What Happens To Your Tractor When It's Done Farming?

What Happens To Your Tractor When It s Done Farming? TRACTORS Miscellaneous Every day hundreds of farm tractors combines and other equipment is retired from service throughout the country The reasons are many Sometimes the tractor is just too old to do the job required Sometimes a collision fire or other accident damages the unit to the point where it is not cost effective to repair it Many times a major component such as an engine or transmission breaks and the repair bill becomes more expensive than the overall value of the tractor Sometimes as we see more and more frequently the farmer retires and the tractor he’s farmed with for decades retires with him What happens to all of these tractors and combines? Some of them end up in a fencerow where they sit rusting away for years Some are hauled away to the scrap metal recycling plant and eventually melted down and made into other products We think the lucky ones end up in an All States Ag Parts salvage yard where each and every component of a tractor is recycled for it’s greatest good “Once a tractor combine or other piece of ag equipment is delivered to one of our salvage yards it hits the teardown shop The first step is to remove all the critical parts from the machinery These parts are then inspected by our skilled mechanics Once the part passes inspection it’s cleaned up labeled and stored inside one of our warehouses until a farmer or repair shop needs it ” explains John Dyke CEO of All States Ag Parts “Our inspection process is very important We want all of our parts to work when the farmer gets them installed For those rare occasions when an inspected part does fail we offer a 1-year replacement warranty on all of our parts ” says Dyke “Some of the components such as SCV’s hydraulic pumps and transmission components fail the initial inspection and are sent to one of our rebuild shops ” says Dyke “In the rebuild shop our mechanics completely tear down the part and replace the seals worn gears cracked housings and any other worn or broken components Once we’re done rebuilding a part it will meet or exceed the original OEM specs ” Even after the parts are stripped off the tractor there’s a lot of recycling yet to be done The shells of the tractors and combines are moved to the salvage yard where they remain until being sent to a metal recycling plant All of the unused metal parts end up being recycled into other products Fluids such as oil and anti-freeze are drained from the equipment when the unit arrives to prevent the chances for ground contamination These fluids are stored in environmentally safe containers until they can be delivered to a recycling plant Recycling of the tractor tires can take many different directions “Often times the tires from a damaged tractor are in really good shape ” says Dyke “We sell hundreds of quality used tires every year Good treaded tires are often one of the first things to sell because we are able to sell tires for significantly less money than new tires ” The worn out tires are sent to a recycling plant where they are chopped up and turned into playground material and other products Please contact All States Ag Parts at 877-530-4430 or on the internet at www TractorPartsASAP com for information on used ag parts or for information on selling your salvage tractor All-States has 7 salvage yards in various parts of the Midwest You can contact the individual yards listed below or just call 877-530-4430 and you’ll be automatically directed to the location nearest to you Downing Tractor Parts E1140 State Road 170 Downing WI 54734 Manager: Dan Hellendrung Phone: 877-530-1010 toll-free Fax: 715-643-2729 Email: dtp@asapagparts com Salem Tractor Parts 25325 U S Highway 81 Salem SD 57058 Manager: Dave Arens Phone: 877-530-4010 toll-free Fax: 605-425-3027 Email: stp@asapagparts com Wisconsin Tractor Parts West 5674 County Road A Black Creek WI 54106 Manager: Mike Bloom Phone: 877-530-2010 toll-free Fax: 920-984-3142 Email: wtp@asapagparts com Ft Atkinson Tractor Parts 2645 Highway 24 North Ft Atkinson IA 52144 Manager: Al Schlatter Phone: 877-530-3010 toll-free Fax: 563-534-7287 Email: ftp@asapagparts com Missouri Tractor Parts 1078 US Hwy 62 East Sikeston MO 63801 Manager: Greg Davis Phone: 877-530-7720 toll-free Fax: 573-471-2288 Email: mtp@asapagparts com Bridgeport Tractor Parts 9936 US Highway 385 Bridgeport NE 69336 Manager: George Lunniss Phone: 877-530-5010 toll-free Fax: 308-262-0751 Email: btp@asapagparts com Hendricks Tractor Parts 408 South Division Hendricks MN 56136 Manager: Dirk Pearson Phone: 877-530-6620 toll-free Fax: 507-275-3932 Email: htp@asapagparts com

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