Our History

Emerybuilt, Inc. is a family owned and operated business out of Chesapeake, Virginia.  Emerybuilt began in 1998 as a side project for Crossroads Machine, Inc., a general welding and fabrication machine shop.  This side project eventually gave way to the original Emerybuilt.com and business picked up significantly.  What started as a fun side project suddenly erupted into a thriving business with sales of tractors and generators up and down the east coast. 

The name Emerybuilt is an homage of sorts to the late Emery Hochstetler.  "Gramps," as he was affectionately known to everyone, was a popular local carpenter who specialized in making some of the best furniture most of which is still in use to today in homes across the country.  Born February 6, 1897, Emery ran a farm in Holmes County, Ohio before moving his family to Norfolk County, Virginia in December of 1935.  There he made custom cabinets, tables, bureaus and other high quality carpentry projects.  At the same time he also pasteurized and delivered milk for the local dairy. 

Though he passed away in 1986, his legacy lives on in those who knew him best.  That is why his old barn and work horses (with Gramps at the reigns) from the farm in Ohio are featured as our background.  It is a reminder of the hard work and dedication to a job well done that he engrained and inspired in his future generations.

Today, Emerybuilt, Inc. stands alone as a company dedicated to quality both in product and in price as well as impeccable customer relations.  No matter what, the customer always comes first.  Why?  Because that's what Gramps would have done.