New venture with McCormick tractors for Agri-Hire in Suffolk

Thu 31/07/2014

A successful agricultural equipment hire and manufacturing business in Suffolk is adding a third string to its bow by taking on sales, service and parts support for McCormick tractors.

Agri-Hire, currently based at Bramford near Ipswich, but soon moving to new premises close by, is already stocking parts and handling repairs and routine servicing of McCormick tractors in the county. It’s a family owned business, established in 1986 to hire out cultivation equipment to local farmers. It has gone on to build up probably the largest muck spreader hire operation in the country and now also vacuum tankers, trailers and compact groundscare equipment. McCormick compact and farm tractors will join the hire fleet.

The company’s engineering arm manufactures the muck spreaders it hires out and specialises in the repair and reconditioning of farm implement power transmissions.

“We sell an enormous amount of parts, largely thanks to our very knowledgeable staff,” says Tim Hubert. “And throughout the business, we stand or fall on the standard of service we deliver; it’s what keeps customers coming back.”

As for reintroducing tractor sales by becoming a McCormick dealer, he says the decision was made easier by the extensive McCormick new product development programme that has been undertaken by manufacturer Argo Tractors.

“It’s the right product at the right time,” says Mr Hubert. “We were looking for new opportunities to develop the Agri-Hire business and we’re impressed with the new products being introduced in a range that extends from compacts to high performance arable tractors.”

The new models have certainly fired the enthusiasm of Agri-Hire’s Jeremy Waspe, who looks after Dowdeswell and McCormick sales: “I think it’s a very positive move for Agri-Hire – we’re already getting new customers and enquiries about the tractors, as well as supplying parts,” he says. “The McCormick tractors themselves are very modern and with enough electronics to make life easier but without being daunting.”

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