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Ditch Witch Serves Up Big Texas Hospitality During Roadshow
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itch Witch and seven of its Texas dealers joined together to host the Big Texas Roadshow May 11 to June 18. This massive endeavor was to let people in the state observe the cooperation the dealers have together in order to better serve the Texas Ditch Witch customers. The dealers and show locations involved in the Roadshow included Ditch Witch of East Texas, Tyler; Ditch Witch of Houston; Ditch Witch of Central Texas, Selma; Ditch Witch Sales and Service, El Paso; Ditch Witch Southwest, Odessa; Ditch Witch of West Texas, Amarillo and Witch Equipment, Fort Worth. The combined attendance for all seven events was more than 825. Each event included product demonstrations and actual customer time operating equipment such as the JT100 directional boring unit, HT300 trencher, JT4020 All Terrain directional boring machine, the all new RT115 Quad and many more. Customers were able to learn more about Ditch Witch product support, finance opportunities and allied products such as Baroid used in conjunction with the Ditch Witch equipment. Ditch Witch factory representatives and dealer personnel were on hand to demonstrate, educate and instruct customers on all products as well as assist in the hands on demonstrations. One of the most highly attended demonstrations at each event was the PR100 Pipe Bursting System. Ditch Witch personnel showed how the system would cut and split an 8 in. diameter x .25 in. thick steel pipe and splay it apart while it was still underground to allow new pipe to be inserted without removing the original pipe. This machine boasts the obvious benefits of allowing major infrastructure rehabilitation without massive excavation. Aside from simply being informative, the Big Texas Roadshow provided a great deal of camaraderie, sumptuous lunches of Texas barbeque with all the trimmings, door prizes, “give-aways” and maybe more important, idea exchanges between the factory, dealers and the customers. Ditch Witch also has established a Texas-only Web site that allows customers to search for answers to any question they might have concerning Ditch Witch in the state. The Web site exemplifies the bond that the Texas dealers maintain in order to offer solutions and answers to questions concerning new and used equipment, product support, rentals and finance on a state-wide basis. The new site further promotes the Ditch Witch dealers efforts to expose their customers to new products and innovations and to serve the customers in Texas facing Texas-size challenges. For more information visit, www.ditchwitchtexas.com.
(L-R): Richard Adams, Charlie Hall and Blane Buerger of Brazos Telephone Cooperative in Olney, Texas, have been examining this RT 115 hydro-wheel rock saw with Mike Dickehut of Witch Equipment Co. Inc., when the Roadshow reached Ft. Worth.
Mark Baetz (L) of Ditch Witch is showing Michael Frazier of A-1 Rent All in Tyler, Texas, all the latest innovations of the RT 24 trencher.
(L-R): Jayson Shields of Ditch Witch has been showing Josh and Randy Stubblefield of S&R Stubbs Construction Inc. in Lindale, Texas, many of the attributes of the JT 2020 directional boring machine at the Roadshow stop in Tyler.
(L-R): Robbie Arrington, Charles Meador, Rex Sweat and Myron McCorkle of Pritchett Water Supply in Gilmer, Texas, are getting a technical run-down on the JT 100 Mach 1 horizontal drilling machine from Jeff Davis of Ditch Witch during the Tyler Roadshow event.
Larry Kindschi (C) of Ditch Witch is explaining the workings of the PR 100 pipe bursting system to Chris Jones (L) and Bo Conlin of Liberty City Water Supply in Kilgore, Texas.
Lynn Harris (L) of Arrow Rental in Longview, Texas, tries his hand working the new RT 24 walk-behind trencher while Tracy Park of Ditch Witch of East Texas looks on.
Craig Kizer (L) of Wood County Electric Cooperative in Quitman, Texas, has been learning more about the 500 gallon FX 30 Vac from Bart Young, Ditch Witch of East Texas.
Ditch Witch of Central Texas customers are treated to fried catfish and all the trimmings at the Selma event.
(L-R): At the Odessa stop, J.P. Smith and Ashlee Thane, owner of Ditch Witch Southwest, take a photo op with J.R. “Bob” Wilson and Ruben Sanchez of Wes-Tex Telephone Cooperative Inc. and the HT 300 trenching machine.