The Beginnings...
After hearing other farmers talk about ridge-till farming, Brady and
Harvey
decided to try their hand at it in 1979. When searching for equipment, they couldn't find anything that was light enough to just skim the top off of the ridges. So, Brady, with his background in mechanical design, sat down and created a blueprint for the attachments. The attachment included double-disk row cleaners and a stabilizing gauge wheel on parallel linkage. The linkage hung on the planter tool bar ahead of the units and could be lifted hydraulically. A bracket for sweeps instead of double-disk cleaners was optional. The new equipment worked great for Brady and Harvey that first year. By fall, neighbors were stopping over to take a closer look. Some of them even wanted to have a set, so Brady and Harvey decided to build some in their shop. That winter, they manufactured about 100 rows of their attachments under the B & H Manufacturing label.
B & H Cultivators were first manufactured in 1990. We currently produce cultivators from 4 rows to 24 rows with row spacing to match any operation. B & H cultivators are being used throughout the central
United States
for a variety of crops. The most common uses are corn and soybeans, but they are also used in sugar beets and cotton.
The summer of 1997 marked the beginning of production of B & H Fortifiers. This product allows for controlled placement of fertilizer within a blackened-stripped mound of soil. Benefits of using a B & H Fortifier include: exact placement of fertilizer, the ability to clean for possible earlier plant dates, soil temperatures rise faster, and you save on fertilizer input costs.
The Current...
B & H Manufacturing, Inc. began mass manufacturing ridge-till planter attachments in 1981 and currently manufactures; 5 other product lines which include: B & H Cultivators, B & H Zone Fortifiers, Schweiss Snow blowers, Schweiss Lawn mowers, and the most recent addition has been the Jazzer lineup! Its truely worth a test ride, you'll more than likely fall in love.
In 2001, their focus shifted to a new scene. After purchasing Schweiss Inc., continual prototypes of their heavy-duty lawn mower line, to a more bleak, contemporary design. It wasn't until the summer of 2003 that the Jazzer product-line was born.
Our most recent project has been the
Yard Shark
mower line.
Starting off in early November, and just finishing up in the summer of 2007. We sought our quote of 350 of the new Yard Shark mowers -- with Honda/Kawasaki engines; ranging from Honda: 20HP w/ 50" deck; 24HP w/ 60'" deck --- and the Kawasaki: 20HP/51" deck; 25HP/60" deck.
We're always looking to produce quality at its finest!
