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John Louma, of Minneapolis, Minn., president of Hydra-Mac
congratulates Paul Hackert, owner of Hackert Sales and Service.
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Celebrating 25 years in Business
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A skid loader rodeo, good food and a hoop shootout for the kids was a part of the activities at Hackert Sales and Service at their customer appreciation day held Saturday at their new location east of Sully on Hwy. 225 E.
Customers and friends joined Paul Hackert to celebrate 25 years of Hydra-Mac skid loader sales in the business he and his brother, Ken, started 25 years ago at Ken's farm south of Sully.
The business quickly outgrew the farm shop and a building was purchased in Sully on the northeast corner of the square.
As the business continued to grow, Ken, a livestock farmer, made the decision to sell out to Paul after a seven year partnership.
Today, 25 years later, Paul has become one of the biggest Hydra-Mac dealers in the nation.
In fact, according to John Louma, CEO at Hydra-Mac's home office in Minneapolis, Minn., Paul was number two in sales in the nation in 1997.
Louma stated that "Paul's knowledge of the skid loader is very valuable to us. When the guys up at headquarters run into a mechanical problem they can't solve, someone always says, call Paul and see what he says".
Last January, Paul was asked to come up to Minneapolis to help design a mount so a Seppi mower tree shredder could be mounted on a Hydra-Mac that Paul had sold to Wright Tree Service in Texarkana, Texas.
The new building that houses Hackerts Sales and Service is spacious and completely air conditioned, with lighting brighter than daylight. Paul now has seven employees and he stated that "we try to have fun here."
Approximately 250 people attended the open house
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