Tarrant Manufacturing Company, Inc., was incorporated in 1910 in Saratoga Springs, New York. The company started as a minor business of Tarrant & Company which was founded in 1883 and operated as a heating and plumbing contracting business. In an age of horseless carriages and new road building, the company produced road maintenance equipment, and developed and patented sheet metal asphalt pouring pots and melting kettles. Other early products of the firm included street cleaning can carriers, asphalt sprayers and agricultural dryers.

In 1946, as the highway maintenance market evolved, the company developed and patented the first effective salt spreader, the TARCO® SCOTCHMAN. A forerunner for material spreader designs, this product and other litter and leaf collecting equipment were sold to towns and cities for many years.

With the change in ownership effective March 2007, Loughberry Mfg. Corp. will work to expand its product offerings, reduce lead-times where possible and maintain or enhance the quality reputation that is inherent in the name TARCO®.