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1990 - Arnold Machinery Company - 25 Years of Silver Service® in Arizona - 2015

TWELVE - ARNOLD MACHINERY COMPANY

Outside of work, Moyer enjoys the
wood shop at his home. “I make a lot of
improvements around the house and
love to make furniture,” he says.

Larry Smith

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arry Smith, Tucson Mining Equipment
branch manager, decided the old
adage, “If you can’t beat them, join
them” applied to him, and he became
part of the Arnold Machinery team three
and a half years ago. “Arnold Machinery
was a very difficult company to compete
with due its reputation for quality
products, people, and service,” Smith
declares.
His initial position was as parts
manager for the Elko branch starting in
early 2012. Almost three years later,
Smith was appointed general parts
manager for the Mining Division. This
comes with its own set of challenges.
“My daily activities are focused on my
staff in Elko as well as the parts
department in our Gillette branch,
working on supporting our customer
requirements and orders, resolving
problems related to equipment being

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there are not a lot of places that work on
some of this equipment.”
The change in scenery from
California to Flagstaff was great, but not
as dramatic as what Moyer experienced
in his youth. “I spent my grade school
years in Pismo Beach, California,” Moyer
recalls. “I very much enjoyed those years
but then my folks moved to Fallon,
Nevada. Now that was a real cultural
shock to a sophomore in high school. But
that is where I learned about farming and
industrial equipment.”
Moyer later moved to California’s
Central Valley and spent most of his adult
life working for J.M. Equipment, which
was a dealer in forklifts and farm
equipment.
There are seven Arnold Machinery
associates at the Flagstaff facility,
including Moyer. “We have a technician
here, Mike Lind, who has been with the
company for 20 years,” Moyer says. “In
my career, he is the best mechanic I have
ever known. Lind routinely works at the
Kayenta coal mine operated by the
Peabody Western