Dylan James Hernando isn’t the type to sit still. Between running a 24/7 heavy machinery operation and opening a retail floor on Bridge Street, most people would call it a full plate. Dylan calls it Tuesday.
He’s the founder of Overdrive Mechanical Solutions and the franchisee behind ASN Muswellbrook, two businesses in completely different industries that somehow run on the exact same rulebook. Ask him why, and the answer’s always the same: it was never really about the industry. It’s about the standard.
Nearly two decades on the tools
Before either business existed, Dylan James Hernando spent close to twenty years in heavy industry, picking up dual trades as a fitter/machinist and a mobile plant mechanic along the way. That kind of background doesn’t come from a classroom. It comes from mine sites, power stations and gas plant projects where the pressure’s real and there’s no one else to hand the problem to.
That’s where the mindset was built, not in a business textbook, but in the deep end, solving real problems under real deadlines.
The four rules Dylan runs everything on
Talk to anyone who’s worked with Dylan and the same four ideas come up. They’re not slogans on a wall, they’re just how he operates, in the workshop, in the gym, and in business.
Show up. Consistency beats intensity, every project, every shift, every conversation.
Stay sharp. Keep learning, keep adapting, keep raising the bar.
Standards high. Practical, disciplined, reliable. The job gets done properly or it doesn’t get done.
Family first. Everything he’s building is being built with them in mind. That part’s non-negotiable.
Reputation in a small town
Muswellbrook isn’t a big place, and Dylan’s the first to say that matters. Your name carries weight in a town like this. Every job, every handshake, every late night in the workshop adds up to the reputation he trades on every day, whether that’s a mine site breakdown at 2am or a customer walking into ASN for advice.
“The work has to speak for itself, and so does the way you treat the people you work with.” – Dylan James Hernando
It’s a simple line. It’s also a lot harder to actually live by for years at a time than it is to say once in an interview. That’s the difference between a slogan and a standard, and it’s the standard Dylan James Hernando has built both Overdrive Mechanical Solutions and ASN Muswellbrook on
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