About F G Adamson & Son

Fred worked as an agricultural contractor and in time turned his hand to the fabrication of agricultural trailers and the repair of large buckets used at a local smelting works.

Fred’s entrepreneurial spirit identified a local market for the service and repair of garden machinery and this soon became a big part of his business which in turn lead to him selling new machinery too.

When he left school in 1962, Mike, Fred’s eldest son joined his father in the business. In 1967 Mike became a partner in the business and F G Adamson & Son was born. Several of the main garden machinery manufacturers of the day were keen to have F G Adamson & Son as a dealer and the business was soon expanding.

We sell, and provide after sales back-up for, all manner of garden machinery and professional groundscare equipment.

This enables us to support to a wide range of customers from homeowners with the smallest of gardens through to professional users such as local authorities, golf clubs and contractors with very large areas to maintain.

We only sell quality products that offer good value to our customers and for which we can be assured that we can provide the level of after sales customer support expected in today's market.

Geoff Brown, RFS Managing Director, said: “This is really good news for RFS, its staff, customers and the John Deere brand. This is the next stage in the evolution of our business as we offer our services to the professional turf market for the first time.

“F G Adamson & Son is a hugely-respected business with a strong reputation for excellent customer service, and we know that the high standards set by the staff for more than seven decades will need to be continued.

“With its staff, we are privileged to be taking on experts in their field, and they will instrumental in ensuring a seamless transition.”

John Adamson, Partner in F G Adamson & Son, said that business has been at the heart of the family for many years.

He said “Across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire we have dealt with a huge number of golf courses, caravan parks, estates, sports grounds and commercial contractors who value the customer service our team has been able to offer.

“This has been backed up by the confidence in the John Deere brand which brings the quality, reliability and longevity they need from their machinery investments.

“The sale marks the start of a new era for F G Adamson & Son. We know its legacy will live on in the RFS business which already has the infrastructure to reach more customers across the region and ensure that our existing customers remain well looked after.”