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Salvage Yard Specializes In Grain Drill Parts
Burrell Drill Salvage carries everything needed from horse-drawn grain drill parts to parts for a newer Deere 8000 series drill. The Fairview, Okla. salvage yard claims more than 9,000 tons of used and new drill parts, as well as acres of used Deere and Case IH grain drills.
"We have new parts as well as rare antique parts," says Mark Burrell. "We carry high activity/high wear parts like bearings, press wheel tires and disks, but also specialty kits like added press wheels or double disks and agitators. We can help a drill owner upgrade to features that weren't available on their drill originally."
Burrell's is a family farming operation that expanded into farm equipment sales and service nearly 50 years ago. Today the family continues to farm, while the equipment business has evolved into parts for drills and other equipment. The farming experience shapes how Burrell says they approach the parts business.
"We're farmers, so we know if you're broken down and need a part, you need it right away," he says. "Often by the time people call me, they've tried 10 other yards and someone gave them my number."
Burrell says the business has changed over the years from supplying local farmers to shipping nationally. What hasn't changed is that their business runs on farmer hours. Local farmers know they can stop by for a part any time of the day or evening. Burrell's extends the same service to farmers in New Jersey or New York via phone. Not many business owners answer after 5 p.m., much less posting home numbers on their website or in ads like the Burrell's do.
"The phone rings at the shop and at home," says Burrell. "We get more orders evenings and weekends than during the day. In fact, it really helps me if people call in the evening rather than waiting until the next morning, because I can start working on filling their order right away. "
To order a part, simply check the castings number on the problem part. Make and model information are also helpful.
"Often times people don't know what the model is, but every part has a number on it," says Burrell. "If you send a picture, we can look at it and know what you need."
In addition to common drill parts, Burrell's carries drill hitches, manual and hydraulic markers, and sheet metal for drills. The parts business also carries new and obsolete parts for other implements, as well as belts, laces and repair tools for big round balers.
"Everybody sells belts, but we have the tools needed for all brands of balers," says Burrell. "People can buy the tools and supplies and repair their own."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Burrell Implement Co., HC 60, Box 8, Fairview, Okla. 73737 (ph 580 227-4494 or 580 227-3200; www.burrells.net).


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2010 - Volume #34, Issue #6