Welcome to Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers Ltd

Authorised dealers for Fendt, Valtra, Kuhn farm machinery & Komatsu Utility Equipment. 

Southwest farm machinery dealer Alan Snow celebrates 40 years of trading in 2022 & 30 years as an authorised Fendt dealer.

Alan, who started his business from the back of a van in 1982, is today the distributor for leading tractor brands Fendt and Valtra (Devon & Cornwall). The company operates from premises in Holsworthy, Devon and Tolvaddon in west Cornwall.

Alan has been involved with agricultural machinery all his life. Coming from a farming family, at an early age he decided milking cows wasn’t for him. His real passion was tractors and after leaving school, he took on an apprenticeship with agricultural engineers Fulford Trumps. At the age of 25, he elected to go it alone and set up a small repair business from home in Thornbury. He quickly built up a reputation with farmers in the area and as a result of customer recommendation, just three years later was appointed service agent for Fendt tractors.

In 1989, he moved with his family to a new home in Sutcombe near Holsworthy which had enough land to build a workshop. He was awarded the full Fendt distribution franchise in 1992 and the business grew steadily over the next 14 years. Since then with relentless effort and dedication Alan, Di & the team have moved onwards and upwards and have become one of the most knowledgeable, respected and longest serving Fendt dealers in the UK.

In early 2006, a new and exciting chapter began for Alan and Di Snow’s business. Local agricultural expert Wayne Rundle joined as a business partner, leading to the formation of Alan Snow (Launceston) Ltd. This strategic move coincided with the awarding of the Massey Ferguson dealership for Cornwall and West Devon, marking a significant milestone in the company’s growth. By October 2006, the second branch was officially opened at Tregaller Works near Launceston, further strengthening the company’s presence and commitment to serving the farming communities across the region.

With increased interest for both Fendt and Massey’s in Cornwall it soon became clear that another depot in West Cornwall was needed, so the third branch was opened just off the A30 at Blackwater near Truro in 2008. Since then the Massey trading area has been increased to include the whole of Cornwall.

In April 2012 after outgrowing their premises at Tregaller, the Launceston branch were delighted to move into their own purpose built new premises at Kennards House, again ideally situated just off the A30 the premises have a brand new workshop, stores and offices.

Then in 2014 we were delighted to be appointed by AGCO the Sole VALTRA dealer for all of Cornwall, West & South Devon. This exciting new venture is run out of our Holsworthy & Truro Depots. Into 2016, we were proud to be appointed KUHN main dealers for North and West Devon and now more recently we now have the KUHN franchise at our Truro depot.

In 2017 Alan Snow agricultural engineers were celebrating 25 years as an authorised FENDT dealer, making us one of the longest serving Fendt dealerships in the UK.

2019 see’s a few more changes as Redrock Machinery Ltd get’s added to our key machinery supplier portfolio and a new depot starts to be built at Tolvaddon, Cornwall. Showing our commitment to the important West/Mid Cornwall farming area and community.

July 2020 Alan & Di Snow step down as directors of the MF business leaving former business partner Wayne Rundle able to set up a wholly separate company under the new banner “Rundle & Co”. Leaving Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers Ltd a totally separate company looking after Fendt, Valtra, Kuhn, Stewart Trailers, Pichon, Redrock farm machinery & Weidemann telehandlers.

Into September 2020… and we have (finally) moved into our new state of art premises off the A30 at Tolvaddon (Camborne) Cornwall. Where we are now in the ideal place to be able to service west & mid Cornwall.

September 2021 – Kuhn farm machinery announce Alan Snow Ltd as sole dealership for Mid & West Cornwall working out of our new Tolvaddon premises with our full commitment to all things Kuhn with sales, service & parts. Along with our Holsworthy depot our proud association with Kuhn Farm machinery continues to grow year on year.

June 2022 saw Alan Snow Ag engineers ltd reach a 30 year milestone as a Fendt dealer, making us one of the longest serving Fendt dealership’s in the UK.

January 2023 see’s us partner up with WEIDEMANN telehandlers for Cornwall. Giving us full access to their fixed & pivot telehandler ranges.

September 2024 we add the M-TEC Engineering Ltd range of premium trailers to our brand portfolio. Giving us a quality range of galvanised trailed, tipping livestock & flat bed trailers to offer our customers in Devon and Cornwall.

February 2025 and we were delighted to be appointed Komatsu utility equipment dealers for the South West. This huge prestigious appointment for Snows gives us access to Komatsu mini & midi crawler excavators plus skid steer loaders, backhoe loaders, loading shovels & wheeled midi excavators. Giving us a great range of renowned quality equipment to offer customers in the South West area.

The Summer of 2026 marks a significant step forward for our machinery offering as we announce a new partnership with QJ Motors, an emerging force in the ATV sector backed by one of the world’s largest automotive groups, Geely — the global powerhouse behind Volvo, Polestar and Lotus. From this summer, customers will be able to access the full ATV range, along with the incoming UTV models, from both of our depots. 

So Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers which started from the back of Alan’s van back in 1982. Today we are main dealers for the following leading machinery brands: Fendt, Valtra, Kuhn, Stewart trailers, Redrock machinery, Pichon tankers, Weidemann Telehandlers, M-Tec trailers, Komatsu Utility equipment and QJ Motor Atv’s & Utv’s.

Alan says “Things have altered a lot over the years, including my waist line and hair style, but I still get a buzz out of seeing a quality machine being operated properly and the sound of a tractor working hard, especially if it’s one we supplied. A big thank you to all our staff, customers and suppliers who have made these last 40 odd years possible, it has been very much appreciated.”