Floyd A Boyd

Floyd A. Boyd Co. is a third generation equipment dealer with five locations from Central Oregon to Northern California. Our mission statement is: "More than a dealership - Building Customers for Life" That is the golden rule in our organization and we will work to ensure that the service you receive from our over 60 employees will keep you as a cu... stomer for life. Our company had very humble beginnings as most do and our story goes as such. Floyd A. Boyd Co. has provided farm equipment to northern California and Southern Oregon since 1940. It began when Mr. Floyd A. Boyd moved to the Klamath Basin in 1933 and ran a general mercantile store. The store also sold International Harvester equipment. It began with three employees from a scale house in front of a packing shed in Tulelake, CA. In 1940, Mr. Boyd and two partners purchased the business and changed the name to Floyd A. Boyd Co. A second store was opened in Yreka, CA in 1944 and was operated until Interstate 5 was built and a majority of the facility was in the path of the project. In 1958, the Boyd Family became the sole owners of Floyd A. Boyd Co. The company purchased the International Harvester franchise in Klamath Falls in 1965. After careful consideration, it was decided that one facility would be able to better serve the agricultural customers in the Klamath Basin. It was felt that Merrill Oregon was the center of the trade area so land was purchased in 1972 north of Merrill. A new building was constructed to consolidate the two operations into one central facility. Hesston Hay tools were added in 1979 as the shift from row-crop production to hay and forage was gaining momentum. The big change occurred in 1984, when the International Harvester contract was dropped in lieu of the John Deere brand. This was to provide superior products to better meet the needs of the customers. This was also the year the third generation Boyd officially entered into the family business. A second location was added in 2004 when the dealership in Medford was ...Read More