West Virginia Tractor Co

About

In 1936 our predecessor company, West Virginia Tractor & Equipment Co, evolved from Basham Equipment Co The founder and president was L.C. Basham, who continued to operate the business until his death in 1968. His four sons, Calvin, Donald, Burke and Harry, operated the business until they retired in 1982, when the third generation formed West Virginia Tractor Company.The primary focus of our predecessor companies was selling and servicing construction and mining equipment throughout West Virginia. In the 1950's the company began representing some of the top municipal equipment manufacturers.The late 1970's and the early 1980's were very difficult times in the mining and construction equipment field