Farm Equipment editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great farm machinery industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:
- Bobcat 773 Skid-Steer Loader Helps Carmelite Nuns Restore Convent
- Another New Service Management Tool for Machinery Dealers
- Gooseneck Implement Highlights Dealership Career Trajectory in ‘Behind the Paint’ Video Series
- Dealer Tim Brannon Tells His Allis-Chalmers Tales
- Koenig Equipment Service Intern Wins FFA State Ag Mechanics Career Development Event
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Bobcat 773 Skid-Steer Loader Helps Carmelite Nuns Restore Convent
The Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Prague have called their monastery home for more than two centuries. When they decided to move from central Prague to a new village east of the city, they were met with a few challenges.
The Carmelite Nuns chose a former farm in the village of Drasty, which has a history dating back to 1305. When they moved in 2018, they found a plethora of dilapidated structures and landscaping. The nuns have since transformed the farm into a new convent complex that will serve the people of the community. They chose to take on the work themselves, rolling up their sleeves and turning to the help of a Bobcat 773 skid-steer loader.
Another New Service Management Tool for Machinery Dealers
In this new podcast from Farm Equipment’s columnist Casey Seymour, dealers learn about a new service app/tool launched in March 24. Record360, which has a strong history in inspection and sales software for rental and heavy equipment, now offers ServicePro. In the podcast, Seymour probes into the system, designed to improving the service department workflow in equipment dealerships. Our editors got a private demo on Tuesday of our own from co-founder Damon Haber and it looks like yet another promising solution to the void left by the recent acquisitions of Agri-Sync and Modern. The video/photo tool promises to increase service efficiency for faster customer approvals to deliver greater revenue velocity, with seamless communications between farmer and technician, and tech and dealer staff on simple and easily integrated platform.
Listen to "Record360 - Abby Chao - Better Service Dept. and Customer Communication" on Spreaker.
Gooseneck Implement Highlights Dealership Career Trajectory in ‘Behind the Paint’ Video Series
In this first episode of John Deere dealer Gooseneck Implement’s new video series “Behind the Paint,” Store Manager Kabriel Faul and Director of Sales Paul Mattern talk their experience and career growth through the years at Gooseneck Implement. Career development in a stable field is what you can find when you begin your path as a part of the Gooseneck family.
Dealer Tim Brannon Tells His Allis-Chalmers Tales
This episode of the popular “No-Till’s Influencers & Innovators podcast” features Tim Brannon, former Allis-Chalmers territory manager and current dealer-principal of B&G Equipment, Paris, Tenn. Tim chats with Frank Lessiter about the early days of the Allis-Chalmers no-till planter he peddled to growers around the U.S. in the early 1970s. This episode with an equipment dealer is one of the top 10 most listened-to in the series’ history.
Former Allis-Chalmers Territory Rep and B&G Equipment Dealer-Principal Tim Brannon meets with Kentucky Ag Commissioner Ryan Quarles at the 2022 National No-Tillage Conference in Louisville.
Koenig Equipment Service Intern Wins FFA State Ag Mechanics Career Development Event
Congratulations to Koenig intern Jacob Prasuhn, and teammates Eyan Hackler and Owen Stephens, on winning the FFA State Ag Mechanics Career Development Event (CTE) at Ohio State University's ATI campus at Wooster. In their social media posts about Prasuhn's honor, Koenig wrote, "He brings great energy, work ethic, and a willingness to learn to our company regularly. We are very fortunate to have Jacob on our team and we can't wait to see what he accomplishes next!"
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