2024 - Volume #48, Issue #2, Page #38
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Stainless-Steel Manifolds For Air Seeders
“In 2019, a large dealership group called us saying they’d sold some new air seeders, but the buyers would only complete the sales if the lower shoots were made from stainless steel components like previously offered in older models,” says Daniel Altepeter, Air Seeder Parts owner. “We got to work and developed a stainless-steel manifold that would fit these air cart tanks.”
The prototypes became test models for the first John Deere C650 and C850 tanks.
“We put plenty of design into our system, actually purchasing some of the plastic parts from John Deere and offering them together as a kit,” Altepeter says. “We have a working agreement with them that works well, giving me free rein to introduce new ideas and designs for any area we can improve on. Of course, they always have first rights to any of these parts.”
The stainless-steel C-Series lower shoot kits are available at any John Deere or A&I Parts dealerships, which are aftermarket divisions owned by John Deere.
All kit components are lasered and machined from start to finish in Grand Forks.
The C-Series lower shoot kits sell for about $2,500 USD plus S&H.
“I think we make a great product because it’s made with stainless steel, plus our design has been constantly changing for the better,” Altepeter says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Air Seeder Parts, 2949 27th Ave. N, Grand Forks, N.D. 58203 (ph 701-355-5720; info@airseederparts.com; www.airseederparts.com).
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