Factory-Direct Planter Built The Way You Want It
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A new planter manufacturer is doing business in a different way. A-M-E Co. – it stands for American Made Equipment – describes itself as a “premier manufacturer of planters with an emphasis on choice, performance, and quality”. Their manufacturing facilities are located in Eldora, Iowa.
The company builds its own toolbars, row units, wheel assemblies, and other planter components. An open design construction allows use of off-the-shelf attachments and accessories so you can get your planter set up exactly how you want.
“We custom-build planters to your specifications and can build models with 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, or 32 rows,” says company rep Jim Harken. “We offer 7 different base models that can be configured in 72 different ways. We can use a wide variety of dry and liquid fertilizer attachments as well as OEM accessories so you don’t have to settle for what’s available on the dealer’s lot.”
The company started out rebuilding used planters for farmers in eastern Europe, and also built a few completely new, custom-built planters on the side. “We were overwhelmed by interest in the custom-built units and found that in order to keep up with demand, we had to get out of the re-manufacturing business so we could concentrate on new planters,” says Harken. “Our company is relatively small and we don’t have multi-billion dollar facilities, which keeps our overhead costs down.”
He says their row unit design is similar to Deere and Kinze’s, including the attachment points. “Any attachment you want to put on a Deere or Kinze planter, you can put on ours because we make the attachment points the same as theirs. So if you want to mount Deere’s no-till coulters, fertilizer openers or row cleaners on our row units you can. Or, you can mount attachments from Yetter or Dawn or other companies that make attachments for Deere and Kinze planters.
“For example, we can build a planter with individual hydraulic row unit drives, with Precision Planting seed meters, and Raven prescription mapping for true variable rate precision planting. With Deere and Case IH, you buy what’s already in production, and the only custom building is done at the dealer level. One customer told me he asked his dealer about subtracting components from a planter on the dealer’s lot. He was told the only thing he could deduct were the markers. They wouldn’t let him change anything else.
“Farmers with big planters are spending up to $15,000 for monitors and controllers. If you have all Deere equipment and then buy a Case IH planter, the Deere controller doesn’t always work on it. But if you buy our planter, we can use any of your existing controllers.”
The company says their modular planter design also works with smaller 4, 6, and 8-row planters. “We use the same toolbar for all 3 row sizes. For example, we can convert an 8-row model into a 3-pt. planter, put dry fertilizer on it, and set it up for any row spacing. If you decide to do something different a year from now, you can buy tongue and wheel assemblies from us and turn that same toolbar into a pull-type planter. Or if you want you can convert that same pull-type planter to a double toolbar no-till model by adding wheels and another toolbar on front, and putting dry or liquid fertilizer on it. Or convert it to an interplant soybean planter on 15-in. row spacings.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Harken, A-M-E Co., 1702 21st St., Eldora, Iowa 50627 (ph 515 650-3911; cell 319 269-2580; Jim@A-M-E.co; www.A-M-E.co).
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Factory-Direct Planter Built The Way You Want It PLANTERS A new planter manufacturer is doing business in a different way A-M-E Co – it stands for American Made Equipment – describes itself as a “premier manufacturer of planters with an emphasis on choice performance and quality” Their manufacturing facilities are located in Eldora Iowa The company builds its own toolbars row units wheel assemblies and other planter components An open design construction allows use of off-the-shelf attachments and accessories so you can get your planter set up exactly how you want “We custom-build planters to your specifications and can build models with 4 6 8 12 16 24 or 32 rows ” says company rep Jim Harken “We offer 7 different base models that can be configured in 72 different ways We can use a wide variety of dry and liquid fertilizer attachments as well as OEM accessories so you don’t have to settle for what’s available on the dealer’s lot ” The company started out rebuilding used planters for farmers in eastern Europe and also built a few completely new custom-built planters on the side “We were overwhelmed by interest in the custom-built units and found that in order to keep up with demand we had to get out of the re-manufacturing business so we could concentrate on new planters ” says Harken “Our company is relatively small and we don’t have multi-billion dollar facilities which keeps our overhead costs down ” He says their row unit design is similar to Deere and Kinze’s including the attachment points “Any attachment you want to put on a Deere or Kinze planter you can put on ours because we make the attachment points the same as theirs So if you want to mount Deere’s no-till coulters fertilizer openers or row cleaners on our row units you can Or you can mount attachments from Yetter or Dawn or other companies that make attachments for Deere and Kinze planters “For example we can build a planter with individual hydraulic row unit drives with Precision Planting seed meters and Raven prescription mapping for true variable rate precision planting With Deere and Case IH you buy what’s already in production and the only custom building is done at the dealer level One customer told me he asked his dealer about subtracting components from a planter on the dealer’s lot He was told the only thing he could deduct were the markers They wouldn’t let him change anything else “Farmers with big planters are spending up to $15 000 for monitors and controllers If you have all Deere equipment and then buy a Case IH planter the Deere controller doesn’t always work on it But if you buy our planter we can use any of your existing controllers ” The company says their modular planter design also works with smaller 4 6 and 8-row planters “We use the same toolbar for all 3 row sizes For example we can convert an 8-row model into a 3-pt planter put dry fertilizer on it and set it up for any row spacing If you decide to do something different a year from now you can buy tongue and wheel assemblies from us and turn that same toolbar into a pull-type planter Or if you want you can convert that same pull-type planter to a double toolbar no-till model by adding wheels and another toolbar on front and putting dry or liquid fertilizer on it Or convert it to an interplant soybean planter on 15-in row spacings ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jim Harken A-M-E Co 1702 21st St Eldora Iowa 50627 ph 515 650-3911; cell 319 269-2580; Jim@A-M-E co; www A-M-E co
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