Worthington Ag Parts - Your all makes source for Tractor Parts, Combine Parts, Cotton Picker Parts and Implement Parts! Providing solutions to repair problems of our valued customers - for over 45 Years!
Worthington Ag Parts loads and transports a couple thousand pieces of agricultural equipment annually! These units most often do not run at the time we purchase them but are great for replacement parts. The challenge we have as a company is to haul the units over the road safely and in compliance with DOT regulation. Just to give you a little information In 2008 we hauled in 670 tractors, 420 combines, 75 cotton pickers alone for fresh salvage. That doesn't include skid steers, grain heads, forage harvesters, planters, plows and construction equipment. I haven't even mentioned the equipment we buy and haul to sell as used running whole goods. Most of this equipment is acquired from farmers, equipment dealers, insurance companies and auctions. Our truckers will go right in the field to load equipment! You can search all the different models of equipment we buy for salvage and view photos of the equipment on our web site - to view now click here!
We are at our Export Division today in Sioux Falls, South Dakota getting training on DOT regulations to keep us in compliance. The rules and regulations are ever changing and today our truck drivers are on site learning how to be safe and obey all the rules of the road. The drivers have come from the different locations we base our trucks out of which includes, Worthington, Minnesota, Audubon, Iowa, Leesburg, Indiana, Sikeston, Missouri, Goldsboro, North Carolina, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Niverville, Manitoba. The training today has covered everything from rules, pre-trip inspection process, log sheets, tie down procedures and much much more. All of our trucks and trailers have been inspected in the last two weeks by Federally licensed inspectors and tomorrow the guys will hit the road again to pick up equipment. The rest of us will be here one more day getting training on the administrative side of the process.
Thanks for reading, that's all for today!
Cheers,
Mike Winter
