4 F A L L 2 0 2 3 There have been changes in the lines of agricultural equipment, number of dealerships and members of the Carlson family on the leadership team. Today, Quincy Tractor, LLC is owned by Roger’s son Lance Carlson and Lance’s son Zachary Carlson. It has six stores: • Missouri locations of Bowling Green Tractor, Hannibal Tractor and Brookfield Tractor • Illinois locations of Havana Tractor, Quincy Tractor andMidwest Tractor Sales Jerseyville (which is a partnership betweenQuincy Tractor, LLC and Midwest Tractor Sales, Inc.) Quincy Tractor, LLC supplies new and used agricultural equipment from manufacturing partners, such as Agco, Massey Ferguson, Gleaner, New Holland Agriculture, Versatile, Kinze, MacDon and Landoll, as well as parts and service. Improving Communications To stay connected, Quincy Tractor, LLC uses Chariton Valley’s SHOELACE® Business Communications Solutions at five of their locations: Brookfield, Hannibal, BowlingGreen, Quincy andHavana. SHOELACE ties all the company’s communications into one easyto-use, affordable system. The Brookfield and Hannibal locations also have Chariton Valley’s fiber internet. (It’s important to note that even businesses outside of Chariton Valley’s fiber internet territory can use SHOELACE Business Communications Solutions.) Zachary Carlson, Operations Manager, said, “Quincy Tractor, LLC has grown quite a bit in the last 10 years, and we needed a phone service to streamline our operations. As we were acquiring dealerships, each one had a separate phone system. We knew we wanted to go VoIP and provide a one-touch platformbetween our locations for the transfer of calls and in-office dialing. SHOELACE Business Communications Solutions has helped our dealerships maintain better internal communication. It also enables us to provide the best possible service to our customers. We’ve been very happy with the new phones from Chariton Valley.” Chariton Valley’s Speed and Reliability What impact has Chariton Valley’s fiber internet had at the Brookfield and Hannibal locations? Carlson replied, “We bought Green BUSINESS spotlight The roots of Quincy Tractor, LLC run deep—all the way back to 1962. In March of that year, Everett and Elva Carlson purchased a Minneapolis Moline dealership in Dow, Illinois. Their son Roger Carlson joined the business six months later. In the ensuing decades, the company grew and changed. Quincy Tractor, LLC This family business owns six dealerships in its family of stores Shawn Bartholomew, Brookfield Tractor Parts Department
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