PRUITT MACHINERY

Pruitt Machinery, Inc. was established in 1971 by Howard Pruitt in Hickory, North Carolina as a woodworking machinery sales company. Operating from the basement of his house, Mr. Pruitt employed one service man and focused on selling new American built machinery lines to the local furniture industry in Western North Carolina... Prior to establishing Pruitt Machinery, Mr. Pruitt, a North Carolina State graduate, worked as a machinery sales representative for Noscoe Lewis Woodworking Machinery and when Noscoe passed away in 1965, Howard and fellow sales representative Johnny Johnson partnered to form Tri-South Machinery to continue offering the machinery sales lines from Nosco Lewis Woodworking Machinery in North and South Carolina. Tri-South operated for several years until Howard and Johnny decided to part ways and form their own machinery sales companies. Howard's Pruitt Machinery focused on new machinery sales and Johnny's J&G Machinery focused on second-hand machinery sales. Both..

Also known as: Pruitt Machinery, Inc.

Primary location: Hickory United States