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"At the age of 12, I started helping out at the parts
counter, mopping floors and turning wrenches in the
shop." Carr Vause recalled growing up alongside his
family's business, "With the help of seasoned mechanics,
I learned how to be a man: to grunt and speak in a deep
voice, to cuss, use a knife and learned how to fight. But I
never won, so I'm not sure if I learned anything."
C
arr's family has owned
and operated Vause
Farm Equipment since
April 1945. At that time,
Bob Vause (Carr's grandfather), was an
assistant county extension agent with
little to his name who took a chance
starting up a business with the help of
a couple of bank loans. e decision,
however, didn't come out of the blue.
Bob was a farmer in La Grange, NC for
years and had intimate knowledge of
and appreciation for the needs of North
Carolina farm workers.
From the start, Bob involved his son
Bobby in the everyday tasks and man-
agement of Vause Equipment. Sadly,
Bob suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in
1978, forcing Bobby into the driver's
seat where he developed his own meth-
od of doing business. Today, Bobby
continues to run things along with his
son Carr and daughter Misha. "is
business is my daddy's baby. I have an
older sister, but when my father died
I found out he actually had three chil-
dren. e third was his business. I will
W hen i t r a ins ,
i t dr a ins!
