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Messick Equipment Holds Open House at New Spacious
The Messick family at the groundbreaking of the new facility in Mount Joy, Pa. (L-R) are Ken Messick, Neil Messick, Kevin Messick, Lucas Messick, Bryan Messick, Scott Messick and Bob Messick.
Messick had a Kubota M7, New Holland T6, Krone Big X harvester on display in its new yard.
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very January, Messick Equipment holds an open and move our entire business. This addressed some of house at each of its five locations. Something our existing concerns such as equipment storage, parts different this year, however, was its brand-new storage, equipment display area and parking.” facility in Mount Joy, Pa. The construction phase of the project from groundConsisting of 213,000 sq. ft. and sitting on 28 acres, breaking to moving in was completed in only 11 located just 8 mi. from the previous corporate head- months, during some of the most difficult circumquarters and flagship store in Elizabethtown, Pa., the stances in the building industry. new building contains two entire floors to make the most use of the footprint. “Our move really started in • 7,347 holes for blasting (more than 10 miles of drilling) early 2017, after years of growth, with the realization • 91.8 tons of explosives that we needed to make some • 7,800 dump truck loads of dirt moved long-term decisions to • 74,612 pieces of steel – 60 truckloads – 1,148 tons address our space con• 565 truckloads of concrete straints,” said Neil Messick. “After exploring various • 43 truckloads of material for the roof options, in 2018, we decided • 213,225 sq. ft. (was 105,000) to purchase this 28-acre lot
Construction by the Numbers
Customer service reps were on hand to help however needed.
Service technician Colby Eckman is working on a Ferris zero turn mower.
The new building is more than 200,000 sq. ft and features a much larger showroom to display equipment inside, a service lobby that opens into the showroom and a parts bin area which can accommodate three levels.
