Alamo (ALG) 10-K 2016 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Alamo Group Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements, on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. No. 333-180049) and Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333‑204169, 333-174755, 333-88454, and 333-143216) of Alamo Group Inc. of our reports dated March 7, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Alamo Group Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, which reports appear in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10‑K of Alamo Group Inc.

	/s/KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
March 7, 2017