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ASCO EQUIPMENT THE BEST HEAVY EQUIPMENT PROVIDER
IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND NEW MEXICO

Your Heavy Equipment Provider since 1960.

ABOUT

ABOUT ASCO EQUIPMENT

We know what’s on the line for our customers. Whether they need to buy, rent, or purchase parts or services, we have the fast support to back their jobs. It’s the approach ASCO founded over 60 years ago and still practices daily. We strive to be the first call customers make when they need equipment.

ASCO'S CORE PURPOSES

Be a blessing to those we serve.

Support 600+ experienced staff members with continuous, extensive training.

Give back to our community and be good corporate citizens continually involved in philanthropic causes.

Continually improve and provide superior, ethical service to all ASCO customers exceeding their expectations and what the competition can provide.

ASCO'S CORE VALUES

Honor God

Develop People

Pursue Excellence

Grow Profitably

WHAT WE DO

ASCO is an equipment provider. We sellrent, and provide parts and services serving those in construction, agriculture, material handling, mining, oil and gas, local governments, landscaping, and infrastructure. We have 27 locations throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

HOW WE DO BUSINESS

We pursue excellence through hard work and honesty, aiming to deliver exceptional service to every ASCO customer. Our objective is to surpass expectations and outperform our competitors. ASCO is dedicated to being responsible corporate citizens, actively supporting our communities to foster growth and prosperity.

BE A BLESSING

From our employees to our customers, being a blessing means treating people with respect. We work to do right by our people. As part of the “be a blessing” philosophy that guides ASCO, each of the twenty-seven branches puts together an annual fundraiser to benefit a local nonprofit or company-chosen organization. The ASCO Foundation matches every penny they raise.

Mr. Wright Found of ASCO standing beside an excavator bucket.

In 1959, Bill Wright moved his family back to Texas after spending a successful 15-year career with Humble Oil and Refining Company and a year in Connecticut with parent company Standard Oil. The family briefly lived in Tyler, Texas, before a move to Lubbock, Mr. Wright and his wife’s hometown. 

Mr. Wright had returned to the town where he had grown up playing football on sandlots and in dirt streets under the flickering light of gas streetlights. He and his band of friends would grow up to play football for Lubbock High School and bring home the first-ever Lubbock State Football Championship. They were the 1939 Cinderella Team. Their coach died three games into the season. They dedicated the rest of the season to Coach Nick. They weren’t too big or fast, but they had more heart than anyone they played they didn’t lose another game! Mr. Wright went on to play for The University of Oklahoma. Mr. Wright joined as an officer in the United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, and was deployed to the Philippines and China. 

In early 1960, Mr. Wright joined his brother-in-law, Kenneth Pharr, at Associated Supply Company, INC. an irrigation pump, engine, and Army surplus store. Shortly after, the pair was presented with an opportunity to be a dealer for Towmotor Lift Trucks. By 1965, Caterpillar Tractor Company acquired Towmotor Lifts Trucks.

Our History

1960

Bill Wright established Associated Supply Company, Inc., known today as ASCO, in Lubbock, Texas, as a Towmotor Lift Truck dealership and U.S. Army surplus store.

1965

Caterpillar Tractor Company bought out Towmotor, and ASCO became a CAT Lift Truck dealer.

1969

ASCO Acquired a Clark-Michigan dealership.

1985

Clark-Michigan merges with Volvo, making ASCO a Volvo Construction Equipment Dealer.

1985-2008

Between 1985-2008, ASCO opened several other additional stores.

 

2008

ASCO opened a location in Abilene, Texas, and purchased Roberson Rent All in San Angelo, Texas.

2009

ASCO acquired Texana Machinery in San Antonio and Austin, adding the CASE Construction Equipment line to ASCO

2013

ASCO acquired Houston-based Hi-Way Equipment, solidifying ASCO as one of the largest construction equipment dealers in the United States, and brought the company eight new CASE Construction Equipment locations in Texas

2014

ASCO acquired a location in Terrell from Mitchell and Bourland, Inc.

2023

 ASCO Equipment expands into Oklahoma.

The Family Behind ASCO: The Wright Family

Founder Bill Wright had his sons join him in the family business in 1973 and 1975. In Lubbock, W.B. (Brax) Wright is the CEO, and J.S. (Steve) Wright, in Amarillo, is the company’s President. Paula Wright Key, Bill’s daughter and treasurer for ASCO, is also proud to be part of the family operation.

Paula’s son, Chase Key, joined ASCO in 2009 and was the first of the third generation to return to ASCO. Courtney Wright Vanderham, Steve’s daughter, joined the company in 2010, and John Wright, Brax’s son, joined the company in early 2013.

Today, ASCO is West Texas’s oldest material handling and construction equipment dealership under continuous single-family ownership.

a group of people posing for a photo

Our Philanthropic Work in Houston, TX

ASCO’s Endowment for Pediatric Cancer Research at MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital

At ASCO, we’re dedicated to supporting the work that MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital does for pediatric cancer care. With our contribution to the ASCO Endowment for Pediatric Cancer Research, our team helps create funding for pre-clinical research to help find a cure for pediatric cancers. From Houston and beyond, our hope is that we help provide a promising future for many young patients who will benefit from the discoveries this research will produce.

60 Years & Counting: ASCO Equipment Today

ASCO Equipment is a heavy equipment provider. We sell, rent, and provide parts and service for several lines of well-known manufacturing partners. ASCO serves various industries with construction equipment, agricultural equipment, material handling equipment, and mining equipment.

Our partners include CASE Construction Equipment, Case IH, Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas Inc., Bobcat Forklifts/Material Handling Solutions, Volvo Construction Equipment, Avant, Ashland Industries, Caterpillar Lift Trucks, Crown, Genie, Gradall, JCB, JLG, Jungheinrich, Kalmar, Krone, K-Tec Earthmovers, Lee-Boy, Link-Belt Cranes, Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, Sennebogen and more.

For more information about ASCO, contact us today!

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