Company confirms plans to buy Vincent Implements

Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:12 pm
By: Sabrina Bates, Special to the Messenger

By SABRINA BATES
Special to The Messenger
Tennessee Tractor LLC confirmed Tuesday its plans to purchase Vincent Implements.
After the sale is complete, Tennessee Tractor will take over the Union City, Martin and Paris Vincent Implement locations.
In a phone conversation Tues-day, Tennessee Tractor human resources and marketing manager Steve Wimberly told The Weakley County Press in Martin that, barring any last-minute changes, the transition would become effective July 1.
“This gives us the opportunity to expand,” he said. “We currently have six locations across West Tennessee and this will give us three more locations in northwest Tennessee.”
Tennessee Tractor is a corporate-owned John Deere licensed dealership that provides equipment as well as tractors.
Wimberly said there were no immediate plans to hire additional staff members for the three locations and the company plans to keep all of the current Vincent Implement employees.
“There will be no titled store manager because we are a corporation,” he said. “We have a general manager and corporate parts, service and sales managers.”
Tennessee Tractor’s corporate headquarters are located in Alamo.
Wimberly said the store hours could possibly change at the three locations. “I think they operate different hours than we do,” he said. “We are open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 7 a.m. until noon. Then, of course, we have extended seasonal hours during the busy times of the year.”
Vincent Implements is a family-owned licensed John Deere dealership. The business is well-known for its many contributions and sponsorships throughout the area.
General manager Johnny Vin-cent said a buy-sell agreement has not been finalized and he was not ready to comment as of press time today.
Sabrina Bates is news editor for The Weakley County Press.
Published in The Messenger 6.4.09