Larry
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Farm4Profit Podcast
Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Thanks, Tanner. Good to be with you again.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Yeah, thanks. We have 16 models of seed tenders. We've been making them for a lot of years and we believe we have the best seed tender on the market. And part of that, the reason is they're all low profile, which gives us a lower center of gravity, meaning more safety, more convenience for the user. And it all comes back to innovation and solving problems for the farmer.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
I mean, when it's planting season, every minute helps. And of course you don't want a box of seed to roll over on the road or when you're going down a row. So we have a lot of satisfied customers with our 16 models and they fall into bulk models, our BT 200, 300, 400, and then our box seed tenders, two box, three box, four box, we even make a six box seed tender.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
That's a bad day.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Yeah, and one of our, we even share a patent on our one-handle lockdown. So I know you have footage that shows with one handle, all the boxes can be locked in place. Something we have that's unique to a Strobel seed tender as well. A few years ago, we added stops at the back so you can put your box on. They easily stop. And then there's a one-piece rubber gasket that is replaceable.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Those can eventually wear out. And we have actually created a mold and have a one-piece gasket that forms a real great seal on the bottom of those pro boxes.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Right. Yeah, we have some options with additional extensions, but yeah, we use poly-cut tubing. We feel that's the best on the seed, just the gentlest to move the seed through the auger and then out into the planter and into the field. So we've had research over the years, and people have opinions in lots of different ways, but we feel the research backs up that
Farm4Profit Podcast
Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
that the polycup tubing is the preferred means of getting that seed to where it needs to be.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Yeah, thanks for mentioning that, Tanner. We started in 1946, just a couple hundred feet from where I'm sitting right now. It was a blacksmith shop. right on Highway 30 in Clarks, Nebraska. And Leonard Strobel was the blacksmith in town. And he had a passion for serving people and for solving problems.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
And, you know, candidly, he came up with a lot of inventions from cutting cedar trees out in the field to, you know, improving the old kilifer. I mean, the box scraper is one of our best machines today. So we have A full line of what we call yellow equipment for the farm, the construction site, the ranch and the feedlot.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Yeah, we have a saying around here. We call it Strobel strong. And some people might say we're overbuilt, but we use a lot of steel and it hurt when steel went screaming up in Bryce here a couple of years ago, but that's, that's leveled off a little bit and, uh, nothing like a real robust machine that, you know, is just going to hold up. We just don't have, uh, people.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
I mean, it's rare to have any sort of breakage. Uh, if so, we, we can help you take care of that. But, uh, It's the kind of machines from our earth movers, the force ejection scrapers, the DS 50s, a new five yard this year. And we've got the big 1600, the 1611, 16-yard force ejection scraper that's just a beast when you look at the steel that's involved with that.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Right. Yeah. We like to say we've got the machine for any and every operation. So from a small hobby farm to, and just an acreage to really a big dirt moving operation, we've got, you know, the machines that can help out. And of course we're our hardest with the farm, but we certainly want to serve the contractor, dirt mover, that construction company as well.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Yeah, thank you. We developed, I think this is a first in our history. We're calling it the Seed Handling Rebate Program. So there's really kind of two elements. There are machines across the country, and we sell Strobel seed tenders through our dealers. And our network of dealers have inventory on their lots at times. A lot of these are 2024, and they're on occasion are
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
even 22 or 23 brand new seed tenders. And we really like to, to get them in the hands of farmers as soon as possible. So through the end of the year, we're running a rebate program where the dealers, you know, we'll offer their best price to you, but then the customer will get a 500, $750 or $1,000 rebate direct from Strobel Manufacturing. on their seed tender depending on what model they choose.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Right. Now, some of the local dealers won't have inventory. So I'd recommend, you know, your listeners just call us directly and we'll help make that connection to the dealer that has the right piece of equipment for you. And that number is 308-548-2254. You can always go to strobelmfg.com, strobelmfg.com.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
And yeah, call us and we'll try to make it a simple and smooth operation to get what you need to your farm.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Yeah, thanks. Our history has been with these, what we call yellow machines, starting with the box scraper. And we still make and sell a lot of those. But we've added a wide array of lineup over the years. In the last 10, 12 years, we've sold super shades. And this year, we've added the 30 by 30. So we've got three different sizes of cattle shades, 20 by 20, 30 by 30, and 40 by 40.
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Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
But this time of the year, The sun is not quite as intense, although there are places. So we switch our attention a little bit over to the farmers. And we want to get that seed in the ground and have this seed handling rebate program in place and really take care of our ag people that way.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Thank you. Yes, it's 308-548-2254. And the website then, you can just throw in Strobel Manufacturing in your browser or strobelmfg.com.
Farm4Profit Podcast
Revolutionizing Ag Equipment: Behind the Scenes with Strobel, Terraplex, and Brandt
Thank you, Tanner.