Titan Tractor Slashes Price of 4-WD Power

Titan Tractor Slashes Price of 4-WD Power TRACTORS Miscellaneous 18-6-23 "Farmers who buy big 4-WD's have generally expanded their operations over the past few years but their planting and tillage practices have changed. Today their hours of operation have decreased while horsepower requirements have increased due to the heavy pulling loads of single pass tillage and planting equipment," says Jack Johnson, president of Power Mart,Inc., a new company recently formed by ex Steiger Tractor Co. executives to put a new high horsepower 4-WD tractor on the market. What's different about the just-introduced Titan tractor is that it's actually a Steiger or Versatile 4-WD that's been re-built from the ground up. "With all the consolidations in the farm machinery business these past years, farmers out looking for a new 4-WD are finding that they've increased dramatically in price to the point where they just don't pencil out. Until now there's only been one solution - to buy new or used. Now we're offering a new alternative," says Johnson, who was one of the founders of Steiger Tractor Co. and served as its president for the first 10 years of the company. Other ex-Steiger engineers and sales people have joined him to put the new Titan tractor on the market. It has all the best features and benefits of the original tractor but has been upgraded to the power needed for today's equipment, says Johnson. Horsepower has been in-creased to 360 hp. with a remanufactured Cummins engine, and clutch, transmission components, drive lines and axles have all been upgraded to handle the added engine size as well as the stress of larger sized dual and triple tire configurations. The Titan is standard-equipped with 20.8 by 38 radial triples that reduce compaction to near that of a crawler, notes Johnson The cab is reconfigured to increase visibility, reduce noise, and fitted with an equipment console that puts all controls and monitors in one place. The tractor also sports a higher capacity air conditioner and increased front and rear lighting. Best of all, says Johnson, the Titan carries the same warranty as a new 4-WD's from most major manufacturers (2 years or 2,000 hrs.) but at a price that's 30 to 40% lower at $79,950. If you bring in your old tractor to have it rebuilt, the price is $69,950. They work on Steiger Series III and later models or Versatile 800 or 900 series or later models. They disassemble and inspect all parts and then sandblast the frame to bare steel. The tractors are then reassembled by the company's experienced 4-WD veterans. The last step is to repaint the tractor the company's trademark yellow and black col-ors. Titan remanufactured tractors are fitted with 360 horsepower engines. All cornponents used are made by the same suppliers that currently supply components to major tractor producers. "Because everything is new on the tractor except for the frame of the original tractor, it will last as long and perform as well as a new machine," says Johnson. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Titan Tractors, 4050 W. Main Ave., Fargo, N.Dak. 58107 (ph 701293-6318).

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.