Brim Tractor weathered, changed industry

By Elisa Claassen For the Tribune

LYNDEN — The history of Brim Tractor began with Bill Brim, father of current Owner and General Manager Dan Brim.

When Bill was 22, he became part-owner of his first tractor dealership. He remained in the business for 40 years.

Bill and his wife Margaret founded Brim Tractor Company in Lynden in 1966.

According to the company, the two not only weathered the constantly-changing industry but they shaped it.

One example of that was when Bill brought the first hydraulic-arm Bomford mower into the United States from England, which transformed the maintenance of roadsides and freeways.

Another forward measure was when several of Dan’s brothers, Bob, Alan and Dave, computerized the company in the late 1970s.

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Henry Buiter, with 35 years of experience in sales, shows part of the tractor inventory at Brim Tractor at the Lynden store. Brim Tractor’s zeroturn mowers have proved popular with homeowners who may have a larger lawn to maintain.

(Elisa Claassen for the Tribune)