Fri June 02, 2017
Work Abounds for Company Named After a Pet Dog
While many contractors in the construction business are known by the family name, it's rare you find one that goes by the family pet's name. Powell Fox of Clero Landscaping Inc. recalls exactly how that happened....
Tue July 19, 2016
Loyal Employee of Gregory Poole Reaches Milestone
Gregory Poole Equipment Company recently celebrated an important milestone for one of the company's most valuable employees — Johnny Parker. Parker has been a full-time employee of the company for 50 years....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed December 23, 2015
Sandy Weathers the Storm, Adapts to Changing Times
By Brenda Ruggiero - CEG CORRESPONDENTNestled in the small rural town of Roseboro, N.C., Arnold Sandy began Sandy's Hauling & Backhoe Service in 1994. With just a backhoe and dump truck, he was grading and building lagoons for farms in and around the community....
Tue September 29, 2015
NMHG to Restructure Networks Pending Deal
NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc. (“NMHG”) announced that pending the completion of the proposed transactions between Gregory Poole Equipment Company, Dougherty Equipment Company Inc., LiftOne LLC, VBS Inc....
Wed May 29, 2013
Gregory Poole Equipment Event Features Prizes, Demos, Seminars
Gregory Poole Equipment Company held its Get In, Get Real event in Fayetteville, N.C., on May 7. Guests were able to demo the machines, attend seminars and were eligible for door prizes.Several machines were on hand for guests to demo including wheel loaders, track type tractors, excavators and skid steers....
Wed May 01, 2013
Benchmark Tool & Supply Event Features Topcon Systems
Benchmark Tool & Supply held a demo day in Raleigh, N.C., on March 26 and in Concord, N.C., on April 2. The company installed its Topcon 3D-MC2 systems on comparable dozers a John Deere 750K LGP from RW Moore and James River Equipment, Komatsu D61PX from Linder Industrial Machinery and a Cat D6KXL from Gregory Poole Equipment Company and Carolina CAT....
Tue March 06, 2012
Arrow Merges With Three Carolina Dealers
Arrow Equipment Company’s operations have been merged into the operations of Blanchard Machinery, Carolina Tractor and Gregory Poole Equipment, effective Feb. 1. Arrow Equipment serves the paving industry in the Carolinas....
Mon January 09, 2012
Meekins Holds 17th Annual December Contractors Auction
Lloyd Meekins & Sons Auction Company hosted its 17th annual December Contractors Auction on Dec. 27 at its Lumberton, N.C., facility. More than 2,500 people in attendance bid on 1,484 lots, which featured absolute packages of equipment and trucks from Allen Grading Company, Clancy & Theys Construction, Fontaine Landscaping, Gregory Poole Equipment Company, Malpass Construction Company Inc., Midstate Equipment, SEC Enterprise Company, ST Wooten Corporation, Whaley Contractors Inc....
Fri June 24, 2011
Spectra I.S. Hosts Field Day With Gregory Poole in N.C.
Spectra I.S. held a connected work site Field Day with Gregory Poole Equipment Company on June 9 at the Caterpillar Clayton, N.C., facilityThere were eight demonstration sites set up with various pieces of Trimble Equipment on different Caterpillar machines....
Fri June 10, 2011
Gregory Poole Equipment Company Celebrates 60 Years
Sixty years ago, Gregory Poole Equipment Company began as a dealer of heavy construction equipment for Caterpillar Tractor Company in order to better serve the Old North State. Gregory Poole now provides equipment sales and services for the agriculture, construction, forestry, industrial, marine, on-highway truck and electric power generation markets....
