About our Dealership - Creel Tractor Co.

Celebrating Over 50 Years in Business!

Prior to owning the tractor business, Ray and Phyllis Creel owned and operated Naples Tomato Farms from 1962 until 1972. The farm was located at the corner of Pine Ridge and Airport road in Naples, FL. In 1972 Ray and Phyllis sold the tomato farm and purchased a small Ford tractor dealership in Fort Myers, FL. They named the business Creel Ford Tractor Company.

Creel started to expand into many other equipment lines. Ray Creel saw the expanding S.W. Florida construction and housing market and began carrying machinery that would meet the needs of local contractors. In an effort to meet the market needs in 1980 Creel Tractor acquired the Bush Hog line, in the mowing and tilling industry. The Bush Hog company was very focused on mowing and tilling equipment. Bush Hog would, in turn, become one of the leaders in the industry of mowing and tilling equipment.

2001 marked a great expansion by the business by adding a new tractor line, Kubota. This new product line nearly doubled the sales and other aspects of the business by 2005. ASV Inc. was also added in 2003 which initiated their entry into a new market of rubber track loaders, an explosive market in the south. This company provided products that are used for everything from construction clean up and site preparation for houses, to golf course and landscape maintenance. 2009 Terrain King was added to the line up to complement the existing Alamo Boom Mower Line. Creel has a great employee base to try and keep up with the potential growth within their industry. If you add up all the employee experience within the industry at Creel Tractor Company it would total well over 200 years.

In 2014 Brian Creel took over as the 3^rd generation at Creel Tractor Company running the day-to-day operations. Brian was brought up nearly born into the dealership having to go through each department from shop clean-up to service technician to parts sales and stocking and equipment sales into his current role as acting GM and Vice President. In 2015 Creel Tractor took on Land Pride Manufacturing based in Central Kansas for all of its 3pt and construction implement needs. In 2016 Creel Tractor took on the India based Mahindra Tractor.

In 2019 Creel Tractor Company made a major decision to base all of its equipment sales focus onto 1 company Kubota Tractor Corporation by dissolving their relationships with New Holland and Mahindra Tractor Company. Creel Tractor saw the growth and mindset of Kubota and wanted to align directly with their visions and goals. Since 2014 and in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Creel Tractor Company has been an Elite Dealership for Kubota Tractor which is the highest honor a dealer can achieve with Sales, Parts and Service. In 2022 and every year since Creel Tractor Company has been recognized by Land Pride highest's honor the "Million Dollar Club". Since 2022 Creel Tractor Company has been the Kubota's largest single store in the State of Florida and Top 10 In the Country which is something, we are very proud of. Creel Tractor Company is investing in new technologies every day and vows to keep expanding into new markets as the environment around them is always changing to continue for the next 3 generations.