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Where To Buy New Or Used Tracks, Parts
Bryan Haugen, Larry Roed, and Nick Harker have more than 30 years experience supplying tracks, replacement parts for track systems, and track conversion systems direct to farmers. Their business is called TrackFarmer.com.
“Our main concern is meeting our customers’ needs, and we do that face-to-face, on the phone or talking with many of them at farm shows throughout the U.S. and Canada,” Haugen says. “In some cases we even help with installation if needed.”
Over the past 10 years the trio has built a strong following and now gains many new customers through referrals as well as from the internet. In early 2020 they sold 4 sets of tracks to a farmer in Peru who’d found their website. Haugen says farmers from around the country, even in other countries, use their site as a central point of contact for excellent products and knowledgeable service.
“In addition to selling new tracks for tractors, combines or grain carts, we often take used ones in trade,” says Haugen. “Some of those we can refurbish, and those can be sold as a set or even individually if a farmer needs just one because of damage. We also sell undercarriage wheel parts, midrollers and track systems for planters, fertilizer carts and grain carts.
“A few years ago we began improving the products that we sell the most of. Track tractors create a lot of heat if they’re on narrow tracks and wheels, especially when they travel long distances with added weight. We improved the compounds of polyurethane used to make the midrollers and manufactured a spacer which nearly ends heat-related failures.
“We’ve also received hundreds of calls over the years from farmers who can’t get their seals to hold oil on certain 4 track articulating machines. We took the highest quality Hi-Speed oil bath truck seal and engineered a way to use them on these tractors with great success. We found that if we can help solve a frustrating and costly problem, then we earn the business of people who appreciate results,” Haugen says.
In the past few years they’ve seen a growing interest in tracks for larger planters. “I’ve seen different studies that show tracks can make a 60 to 70 percent improvement on emergence in the wheel track compared to dual wheels that pinch and compact seed rows,” says Haugen. “Tracks reduce compaction and seedlings emerge and grow better.”
Contact: Bryan Haugen (ph 320 533-0190), Nick Harker (ph 574 870-4437) or Larry Roed (ph 218 431-1454 www.trackfarmer.com).


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2020 - Volume #44, Issue #3