Warrior Tractor Hosts John Deere Demo in Huntsville, Ala.

Warrior Tractor hosted a John Deere demo and open house on Sept. 10. The event drew a crowd of approximately 300 who came out to visit with over 20 vendors.

September 23, 2026 - Southeast Edition #20
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Chris Tidwell, Warrior Tractor territory manager and grade-control specialist, jumps on the tracks of a Deere 210P excavator to provide a guest with more insight on operating the new generation machine.

Gene Taylor (L), Warrior Tractor owner-president, and his grandson, Millan Woods, looked quite pleased with the turnout and the success of the day’s event. (CEG photo)

Mitch Mitchell of MLMD Sitework, Muscle Shoals, Ala., spent some demo time on the newly designed DEX excavators and gave high marks to the operation of the machines. (CEG photo)

Fuchs material handlers are available at Warrior Tractor in North Alabama. (CEG photo)

A nice lineup of SAKAI rollers was on display for the event. (CEG photo)

Winners of the grand prize — John Deere gun safes — in the drawing were Jonathan Doumar (L) of the city of Huntsville Fleet Services, and Chris Phillips, a guest from Huntsville. (CEG photo)

Some “beast mode” machines were strategically placed around the Huntsville facility including this Deere 944 X-Tier wheel loader. (CEG photo)

More than 300 guests visited the open house and were treated to a catered BBQ lunch from regional favorite Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ. (CEG photo)

Mark Harris (L), Warrior Tractor territory sales manager, with his son, Caleb, of Stutts Corporation, Huntsville, Ala., who won one of the vendor coolers in a drawing.
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(L-R): Warrior Tractor’s Mark Harris with some of his customer-friends — Dalton Wood, Brody Hyde, Clayton Murphree and Brianna Conner of Lambert Contracting, Hollywood, Ala. Conner is a Go-Build-Alabama Ambassador and actively works towards recruitment and interest in the construction industry. (CEG photo)

SAKAI Southeast regional sales manager, Nick Zessack (R) gives out swag and provides more info on the SAKAI lineup of products in his display area at the event. (CEG photo)

Some fantastic looking displays of Deere machines were positioned around the yard of the Huntsville, Ala., facility. (CEG photo)

Rolling in with a terrific display of FAE attachments are manufacturer representatives Tyler Raines (L) and Jonathan Rakestraw of FAE. (CEG photo)

Scott McEver (L) and Mark Snyder (R) of NPK Construction Equipment were deep in conversation about NPK products with some interested event attendees. (CEG photo)

The prize drawings wrapped around the entire length of the presentation stage. (CEG photo)

Enjoying some time to “catch up” during the event (L-R standing) are local businessman, Danny Patel and Bill Mitchell, branch manager of Warrior Tractor’s Huntsville location. (L-R seated) are Gene Taylor, Warrior Tractor; and Davie Ashley and Roger Corder of Ashley Saw Mill, Elora, Tenn. (CEG photo)

Corbin Bell, territory sales manager of John Deere, assisted with activities throughout the day and took the opportunity to thank customers for their continued business. (CEG photo)

Many Deere dealers across the country are in the midst of hosting John Deere excavator (DEX) demonstrations, including Warrior Tractor & Equipment based in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Huntsville, Ala., was the most recent demo location with the event being combined with an open house. The Sept. 10 event drew a crowd of approximately 300 who came out for the demo, the open house, to visit with over 20 vendors, browse some machine displays and enjoy a great BBQ lunch catered by a regional favorite, Jim-N-Nicks BBQ.

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The new P series hydraulic excavators, which are the new DEX machines introduced at ConExpo in Las Vegas, were available for demonstration with assistance from excavator specialists and John Deere Certified Dealer instructors.

This machine is a ground-up redesign and delivers significantly more power, deeper digging capabilities, faster cycle times and many other factory-integrated precision technology features. This is the next generation of machines that are 100 percent designed, engineered and manufactured by John Deere.

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John Deere customer, Mitch Mitchell of MLMD Sitework, Muscle Shoals, Aa., had some demo time on the new DEX excavators and stated that the comfort level was great, both in machine response and cab feel. High marks were given for the visibility and specifically the screen where you can see SmartGrade functions much better than before.

For more information, visit warriortractor.com and deere.com/en-us.