The extreme southwest corner of the state of Georgia has always been a challenge for Yancey Bros. Co. for meeting its customer's needs in the timeliest fashion from their Valdosta and Albany, Ga., locations. The decision to be where customers need it was assessed and quickly addressed with the recent opening of the Bainbridge, Ga., Yancey CAT Rental Store off busy Hwy. 84 at Airport Road.

The location selected had been a previous rental house situated on six acres, so the transition to immediately having a fully functioning rental and sales facility was a rapid progression. The structure was in great shape and is already in the process of being gutted to create a more modernized, productive facility with upgraded parts-service-showroom and rental departments. Reconstruction is simultaneous with building the parts inventory and service capacity.

Eventually this branch will be a full-service Yancey Bros. Co. branch and will also house Yancey Rents and the BCP division (Building Construction Products).

"In a few short months, this place will look completely different," John Bearden, Bainbridge branch manager told Construction Equipment Guide. "We've been primarily serving this area from our Valdosta location and in many cases, it was a bit of a stretch. We saw the need to be closer to our customers to best serve them and provide the area for walk in business and rapid parts and service availability. It was simply a fringe area of our overall branch coverage that we needed to be in."

Bearden concluded by saying, "We're just excited to serve the Bainbridge area customers in a better and more comprehensive capacity."

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