—AC Supplement to Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 24,1984
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Roy H. Buch, president of Roy H.
Buch, Inc. of Ephrata, started
carrying the Allis Chalmers line of
equipment when he started busines
16 years ago.
In the fall of 1967 Buch bought
the business from his employer,
Chet Long, who operated the Chet
Long Farm Equipment in Akron.
By the spring of 1968 Buch had
moved the business to its present
location in Ephrata, where all new
buildings had been constructed.
In 1978 Buctis added a warehouse
to house their farm equipment.
Buchs offers new and used farm
Shearer Equipment
industrial equipment
The Jack W. Shearer Equipment
Company of Johnstown, Pa. is one
of the few original Allis Chalmers
dealers serving Pennsylvania.
Jack Shearer and his wife,
Barbara, started the company in
1960 with all three of Allis
Chalmer’s lines - farm, lawn and
graden, and industrial - and they
have continued to carry all three
during their 24 years of business.
Shearer said they service all of
Pennsylvania with industrial parts
and ship some parts to other states
as well. While Allis Chalmers is
planning to sell their industrial line
to another company, Shearer said
he will earn' and serivee the new
industrial line and will have parts
for all discontinued models.
The 40-horse utility tractor from the Allis-Chalmers Corp.,
the 6140, is available with a model 450 loader, specially
designed for the new tractor. The 450 loader is available in
three manure or material bucket sizes and fits either two
wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive tractor configurations. It has
a full height lifting capacity of 1660 lb. and a break away force
of 4275 lb. The easy-on, easy-off loader requires no auxiliary
pumps and has a heavy-duty frame which attaches at the rear
axle, midpoint and front of the 6140 tractor.
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ALLIS-CHALMERS
Roy H. Buch, Inc serves Ephrata
equipment, lawn and garden
equipment, parts and service.
Sales had been increasing for a
number of years, but have dropped
off slightly in the last several
years, Richard Buch said.
Mr. Buch’s sons, Richard E. and
Roy E. are part owners of the
business with their father, and
Alvin R. Martin, who is vice
president and service manager is
also a past owner. Richard acts as
secretary/treasurer and works in
sales and Roye E. is setup man.
Jay M. Oberholtzer is their
mechanic.
Co. offers
Since 1960 the Shearers have
expanded their business several
times, increasing the dimensions
from 900 square feet to its current
11,000 square feet.
In addition to their industrial
serivee, Shearers provides
Cambria County with Allis
Chalmers farm equipment and
with their lawn and garden line.
The Shearers have two sons who
take an active role in the business.
Their son John is a sales
representative and son Ronald is
parts manager. Other employees
include: Frank Ober Jr., their
service manager who has been
with them for 16 years, and Jerry
Moss, service representative.
ALLIS-CHALMERS
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The Roy H. Buch, Inc. has been selling Allis Chalmers equipment at its Ephrai
location for 16 years.
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