Quantie’s Sales and Service
Owners: Harold and Connie Quantie
Location: Locust Grove, Okla.
History: Connie Quantie said, “My husband Harold and I began Quantie’s Sales and Service in 1974 at the end of town and stayed there until 2000. We re-located on 5 acres right off the Cherokee Turnpike and it has been home ever since, making it 40 years that we have been in business. Our business originally started out as a parts store at the old place. We had a little bit of everything. I took both of my children, Missy and Harold, to work with me until they went to school. Years down the road, our son, Harold, decided he wanted to be in the parts business, so we sold it to him. We share the shop; he is on one side and we are on the other. This is a family business and it works for us but it would not work for everybody.”
Products and Services: Connie added, “We sell Grasshopper, Toro and Big Dog lawnmowers. We sell Kioti and Zetor tractors as our main line but have others, too. We sell used horse and cow trailers as well as other used farm equipment. We have an entire lot full. We also do repairs and service on farm equipment. Everything we sell, we perform work on. If we have used tractors come in for repairs, our son can help with after-market parts. Most can be purchased here but not all. We would not sell anything that we cannot repair ourselves.”
Customer Relations: Harold Quantie said, “Since my motivation was to work closer to home and work with the local people rather than drive the distance, Connie and I started this business. There are more options to being close to family and home than be somewhere else. I have enjoyed the interaction and satisfaction of the customers for a long period of time now. I know how they do things and that gives us a mutual ground to work on. The customers we have had for years means a lot. A lot have become family – part of an extended family – a relationship built on boundaries and trust.”
