Harvest Festival, Big Day Out, Soundwave, Goodlife, Future Music Festival and the list goes on…

Since moving to its new premises in 2009 GRA has been undertaking upgrades to the facility in small stages so as to not disrupt operations. We are proud to announce the completion of these upgrades which make operations smooth flowing and have created a much nicer working environment for all to enjoy.      

GRA has started a process of upgrading many of its generators to the latest technology ComAp generator controllers. These controllers are regarded as the best in the market place and GRA has ensured it’s at the forefront when it comes to latest technology. The upgrades are also consisting of the fitment of GPS Satellite tracking…

GRA was once again proud to be a part of the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington for 2012. This year saw the most amount of generators supplied to the carnival with increased air-con and catering requirements. Once again (and without surprise…) the carnival was a great success both on and off the track!

Having already serviced jobs from Mission Foods and Pacific Meats this month the guys from GRA thought they might be in for a small break, sorry to say, not the case! GRA received a call from Labelmakers in Somerton chasing over 4500kVA to get back online following a major HV switch failure in the area.…

Just as the weather starts to take a turn for the better, Melbourne hosts the annual Spring Fashion Week. GRA has been part of this event for many years. Each year we tailor the right power solution for the customer who has some extremely large hurdles to overcome. The generators need to be super silenced…

January 2012 saw the single biggest month ever experienced in our 20+ year history. MISSION FOODS It all started with a call from Mission Foods in Epping following a switchboard fire onsite. GRA was called upon to mobilise and install 2 x 1250kVA parallel-able generatos to get the plant back online. GRA installed the sets…

Whilst GRA was servicing the Mission site we received another call a few days later from Pacific Meats in Thomastown, they had lost an underground mains supply. Late on a Friday night in January whilst most were winding up the working week, the guys from GRA were hard at work installing 1500kVA in the form…

Amongst all the emergency jobs GRA still had its regular customers to look after. On the 24th of January, 2012 Melbourne’s Big Day Out rumbled into town. GRA was once again a pivotal supplier of equipment to the event. Last year GRA supplied generators to most of the site excluding the stages, which was a…

GRA is fast moving forward with its ever growing fleet of lighting towers by providing state of the art lighting towers to Moomba. These lighting banks were placed along the banks of the Yarra for the 4 day long celebration. It’s fleet of Urban towers were requested by the client, as low noise levels were…

GRA recently supplied equipment to the 2011 Avalon International Airshow. Being one of the biggest events on Melbourne’s calendar in 2011, GRA was proud to have its equipment in use amongst some of the best in the world

GRA was once again a major supplier for the 2010-2011 event season. From a small community festivals to larger outdoor concerts & events, GRA ensure it’s ever reliable equipment was at the forefront. This year’s Big Day Out event at Flemington Racecourse saw more than 30 generators running throughout one of Melbourne hottest days. When…

GRA has recently added to its ever-growing fleet of lighting towers the Allight Nightshifter lighting tower. These are an extremely versatile and user friendly 6 head lighting tower. With 6 x 1000Watt maneuverable heads, you get greater coverage to ensure nothing is left in the dark. The towers themselves come standard out of the factory at…

Victoria & Queensland experienced some of the worst floods on record during September 2010 & January 2011. In September 2010 GRA was called upon to supply 1500kVA to a TV broadcasting site some 2 ½ hours drive North West of Melbourne. The site lost power following heavy flooding in the area, and the permanent backup…

GRA Drops 2MW into the fleet overnight… GRA have recently added 2 x 1250kVA Cummins Powerbox Generators to its hire fleet. The gensets, each rated at 1400kVA Standby / 1250kVA Prime, feature the PCC Powercommand Controller which is already set up for the multiple genset & grid paralleling. The set are each mounted in standard 20ft…

GRA was the sole supplier of generators to Flemington Racecourse for the 2010 Spring Racing Carnival. The carnival was a huge success in its 150th year and GRA was proud to be a large part of it.

Generator Rentals Australia have recently introduced mobile trailer mounted lighting towers to its rental fleet. We have invested in the Allight Urban Tower Range, a quality and proven product already used extensively throughout the rental industry. This range of lighting tower is one of the quietest available in the market place (62dBA @ 7Mtrs) and…

GRA is often called upon to go above and beyond the call of duty to ensure the job is done right. As you can see from these pictures, not even 1.5 meters of snow could stop GRA from getting fuel to it’s generator in which runs and powers the whole of the Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort.…

At Generator Rentals Australia we’re working towards a cleaner future and, as such, we are constantly upgrading our fleet. We have recently introduced 4 New 500kVA Generators into our rental fleet. These sets offer the latest in technology and efficiency. Each powered by a Cummins QSX 15 litre engine, they boast the best in fuel…

Feb 2009 – GRA assists in a time of need During the devastation bushfires of February 2009 in Victoria, Generator Rentals Australia was pivotal in restoring power to areas affected greatly by the mass loss of power. Generator Rentals receive a call early on the Sunday morning following ‘Black Saturday’ from the Kinglake National Park…