"We Fix Grain Drills"

"We Fix Grain Drills" DRILLS Drills (42C) 25-1-41 "We got into the business of reworking Deere drills when a neighbor asked me to work on his drill. He was disgusted because the drill looked like new but the depth control parts were already worn out," says Mike Schaefer of M.S. Industries, who has developed a system of jigs and cutting tools that he says allows him to repair the worn parts to "better than new" condition. "We can repair the worn parts for less than half as much as it would cost to replace them with new ones," says Schaefer. "A lot of people think that when you repair a part it's only half as good as a new part. Our rebuilt depth control assembly will outwear the original factory parts many times over. Some of our repaired drills now have two seasons on them but still show no signs of wear. Schaefer installs stainless steel wear bushings and other pressed-in parts which eliminate the up and down "play" in the gauge wheel. "We can repair depth control assemblies on all conventional model Deere grain drills from the 8000 to the 455 series, including air seeders. We don't work on no-till drills or drills that run on press wheels," notes Schaefer. MSI's repair parts sell for right at $45 per row. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, MSI Industries, Box 544, Okarche, Okla. 73762 (ph 405 263-7909; Website: www.wefixdrills.com).

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