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Personality Profi le of Northstar Attachments


Innovation + Functionality + Longevity = Northstar Attachments


Northstar Attachments is recognized as an innovative manu- facturer of specialized attachments and equipment designed primarily for tractors and loaders. Markets include hay, dairies, orchards, vineyards, nurseries, equine, landscape, general farm, hobby farm and light construction. Northstar has built a reputation for manufacturing innovative products designed for functionality and longevity.


Leading products include: a broad range of horse arena cul- tivation tools for the equine industry; material handling attach- ments designed for buckets, front end loaders and backhoes; Spin Weeder, a unique high speed in-row cultivation tool for vineyards that eliminates plant damage; the Twinstar line of basket rakes designed for commercial farming (hay production, dairy operations and bio feedstocks); and hydraulic self-loading bin trailers designed to effi ciently pick up and transport full fruit bins from the fi eld during fruit harvest.


Northstar’s manufacturing processes include: solid works design; lean manufacturing; bar & angle bending; fl ame burn- ing; punching & drilling; plate shearing; saw cutting; forming; tube bending; MIG welding; fabrication; machining; sand blast- ing; powder coating; liquid painting and assembly. Northstar markets its attachment product group through 12 sales and distribution companies (wholesalers) in the U.S. and Canada. These sales and distribution fi rms sell products to equipment dealers in their respective regions,


NORTHSTAR ATTACHMENTS LLC 3205 Bay Street, Union Gap, WA 98903 P.O. Box 1937, Yakima, WA 98907-1937


Phone: 509-452-1651 Fax: 509-457-6601


Email: sales@northstarattachments.com Website: www.northstarattachments.com


Key Contacts: President – David Rankin Plant Manager – Ted Bellamy VP Sales – Mike Yearout Distributor Sales – Christopher Rankin


Trade Names:


• Arena-Vator II - Cultivation Tool • Spin Weeder - Vineyard In-Row Cultivator • Pak-Tach - Implement Carrier • Twin-Tach - Tedder Carrier • Twinstar - Hay Rakes


marketed under both private labels and the Northstar label. Private label names and distributors: Rankin (Rankin Equipment); Gearmore (Gearmore Inc.); Frontline (Ford Distributing); Cimarron (Edney Distributing); and Sundown (J.S. Woodhouse Co.).


Northstar label distributors: Midland Implement; Whites Inc.; Price Bros. Equipment; Tri-State Distributors; Implement Sales; Robert H. Laning & Sons; and Westward Parts. Product Groups • Attachments: Horse Arena Cultivation Tools, Field Cultivators, In-Row Cultivation Tools, V-Rippers, Single Shank Rippers, Scarifi er Attachments, Spike Tooth Harrows, Landscape Rakes, Grading Scrapers, Roller Compactors, Universal Thumbs, Tooth Bars, 3-Point Forks, Pallet Forks, Clamp-On Bucket Forks, Clamp-On Trash Forks, Clamp-On Bale Spears, Quick-Attach Bucket Forks and Disc Hillers


• Hay Rakes: Twinstar Basket Rakes, Twin-Tach Tedder Carrier


• Horticultural: Hydraulic Self-Loading Bin Trailers, Roller Trailers, ATV Bin Hauler, ATV Empty Bin Trailers, Ladder Trailers, Front Mounted Spray Booms, Tree Planter, 3-Point Fork and Work Platforms


• Pak-Tach: Implement Carrier assists in one pass tillage, packing & planting


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