Cross Timbers Equipment

02/06/2023

This week, we close the doors on Cross Timbers Equipment to turn them on in a new venture. We want to thank everyone for their support! 👋🏾 Cheers!

02/04/2023

Thank you to our operations and public relations manager Cleo Armstead. She surprised me with this post on our company page. Since 2017, she has been an integral part of our company and kept things on track while I could give the business my full attention. Thank you Cleo!

02/03/2023

A Special Thank You to our Owner:
Bryan, You have helped people all over the world gain access to important equipment! You’ve been a key person in providing others with the tools to build infrastructure, homes, parks, and more.
There are several reasons each of your customer’s bought from you, but to name a few, you’re honest, hard working, and warm. The impact you’ve made in the equipment industry with customers, business partners, and friends will not soon be forgotten.
You will be successful in anything you give your all to, including your new undertaking in the digital marketing industry!
Thank you for your many dedicated years with Cross Timbers Equipment!
Best Wishes and Goodbye to an era!

02/03/2023

A Message From Our Owner:
Several years ago, for family reasons, I left a profession that I loved. I went to work with my Dad in the used construction equipment business. I was new to it but not to new as I was a 3rd generation equipment guy. My grandfather, Clyde Waddle, opened the first John Deere dealership in Collin County.

I had to create my own niche or market to make it work. So I started marketing equipment on the internet. I was one of the first independent dealers to do so and even had other dealers contacting me to learn how to do it. I have sold equipment all over the world including Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Vietnam, Korea, South America, Canada, the Middle East, and Holland just to name a few.

In 2019, I received life changing news that my sister, Mandy Dirickson, was in a fight for her life. There was no question that I wanted to be there for her in any way possible.

Being the one in the family that could work anywhere on the road as long as I had my phone and computer, I began taking my sister to her appointments. By the way, I sold a motor grader standing in the exercise yard at Alcatraz one time. Anyway, taking her was easy at first as I could drop her off and go to a Starbucks or stay in my truck. But as time went by, she needed my help and I wanted to go in with her. It was not easy keeping a business running. Thankfully, I had the help and support of my operations manager, Cleo Armstead to help. We started working together in 2017 and she is the best business decision I ever made. Being a Millennial, she brought a whole new perspective of operations and marketing. And of course, thank you Laura Waddle for your support.

Mandy passed away in May of last year and I lost a lot of my “why”. I would not trade our time together that we shared the last few years. I feel so fortunate to have had a business that allowed me to be so flexible.

Now, to the point, I have decided to close Cross Timbers Equipment and concentrate on my marketing business. The last few years took the wind out of my sails and it is time to move forward and go find happiness with a new challenge. Also, I came to the conclusion that if you want to succeed, there cannot be a Plan B. I would like to thank those who supported me the most including my Mom, mentors, and close friends. I would also like to thank my brother in law, Tom along with Will Dirickson, Hannah Hansen, and Benjamin Dirickson for your support especially the last several months.

If you read this post this far, thank you! Have a great day!

01/30/2023

Ritchie Bros 'top 10 big ticket items' sold in 2022 include 3 peices of equipment sold for over $1 Million each! 😲

Here’s a look back at 2022’s Top 10 big ticket equipment items & trucks sold via Ritchie Bros. multiple sales channels. 1....

01/25/2023

The Motor Grader got it's name from Russell Grader, who modified a tractor and laid the foundation for self-propelled Motor Graders.

Graders are a critical piece of equipment in a wide variety of projects. In this Shop Talk Blog post, we are going to discuss the early development of motor graders. We’ll start with the models that were pulled behind a team of oxen or horses and carry through to Caterpillar’s innovations.

01/23/2023

On a tight schedule? Message us about short-term, flexible rental options.

01/18/2023

Our Hamm H11I Smooth Drum Roller has compaction power you can depend on.

01/16/2023

"We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

01/13/2023

We've been waiting ALL YEAR to ask some Equipment Trivia... What's your best guess?

01/11/2023

Our equipment is building infrastructure across North America, from Canada to Mexico and beyond. Contact us to see if we have what you need.

01/02/2023

New Year, New Additions for your fleet! Bring in the good, 2023.