UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                 SCHEDULE 13G
                                (RULE 13D-102)

            INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13D-1 AND 13D-2
                   UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                             (AMENDMENT NO. ____)*





                               ALAMO GROUP, INC.
                                ----------------
                                (NAME OF ISSUER)


                                 COMMON STOCK
                         ------------------------------
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)


                                   011311107
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                                 (CUSIP NUMBER)


                               DECEMBER 31, 2007
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            (DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRES FILING OF THIS STATEMENT)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

       [X] Rule 13d-1(b)

       [_] Rule 13d-1(c)

       [_] Rule 13d-1(d)


* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
  initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
  disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.



CUSIP NO. 011311107

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 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

    Met Investors Advisory, LLC
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 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
    (a) [_]
    (b) [_]

    Not Applicable
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 3. SEC USE ONLY

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 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

    Maryland
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               5.  Sole Voting Power:

                   None
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   NUMBER OF   6.  Shared Voting Power:
    SHARES
 BENEFICIALLY      560,453*
   OWNED BY   -----------------------------------------------------------------
     EACH      7.  Sole Dispositive Power:
   REPORTING
    PERSON         0
     WITH     -----------------------------------------------------------------
               8.  Shared Dispositive Power:

                   560,453*

              See Note 1
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 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    560,453*
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10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES


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11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

    5.72%
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12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

    IA
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* Note 1: Met Investors Advisory, LLC, ("MetLife Investors") an investment
  advisor registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940,
  serves as investment manager of each series of Met Investors Series Trust
  (the "Trust"), an investment company registered under the Investment Company
  Act of 1940. In its role as investment manager of the Trust, MetLife
  Investors has contracted with certain sub-advisers to make the day-to-day
  investment decisions investment for the certain series of the Trust.
  Accordingly, MetLife Investors generally does not have investment and/or
  voting power over the shares reported in this schedule.



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 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

    Met Investors Series Trust
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 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
    (a) [_]
    (b) [_]

    Not Applicable
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 3. SEC USE ONLY

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 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

    Delaware
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               5.  Sole Voting Power:

                   None
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   NUMBER OF   6.  Shared Voting Power:
    SHARES
 BENEFICIALLY      560,453
   OWNED BY   -----------------------------------------------------------------
     EACH      7.  Sole Dispositive Power:
   REPORTING
    PERSON         0
     WITH     -----------------------------------------------------------------
               8.  Shared Dispositive Power:

                   560,453
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 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    560,453
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10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES


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11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

    5.72%
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12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

    IV
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ITEM 1(A)

Name of Issuer:                        Alamo Group, Inc.

ITEM 1(B)

Address of Issuer's Principal          1502 E Walnut St, Seguin, TX 78155-5202
Executive Offices:

ITEM 2(A)

Name of Person Filing:                 1) Met Investors Advisory, LLC

                                       2) Met Investors Series Trust

ITEM 2(B)

Address of Principal Business Office   5 Park Plaza, Suite 1900
or, if none, Residence:                Irvine, CA 92614

ITEM 2(C)

Citizenship:                           1) Maryland

                                       2) Delaware

ITEM 2(D)

Title of Class of Securities:          Common Stock, (the "Shares")

ITEM 2(E)

CUSIP Number:                          011311107



ITEM 3

The person Filing this   Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the
Schedule 13G is an:      Investment Company Act of 1940.

                         Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
                         Investment Advisers Act of 1940



 ITEM 4  OWNERSHIP

 ITEM 4(A):

 Amount Beneficially Owned:       560,453 shares

 ITEM 4(B):

 Percent of Class:                5.72%

 ITEM 4(C):

 Number of shares as to which
 such person has:

 (i)    sole power to vote or to  None
        direct the vote:

 (ii)   shared power to vote or   560,453
        to direct the vote:

 (iii)  sole power to dispose or  0
        to direct the
        disposition of:

 (iv)   shared power to dispose   1,134,647
        or to direct the
        disposition of:

 ITEM 5                           Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

                                  Not Applicable.



ITEM 6          Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
                Person:

                Third Avenue Small-Cap Value Portfolio, a series of Met
                Investors Series Trust, a registered investment company under
                the investment Company Act of 1940, has the right to receive
                dividends from and the proceeds from the sale of 560,453 of the
                shares reported by Met Investors Advisory LLC.

ITEM 7          Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which
                Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
                Company:

                Not Applicable.

ITEM 8          Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

                Not Applicable.

ITEM 9          Notice of Dissolution of Group:

                Not Applicable.

ITEM 10 CERTIFICATION:

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the
securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business
and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were
not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purpose or effect.

                                   SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 14, 2008

Met Investors Advisory, LLC

By: /s/ Richard Pearson
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Met Investors Series Trust

By: /s/ Richard Pearson
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