Sourcing good quality trailers and machinery can be a stressful task as there a number of areas to consider, before making that all important purchase.
Price and quality are two essential factors that customers look for first, while the service provided by the seller is also an area of great importance.
Since the end of the Celtic Tiger, Ireland as a whole has become more price conscious and great care and attention to detail is taken when buying any product during the current economic climate.
Most people tend to go to the tried and trusted when it comes to purchases and that is why Protrailers & Machinery Ltd has continually seen its customer base grow on annual basis since the company’s genesis 1997.
Located just off the M6 motorway at Brideswell, Athlone, Co Westmeath, this ever growing company is owned and operated by Michael Kilmartin who speaks to this month’s edition of Irish Trucker about the success of the business and to give us a guided tour around his new spacious showrooms and workshop.
Protrailers & Machinery Ltd has one of the largest selections of garden and forestry equipment as well as all types of agricultural machinery in the Midlands.
From humble beginnings of farming at the homestead, Michael served his time as a mechanic before starting out on a small scale from his home place.
The need for his services and products grew rapidly over the years and so too did the business. In 2012, a major investment was put into the premises and the result was the state of the art showrooms that are located on the original site today.
Michael revealed that they are stockists and a main agent for all the major machinery brands involved in the forestry and agricultural industries.
“We stock such brands as McCullagh, Aspen, Gardena, Husqvarna, SnowEx, Fastparts, Spearhead, Nugent Trailers, Oregon, Fleming, Vetter, Quicke, Krone and Amazone. These are all the top brands in the equipment that we would be selling and they are all quality products,” said Michael.
“All products are bought in from the main dealers and sold at competitive prices. We would also have finance available for some of the bigger products and Krone are offering a finance package to all customers.”
Sales and service are the big areas that Michael concentrates on and the service department is always available to look after any problems that a customer may have.
“We would do a lot of work in the workshop. Whether a product would be under warranty and just needs a service or for something that may be a good few years old, we will do our utmost to restore it to new. There is full service and maintenance back up available on all products.”
Michael added that their customer base has steadily grown over the years with the majority of these being repeat customers.
“The customer base has grown a lot over the years and the majority of these would have given us a lot of business, which we are grateful for. We pride ourselves on offering a good service and making sure the customers are happy at all times.”
Having such household names as Husqvarna in stock means that Pro-Trailers and Machinery Ltd can offer a full range of lawn mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, front deck rider mowers, zero turn mowers, garden tractors and blowers. The Swedish company is leaders in their field of expertise.
The showrooms also showcases a whole host of Nugent trailers as well as wide choice of Nugent Engineering equipment including bale lifters, grabs, bale stackers and are one of the largest stockists of trailers in the region to cater for all the customers’ needs, from domestic and agricultural right up to construction.
“We stock all the top brands. Nugent trailers are very popular as they are a good quality product and their reputation precedes them in this area.”
You can also find Amazone fertilizer spreaders, Spear-head hedge cutters and a full selection of Vetter engineering products in store and just is just a small selection of the products available.
“Our aim for the future is to continue providing the customers the best service, choice and value in garden and agricultural machinery. We have built up many years’ experience in the industry and that allows us to pass on that knowledge to the customer when they are interested in buying something.”
Pro-Trailers and Machinery Ltd
Brideswell, Athlone
Tel/Fax: 0906 488037
Email: protrailersandmachinery@
eircom.net
Web: www.protrailers.ie
Taken from Irish Tractor & Agri magazine Vol 2 No 1, May 2014
