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PROVIDED BY MURPHY TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
AND JOHN DEERE
SUMMER 2020
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Bill Buckles
Bill Buckles
President
President
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co.
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co.
Bill Buckles
Bill Buckles
President
President
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co.
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co.
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CONTENTS
COVER STORY
GOOD AS GOLD
PAGE 4
The third 944K Wheel Loader added
to this material company’s fleet
also came with the first virtual
John Deere Gold Key experience.
A STEP AHEAD
PAGE 10
Unique jobs, GPS technology,
and John Deere equipment help
keep this Des Moines, Iowa-area
excavating contractor moving
earth like none other.
EASY DOES IT
PAGE 14
Simplified systems, new drive
modes, and easygoing productivity
make the 410E-II and 460E-II
Articulated Dump Trucks some of
our newest can’t-miss equipment.
LABOR & LOVE
PAGE 16
Ralph and Emma Heathershaw
added the sound of wedding bells
to the buzz around the John Deere
CONEXPO/CON-AGG® 2020 booth.
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John Deere takes the first off-site Gold
Key Experience very seriously — and very
literally — as Winter Brothers Material
Company President Ryan Winter shows off
the gold key included in the ceremony.
JOHN DEERE BRINGS FACTORY-FLOOR HONORS TO THE HOME OF THIS
HARDWORKING, INNOVATIVE THIRD-GENERATION COMPANY
Winter
nter Brothers Material
Materiial Company gravel from the depths of the “When someone asks me wh what
operates
tes along a wwide
ide meander of free-flow
free-flowing
wing waterway
waterw
way and I do, I tell them I count ro
rocks,” he
the Meramec River near St. Louis, shipping its products all over says with a laugh. “Really, I love
Missouri, but it’s under the water the Midwest for over 70 years. just being able to produce and
where the crew really gets to ply provide. We get the materials to
its trade. This third-generation, There’s a much simpler way to the places that need them, and we
family-owned company has been say it, according to Ryan Winter, get jobs to hardworking folks out
dredging up premium sand and company president. on our site. They’re the ones who
make this company what it is.”
– continued
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Winter Brothers Material ROCK STEADY While its premium materials get
Company was incorporated in used for landscaping, roofing on
1946 after Winter’s grandfather Millions of years ago, the state large corporate buildings, under-
and great-uncle returned from of Missouri was at the bottom water drainage systems, and more,
World War II. After they met their of the inland sea. The shift to our Winter Brothers’ primary customer
wives, the next thing they wanted current geological layout created base is ready-mix concrete within
to do was start a company. a surplus of sedimentary rock to the metropolitan area. As a
be mined, and the Mississippi River bulk-aggregate supplier in a
“It was either fried chicken or cuts through this limestone. The single location, all the company’s
sand-and-gravel mining. My Meramec sand and gravel that equipment, including its new
grandmother always said the Winter Brothers mines is unique to — and third — 944K Wheel Loader,
smell of diesel fuel is not quite and highly sought after in the area, can live on-site.
as bad as chicken grease, so they as it flows as an alluvial deposit out
bought some mining equipment of the Ozarks and contains none “John Deere seems incredibly
and got to it,” says Winter. of the lignite that is common to innovative,” says Plant Manager
the Mighty Mississippi. Jerry Gunter, noting that fuel
efficiency is a real number he can
THE 944K WITH ITS
10-YARD BUCKET
DEFINITELY WARRANTED
A LOOK FROM US.
– Ryan Winter, President, Winter Brothers Material Company
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look at every day and know exactly than your typical sand-and-gravel get the job done under the hood
how much the company is saving. mine. Machines like the 944K as well.
Wheel Loader have been crucial
“The 944K is a true four-wheel- in helping its load-and-carry “John Deere foresaw the market’s
drive machine, so operators can operation exceed expectations in need for a machine like the 944K
get a full bucket every time, with terms of speed and consistency. and had all the engineering in
virtually no wheel spin. It takes line to roll it out before anyone
fewer passes to load each truck, “About five years ago I knew it was else,” says Winter. “I’m excited
and at the end of the day, that time to upgrade our fleet of wheel to learn what the folks at Deere
adds up,” Gunter says. “With the loaders. We run a lot of nine-yard are working on for their next
944K, you just do your job.” buckets, so the 944K with its generation of machines. There’s
10-yard bucket definitely warranted a lot of technology still out
a look from us,” says Winter. there to be developed, and I
EXPERT ENGINEERING know they’re developing it.”
