RAVENNA, Ohio — David Daywalt had been a customer of the Ravenna tractor dealership Coia Sales for around three decades when the owner, Joe Coia, approached him with an intriguing offer.
Coia was experiencing health problems and needed to pass his business on to someone else, but none of his children were interested in following in his footsteps. Would Daywalt consider buying the full-service Kubota dealership?
“I bought most of my equipment from them and bought all of my parts and supplies, and did all of my service work there,” he said…