Yorkshire Handlers - New McCormick dealers in East Yorkshire
Tue 9/04/2013
A Yorkshire agricultural engineering business that specialises in supplying sophisticated materials handling machinery is expanding by selling tractors for the first time.Phil and Rhonda Robinson of Yorkshire Handlers are investing in parts stock, service tools, specialist training and extra staff to support the McCormick tractors they now supply. They are also planning a retail shop for accessories, clothing, tools and service consumables at their premises opposite the auction centre at Murton just outside York.
"The opportunity to add McCormick tractors to our long-established Merlo telescopic handler franchise couldn't have come at a better time," says Mr Robinson. "After 17 years in business, we felt it was time to expand and diversify the operation.
Yorkshire Handlers represents the McCormick marque in an area stretching from Scarborough to the Humber and westwards beyond York in an area bounded by existing dealers Agriplus at Stokesley to the north and Moore Farm Services at Harworth to the south.
Ray Spinks, general manager and sales director of AgriArgo UK says of Yorkshire Handlers’ appointment: "I'm very conscious that we've had a period of instability in our McCormick representation in this area over recent years. That's why we’re delighted to team up with a business that has an established track record for service support and a long-term commitment to making a success of this move into tractor sales."
AgriArgo area sales manager Phil Maw says: "There is a still an affinity for McCormick tractors in the area; we just needed a dealer that offers long-term stability and a reputation for sales and good service to give farmers confidence in the range once more. I believe we now have that dealer in Yorkshire Handlers."
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