21st January 2008 - A day of firsts at the Dakenasv Rutherford Open Day

At the Open Day held at Rutherford on Monday 12th November David Standingford NSW Retail Manager said, "This is a day of firsts for Clark Equipment. We are celebrating the launch of the first Dakenasv store, our first entirely retail country outlet. It is the first time that we are showing the products from our new partners Karcher, Ausa All Terrain Vehicles and Champion Motor Graders, as well as the new Bobcat Tractor range."

And the firsts kept coming. Sean Bifani - Bobcat Company Compact Tractor Global Product Manager who cut the ribbon officially opening the store, commenting that this was his first visit to Australia. The first prize winner in the lucky business card draw also happened to be the first customer of the Dakenasv store and the first Bobcat tractor sold in Australia also happened that morning.

The ASV in the name stands for Attachments and Special Vehicles and the Rutherford store certainly stocks an amazing array of equipment from leading world brands including Bobcat Tractors, Loaders, Excavators and Telescopic Handlers; Bobcat Toolcats, Utility Vehicles with 30 different attachments; Clark and Ausa forklifts; Tonutti, Rondini and Maschio tractor implements; Karcher high pressure water products and supplies; King Hitter fencing posts drivers; Dakenag Equipment and Techfence electric fencing.

Cole Jones General Manager of Dakenag said, "The Dakenasv country store brings to rural industry a unique combination of the right equipment for the right job. Equipment that increases the efficiency and productivity of the land, with the service and the training that makes it work, together with the finance and support that makes it affordable. These specialist vehicles and attachments will also improve the safety of rural industry."

"The Dakenasv country store combines the well known farming products that Daken has always represented with the tools that have grown productivity dramatically in the mini construction, landscaping and recreational industries, but sold in a new way to rural Australia."

Ken Pettit the Rutherford Manager said, "I am proud to be managing the first Dakenasv country store here in the Hunter Valley. We are bringing not only the latest product, backed by the huge resources of the Australian owned Clark Equipment Group in sales, finance, parts and aftermarket service but also a unique way of serving our customers combined with a strong sense of community involvement."

All present voted the Open Day a great success.