Colony Tire to distribute Continental agricultural tires

EDONTON, N.C. — Colony Tire & Service has become a distributor of Continental-brand agricultural tires for customers in parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina.

Edonton-based Colony Tire has more than 25 locations throughout its marketing area, ranging from Richmond, Va., to Columbia, S.C., where it provides maintenance, repair and tire care service for farm tires, along with tires for other industries, such as logging, construction, mining, ports, steel mills, industrial press-on-bands, passenger cars and medium trucks.

"We are very excited to add Colony Tire as a Continental agriculture tire distribution partner," Matt Futrelle, sales and marketing manager U.S./Canada for Continental Commercial Specialty Tires, said.

"With their large distribution network and more than 25 commercial centers, they are a great fit for Continental right in the backyard of our South Carolina headquarters. Farming is a very important part of the economy in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, and having a great partner to provide outstanding service to our farmers is key."

Available Conti agriculture tires include the Tractor70, Tractor85, TractorMaster and CombineMaster product lines, in multiple sizes.

Colony Tire already handles a number of farm and OTR brands, including BKT, Firestone, Goodyear, GRI, Maxam, Primex and Trelleborg, according to its website.