Briggs Equipment, a multi-state distributor and rental company based in Dallas, has opened a JCB equipment dealership in Memphis, Tenn. Briggs now carries JCB’s backhoe loaders, telehandlers, compact excavators, and skid-steer loader and compact loaders with unique side-door entry.
Briggs is a full-line material-handling and construction equipment distributor offering forklifts, railcar movers, scissorlifts, sweepers/scrubbers, trailer spotters and more. Briggs offers long- and short-term rental, sales of new and used equipment, parts and repair and fleet management services.
Briggs Equipment was founded in 1904 as Briggs-Weaver Machinery and was acquired by Charles Sammons in 1952. It remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Sammons Enterprises. It has 34 locations in the United States – in the South and Southeast – 10 locations in the U.K. and 12 in Mexico.
“We’ve always emphasized quality and service and by now carrying the JCB product line, we’re able to offer our Memphis-area customers some of the very best heavy equipment available in the industry today,” said Chris Meinecke, president and chief operating officer of Briggs Equipment.
“Briggs has a proven track record of over 60 successful years in industrial and construction equipment business,” said Dallas Reeves, JCB North America’s vice president of sales. “We’re pleased to be entering into a relationship with such an experienced and well-regarded company, and we look forward to an excellent partnership in the years ahead.”
