M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc.
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The headquarters of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. from 1950 to 2013.
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| Private | |
| Industry | Heavy equipment |
| Fate |
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Liquidation |
| Successor |
MOBRO Marine, Inc. Dell Marine |
| Founded | 1913 (as M. D. Moody) |
| Founder | Maxey Dell Moody |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Jacksonville, Florida |
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Key people
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Maxey Dell Moody III (CEO) Lisa Moody (President 2005-2013) Ken Miller (CFO) Boyd Moody (Vice President) |
| Subsidiaries |
Moody Fabrication & Machine, Inc. Dell Marine |
M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. (formerly M. D. Moody) was a privately owned construction equipment distributor and heavy machinery service company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. The firm was established in 1913 by Maxey Dell Moody who wanted to serve the needs of road construction businesses by distributing construction equipment. By 1946 the firm was incorporated to M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. and by 1980 under Maxey Dell Moody, Jr. diversified into the Moody companies Moody Truck Center, Moody Light Equipment Rental, Moody Machinery Corporation, Moody Fabrication & Machine, Dell Marine, and MOBRO Marine, Inc. In 2009 M. D. Moody was forced to file for Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code bankruptcy and became defunct in 2013. As of 2017 the three Moody companies still in operation are MOBRO Marine, Inc., Dell Marine and Dell Marine Tug and Barge.
M. D. Moody once stood as the oldest family owned construction equipment distributor in the United States, the oldest road equipment company in Florida and at one time the largest American Crane dealer in the world. It was at one time the only company between South Florida and New Jersey that rented barges.
M. D. Moody was established in 1913 by Maxey Dell Moody in Jacksonville, Florida as part of the Cyclone Fence Company of Waukegan, Illinois. Maxey was the only employee in its early years performing all duties as salesman, mechanic and parts manager. The purpose of M. D. Moody was to sell construction equipment to road builders giving an early slogan of the company as "Road Building and Construction Machinery." Lines represented by M. D. Moody in those early years included Adams road graders, Best Manufacturing Company tractors, Hesselman engines, Cummins and P&H cranes. In 1924 M. D. Moody sold 238 P&H Draglines. Also during the 1920s was when M. D. Moody entered the marine equipment business by manufacturing their own marine engines and then with the Waukesha Engine distributorship. During the Great Depression, the company suffered but still managed with 10 employees. In the 1930s, M. D. Moody's marine business expanded with the addition of barges and tugboats.
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