Scottish groundcare and turfcare machinery dealer Double A is celebrating 30 years of supplying equipment to the industry.
The first franchise Double A acquired was the Groundsman Aerator range, and Sandy Armit, now Double A managing director, spent many days demonstrating this pedestrian machine to golf courses and bowling clubs across Scotland.
The company grew steadily in the late 1990s, adding Lastec mowers and Timberwolf woodchippers to its range before being appointed as John Deere turf equipment dealer for Fife, Clackmannanshire and Tayside in 1999.
The company built its headquarters in Cupar, Fife, in 2001 and, from there, has steadily grown to become John Deere’s largest independent turf equipment dealer in the UK, employing 56 staff across three outlets in Scotland. Double A is also the main dealer for other top brands in the groundcare industry.
Never forgetting where it came from, Double A still sells Groundsman, Lastec and Timberwolf but is very much looking to the future at the same time, and the picture shows both sides of this story. On one side is the Groundsman 345HD Turf Aerator, the same model Double A sold in the summer of 1996 and still providing a low-cost, high-quality aeration solution for bowling greens and contractors. On the other side is the latest John Deere 2775 E-Cut electric greens mower, which has been starring at every major Open in the UK this summer and is about to take a bow at the Solheim Cup, with its built in connectivity and the latest lithium-ion battery technology.
As technology becomes increasingly integrated into machinery, Double A continues to evolve. Technological advances help greenkeepers and grounds teams manage their facilities more effectively, maximising the efficiency of people, machines and chemicals, while Double A’s sales, support and technical teams continually develop their expertise to ensure customers get the most output from their machinery and technology.
Extra info
- The three outlets in Scotland where Double A is located are Cupar (Fife), East Kilbride (Glasgow) and Kintore, Inverurie (Aberdeenshire)
- Double A is Sandy and Aileen Armit
- The Glasgow outlet came via acquisition of Nairn Brown (Glasgow) Ltd of Busby
- Other brands it works with include Campey, Gianni Ferrari, Tru-Turf, Sweep-N-Fill, and Grillo.
- Double A has been named UK Professional Turfcare Dealer of the Year (AEA/Service Dealer)and Carnoustie Golf Links is a partner.