Rayco was founded in 1978 in Wooster, Ohio, by John M. Bowling, who as the owner of a tree care service identified the unique needs of the tree and landscape industry and began to build equipment to meet and surpass those needs. Today the company is dedicated to the design and production of an incredibly innovative line of environmental equipment with a range of options to suit any-sized job and budget. The current range of Rayco products includes: stump cutters, crawler trucks, forestry mulchers, and an aerial trimmer.

Rayco Manufacturing was acquired by Morbark, LLC in November 2017.