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ABOUT US & OUR EQUIPMENT |
Greetings from Earth Tools!
Located out in the country north of Frankfort, Kentucky, we are proud to be the only power equipment dealership in the U.S.A. whose primary focus is the sales and service of walk-behind tractors and compatible implements.
I’m Joel Dufour, founder of Earth Tools. I’ve been around BCS equipment since 1977 when my Father purchased one to start a homestead in southern Indiana. He liked it so well he took on the dealership for his area in 1978; our farm grew into a market vegetable garden as our power equipment dealership slowly expanded as well. I started using BCS machines on our farm and working in Dad’s shop when I was 11 years old.
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Being able to show customers firsthand what BCS equipment was capable of (we worked as many as 10 acres of vegetables, mowed up to 17 acres of hay, cleared snow off a half mile driveway, all with an 8 hp BCS - put nearly 2000 hours on that first machine with virtually no repairs), Dad’s dealership soon became the largest in the region. In 1993, I took over Dad’s BCS dealership and ran it in Indiana for several years. When marriage brought me to Kentucky in 1997, I started a BCS dealership at my new home near Frankfort.
In addition to selling and servicing walk-behind tractors, we also offer a line of hand-forged European garden tools that I’ve found... because a good hoe or shovel is so hard to find these days!
In the United States, walk-behind tractors are generally considered ’lawn & garden equipment’ -for example, the product catalog and website from BCS America is geared toward the lawn & garden market. But this is very misleading as to the full capabilities of these tractors. ’Lawn & garden equipment’ in the U.S. is, by and large, relatively low quality equipment designed to perform single tasks (lawn mower, tiller, snowblower, etc.) and wear out quickly. In contrast walk-behind tractors belong in a totally different class of machine which includes and surpasses lawn & garden: Small scale agricultural equipment.
In Europe (primarily Italy), many companies produce walk-behind tractors (BCS, Grillo, Rapid, Pasquali, Goldoni, SEP, Ferrari, Antonio Carraro, MAB, Agris, Bertollini, and twenty or so more) for use on small farms and /or rugged or steep terrain. All these two-wheel tractors share the same characteristics, regardless of the manufacturer: complete gear drive, automotive type clutch, power forward and reverse (usually multiple speeds) and easily interchangeable attachments (or implements) for a variety of Farm, Industrial, Landscaping, Lawn, Garden, Vineyard, Orchard, and Municipality uses. These machines are made to last the average user a lifetime when maintained properly. BCS, made near Milan, Italy for close to 50 years, is the largest selling walk-behind tractor in the world, sold in 80 countries. Grillo, also Italian, actually partnered with BCS in the 1960’s to help BCS develop their tilling implements.
The literature and website of BCS America (BCS’s American import headquarters) lists the models and attachments that are imported and offered for sale in North America by BCS’s dealer network.
Chris, Natalie & Sophie...
However, there are many more implements available in Europe from other manufacturers to fit both BCS and Grillo tractors. We import many of these implements ourselves and keep them in stock, and can special order these implements to fit other European walk-behind tractors. (See Equipment Catalog)
who wants to look at Joel anyway?
We always keep 30 to 50 tractors in stock, hundreds of implements and accessories, and forty to fifty thousand dollars worth of spare parts, including parts for the implements we import ourselves.
If you’d like to visit our shop, we have plenty of land to demonstrate BCS equipment with any attachment. But if you’re coming to visit, CALL AHEAD at least one day in advance! Retail business hours are by appointment (yes, weekends, too), so the more notice you give us the better we can set our schedule to fit your schedule. We are occasionally out of the shop doing deliveries, demonstrations or displaying equipment at trade shows. Also, you will need directions... we can give them to you over the phone, mail them, or fax them to you. If we’re not around the phone, please leave a message! We will get back to you!
If you live too far away to visit, we do ship equipment (assembled, checked out and ready to run) via truck freight at very reasonable rates in the U.S. and Canada. 
Feel free to call for a freight quote.
Please contact us if you have any questions or need more information.
Y’all take care, (We learned that in Kentucky!)
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Joel Dufour
EARTH TOOLS
502-484-3988
(Sorry, no e-mail - please, call us if we can help you!)
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Items listed in a black box like this one are EARTH TOOLS Exclusives!
YOUR SOURCE FOR
bcs tillers, bcs sickle bars, bcs lawn mowers, bcs snowblowers, bcs brush mowers, bcs sweepers, bcs chipper / shredder , bcs mini-trenchers,
bcs attachments & bcs accessories
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rotary plows, mini hay balers, hay rakes, spaders, cultivators, flail mowers, seeder, potato digger plow, utility trailers & more!
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