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A peek inside... Yancey Bros. Co.
Join us as we take a peek inside the operation and the people of this UAC member company.
What we do We are the nation’s oldest Caterpillar dealer providing Caterpillar, Weiler, Blue Bird, Metso and many other brands of equipment, parts and service to customers across the state of Georgia.
How we got started Founded in 1914 by brothers Goodloe and Earle Yancey, Yancey Bros. Co. began as the Yancey Hardware Company, selling hardware, picks, shovels and prison uniforms (stripes) to government agencies – especially county prisons – for road construction.
We cover the entire state of Georgia through our 25 facilities and over 75 machine sales, rental and parts & service representatives specializing in industries from governmental to landfills to quarries to general construction. We also have landscaping specialists who are ready to help you with any machine or attachment need you have.
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Meet our regional team members
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Northwest Georgia includes our Calhoun location
Zach Walden
Machine Sales and Heavy Rental Representative Favorite part of job: I love meeting new people and helping them learn the features and benefits of CAT equipment and what Yancey can offer. Last job before this: Before moving into machine sales I was a Parts & Service Representative for Yancey. What I do when I’m not at work: I enjoy time with my wife and my two children and enjoy doing anything outdoors.
We became the nation’s oldest Caterpillar dealership in 1918 after Goodloe and Earle traveled to Peoria to ask the Holt Manufacturing Company if they could represent the Model 45 Tractor in the Southeastern United States. They left Peoria with only a photograph of the Model 45 and a price quote of $4,750 per machine. Later that year the first Model 45 delivery in Georgia was made to Troup County. Yancey now serves our Georgia customers from facilities in 19 different Georgia communities providing 200+ models of Caterpillar equipment, Weiler forestry and paving products, over 50 brands of jobsite rental equipment, power generation and mobile heating and cooling products, and we are also the Blue Bird bus dealer for Georgia.
How we do it We have teams of equipment experts as well as parts & service specialists across the state on the road early in the morning, visiting customers on their jobsites. We work hand-in-hand with customers to help them identify their needs and recommend the right machines and attachments to get the job done safer, better and more efficiently. We are dedicated to helping customers explore every option, from new equipment to used and rental machines, depending on each customer’s need.
