Stafford Appoints New Senior Vice President

Wally Jones

August 2, 2007 • Stafford has promoted Wally Jones to the position of senior vice president, crane sales. Jones, based out of Stafford's Ashland, Va., location will focus on working with the crane segment of Stafford's business.

“Wally Jones has done a superb job for Stafford since joining the company in 2005 with the purchase of Atlantic Coast Crane and has provided crane knowledge and guidance to our crane salesmen, all across the organization,” said John Wall, president and CEO of Stafford. “With this move, Wally will now utilize his nearly half a century's worth of crane selling experience to concentrate totally on crane sales, from Virginia down to Georgia.”

“I look forward to working even more closely with all of our crane salesmen to promote rentals and sales of our new and used crane inventory,” Jones said. “It will be great to spend more time with the customers that I've known for a long time down in Atlanta, Charlotte and all across the Southeast.”

Stafford began as Reliable Tractor in Tifton, Ga., in 1951. The company now represents Terex Cranes, Kobelco Cranes, Tadano Cranes, Shuttlelift Cranes, Broderson Cranes and Manitex Lifting Equipment.

In addition, the company represents Link-Belt Excavators, Terex Construction Equipment, Liebherr Crawler Loaders and many other equipment lines and attachments across the Southeast.