Bill van Ravenswaay had a vision in the late 1970's to start a truck and heavy equipment repair shop in the Hamilton area. WG Equipment Enterprises was formed out of Bill's vision, and has now been successfully operating in Southern Ontario area for the past 27 years.

Bill's son, Trevor van Ravenswaay, came on board in 1995 and is now a ten-year veteran with the company obtaining his truck and coach certification in 2000. Through their strong work ethic they are able to meet the demands of a growing market with positive feedback from their client base.

W.G. Equipment purchases salvage trucks, equipment, insurance company offerings and fleet disposals. Units acquired through these channels are dismantled and sold; for parts, as re-buildable wrecks or brought up to standards in our own 20,000 sq.ft. shop by qualified technicians and then sold.

Trucks branded salvage must pass a structural safety in order to be rebranded as a re-buildable wreck. W.G. Equipment is one of only three area companies, licensed by the Ministry of Transportation to inspect these vehicles.

Containers are loaded with heavy equipment and parts to be exported to Trinidad, Jamaica, Venezuela and other foreign markets on a regular basis.

An iron-slag separation process operates, under contract with Poscor for Dofasco. Recovered material is re-sold to Poscor and any remaining in earth material is used as a base in the expansion of the Canfield yard.

In addition a metal salvage yard is operated on site, where scrap metal is purchased from the public, then sorted and resold along with scrap created by the internal operation.