The Ingersoll Tractor Company

Just when I thought that the days of high-quality garden tractor manufacturing had nearly come to an end, I was thrilled when I heard that the defunct Ingersoll Tractor Company assets had been acquired by one of its previous distributors. Jason and Tracy Geurink, partners of Case Ingersoll Parts, LLC, headed this acquisition and completed the purchase from Eastman Industries, Inc. on November 15, 2024.

To totally appreciate the potential of bringing the Ingersoll Tractor line back into existence, one must go back to the humble beginnings of how Jason become interested in these incredible machines. Many years ago, he purchased a used Ingersoll model 3014 lawn tractor to work on his property. He was impressed with how well it was built. He decided to upgrade by selling this tractor and purchase a 4000 series and a 200 series.

Jason continued to buy, sell, and repair Case and Ingersoll garden tractors for several years. He also acquired the inventory of 14 dealers that were no longer in business to have parts on hand for repairs. He became and Ingersoll dealer in 2015 and created the website www.CaseIngersollParts.com to help other Case and Ingersoll tractor owners with their parts needs. His operation was run at the family farm that originally belonged to his great, great grandfather.

Starting out, Jason worked full-time as a police officer and security for a local college, and worked his off hours at the dealership. This all changed after he acquired the remaining inventory from Medart, a distributor for Ingersoll Parts. With this new purchase, he was able to leave his full-time career and go full-time with his parts company. Fourteen months after the Medart acquisition, Jason purchased Ingersoll. His middle son, Ashton, was the witness signer on the purchase agreeement, which made Jason a proud father.

Jason commented that the timing worked out well because he could not have made both purchase at the same time. in fact, both opportunities to purchase were available, but he chose to the Medart deal first. He gives credit to God for how everything worked out.

After the purchase of Ingersoll Tractor, it was time to haul everything from the sate of Maine to Michigan. More space was needed as well to handle the influx of tooling and parts. Jason had already moved is business to West Olive, Michigan after with father, Gerald Geurink, sold the farm. Jason then purchased property about 10 minutes from his father's new home. It included a house and a 4000 square foot building, which became the fabrication shop to build parts. Jason's new neighbor had a 6,000 square foot building available that he leased as well. In this building, he set up shelves and pallet racks for the new inventory.

The loading process in Maine was overseen by Jason's long-time friend, Scott Plaster. His first step was to get the parts to a leased loading dock where they could be safely placed inside of enclosed semi-trailers. Upon completion of the loading process, Scott sent 20 trailers to the Michigan location.

As the trailers arrived at the new building, Jason oversaw receiving. At the time of this article, inventory of close to one million parts, along with over 800 tooling fixtures, dies and molds to make parts, tractors, and attachments had been received and organized in the new facility.

Jason said the first step in running Ingersoll will be to focus on supplying parts to their customers. By next year, his goal is to begin production of mower decks and other attachments. Tractor production will be next with the 4000 series and loaders. Later, he hopes to reintroduce the 6000 and 7000 series tractors and eventually zero-turn mowers. Jason is currently supporting around 30 dealers with parts and he has been contacted by several individuals and businesses that would like to become dealers once the tractor line is in production.