Great Plains appoints Wiltshire dealer H Curtis
Great Plains is strengthening its presence in North Somerset and South Wiltshire by appointing H Curtis & Sons, based at Pensford near Bristol.
H Curtis & Sons are main AGCO/Valtra dealers, and represent a range of other brands including Merlo, McConnell and McHale.
The business was started on its existing site at Stanton Wick Farm, Pensford, in 1948 by Harry Curtis and is run by his sons Andrew, Derek and Gerald, all of whom have children working in the business.
The machinery dealership – which employs some 26 people – is run alongside a transport business and a 2,750 acre mixed farm.
Andrew Curtis says much of the Great Plains’ range will interest their customers: “There is already a good population of X-Presses in the region, and we expect the 3m X-Press and ST Bar to attract particular interest from smaller-scale farmers to the west of the region, alongside machines like the DTX and UniPress.
“In the east of the region farms are generally bigger, and here we think machines like the SL and drills like the Centurion and Spartan will find a market”.
US implement maker Great Plains has bought Lincolnshire firm Simba.
