ABOVE: Robert Callaby driving one of his tractors
29 years of leading the field at Arco! Arco talks to KL Magazine about why their grass is always greener
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t’s that time of year when winter is a distant memory and the early spring growth of grass in the garden will soon need a first trim. Out comes the lawn mower which has been hibernating in the garden shed for months. If you are lucky, it will be a high quality grasscutting machine, perfectly adapted for the kind of lawn stretched out in your garden and ideally suited to give the effect you have always dreamed about. This could be a close Wimbledon-style crop or an elegant dark and light striped effect, or a tiny little clipping off the top. If you are fortunate, you may have purchased your garden machinery from Arco in Heacham and be benefiting from good quality machinery
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and after care. But if you find your lawn mower has been spirited away by the squirrels or has finally passed over into the world of obsolete metal, you couldn’t do better than to visit Arco’s lawnmower and tool hire showroom. Arco is a family business with 29 years experience in selling garden machinery. The hire department can supply a diverse range of machinery from a simple hammer drill to a threetonne digger. They also have a range of hire equipment to tempt landscape gardeners from wood-chippers to stump grinders and turf-cutters. The stock is supplied with expert advice and every piece of machinery is demonstrated to the prospective customer. If anything does go wrong,
Arco is there with their mechanical expertise in support for the warranty period. “Our niche is that we repair and service machines, which a lot of companies don’t do and we provide excellent after sales care,” says Alex Callaby, Arco’s Administrator. Arco staff have an intimate knowledge of all their garden machinery. Robert Callaby who founded the company with his wife, Rosemary, has always driven the company to have an in depth knowledge of the machinery sold or hired and this feature is shared by all the staff. “We have a small, well-trained workforce,” says Robert. “Staff
KLmagazine April 2012