I need a farmer in the Fraser Valley who is willing to accept for their own use a two-wheel tractor and implement set, in exchange for showing it in operation to the occasional potential customer who visits by appointment.
You are probably familiar with two-wheel tractors, which are widely used by organic market gardeners. I am a dealer for Earth Tools on Vancouver Island; I can send you a glowing credential from the South Island Farmer's Institute, and many long-established farmers as references.
I am thinking of starting a satellite dealership on the mainland, leveraging the same special skills and the same large inventory of parts. I don't need a storefront, just a place where a potential buyer can try out a machine on a little patch of land the size of a parking spot. A farmer who has a workbench, and basic mechanical tools and skills would be ideal, but not essential; I will arrange multiple ways of getting parts and repair help to farmers.
Most dealerships for walk-behind tractors are small engine shops. which don't stock parts or cultivate expertise specific to walk-behind tractors, don't train farmers on maintenance, and are always backlogged in the spring when farmers most need rapid turnaround of broken machines. My company, Living Lots, focuses on these tractors and supports them much more thoroughly. So this would improve downtime prevention for many small farmers in the Fraser Valley, as it has on the South Island.