With a background in mechanical
The service Winter Brothers’ – continued
engineering, the veteran supplier
customers have come to expect
is no stranger to what it takes to
requires a bit of a different process
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OFF-SITE SURPRISE I knew Deere took the challenge
of creating both the machine
A more personal John Deere and the experience seriously.”
innovation Winter Brothers
experienced was the manu-
facturer’s first remote Gold Key
JOHN DEERE A special package featuring a
experience. Typically, customers
are treated to a private, behind-
REALLY flash drive with videos and specific
information, a replica Gold Key,
the-scenes tour of the factory
where their equipment is built.
WENT OUT and much more greeted the crew,
with Winter and Gunter being all
smiles in front of their brand-new
Due to COVID-19, Winter Brothers
assumed early on that any sort of
OF THEIR machine, already on-site.
Gold Key experience for its newest
944K was not going to be possible.
WAY TO MAKE “Touring the factory felt special
and so did this. John Deere really
The company was delighted to
US FEEL went out of their way to make us
feel important,” says Gunter.
find out otherwise.
IMPORTANT.
“John Deere had a creative idea – Jerry Gunter, WINTER HELP
of making a remote Gold Key Plant Manager,
experience upon delivery of From the celebration of new
Winter Brothers equipment to the support of the
our new machine,” says Winter. Material Company
“I knew from my other trips to daily grind, Winter Brothers enjoys
the factory the type of culture that same relationship with its
surrounding the machine, and dealer. Both Winter and Gunter
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give credit where it’s due — to the
expertise and responsiveness of
Erb Equipment.
“Erb just makes it a point of taking
care of their customers,” says Gunter.
“We didn’t have any John Deere
equipment before, so just getting
to know the people and their
service has been excellent.”
And, of course, there’s plenty
of praise for the machine that
brought them all together.
“The wheel loader market has
been around for a long time, so
it’s difficult sometimes to see how
you can improve a machine to a
point that some guy in Missouri
is going to run out and buy three
of them,” says Winter. “The
industry of moving rocks is old,
but John Deere is still managing
to push the envelope and make
it better.”
Winter Brothers Material Company
is serviced by Erb Equipment, Fenton,
Missouri.
NET BUCKET-CAPACITY OPERATING
POWER RANGE WEIGHT
400 kW (536 hp) 6.5–7.65 m³ 54 253–56 524 kg
at 1,600 rpm (8.5–10.0 cu. yd.) (119,607–124,614 lb.)
The 944K Wheel Loader recently surpassed 1,000,000
combined hours in the field, no small feat for the
machine’s first five years! Winter Brothers Material
Company of St. Louis, Missouri, contributed over 10,000
Check out the video at: hours to that one-million-hour milestone, a figure that
JohnDeere.com/TheDirt will only increase with the addition of its third 944K.
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faMIlY-owneD BUSIneSS
leVeraGeS teChnoloGY to
taCkle nIChe ProJeCtS
As a third-generation company, “I spec, order, and monitor main- Along with that machinery comes
Elder Corporation of Des Moines, tenance for all the equipment. access to John Deere dealership
Iowa, has been around long enough Performance is what we’re looking service. “Murphy Tractor is our
to see changes from more than for, and John Deere doesn’t let dealership, and our relationship
technology. By becoming experts us down,” says Brian Moran, Vice has been growing over the years,”
in demolition, earthwork, under- President of Mobile Fleet Assets Moran says. “It’s becoming better
ground utilities, concrete and and Maintenance for Elder Corpo- and better every day.”
asphalt recycling, soil stabilization, ration. “We like the push and load-
and tree clearing, among its many ing power of the wheel loaders and The integration of Deere equipment
specialties, the Elder crew has the power and lifting capacity of and dealerships doesn’t just help
grown more inclined to seek the excavators. And when it comes Elder Corporation on the job — it
anything out of the ordinary to two-track scraper tractors, you helps the excavating contractor
as the company has grown. have to go with Deere. They build secure more jobs.
some good, reliable equipment.” “Recently, we were awarded a
A SOLID FOUNDATION 600,000-square-foot warehouse
A job reconfiguring a loading-dock
A successful project needs a solid area about a decade ago allowed project the general contractor
foundation. And what’s essential Elder Corporation to have a better was able to negotiate direct,
to that foundation? Dirt moved understanding of what John Deere because they know Elder
in the fastest, smartest, and machines are capable of. Since Corporation is heavily invested
most efficient way possible. For then, it’s incorporated almost 50 in Deere equipment,” says Steve
Elder Corporation, the quality of pieces of Deere equipment into Moyna, Vice President of Business
what gets built should always be its fleet. Development. “We buy more Deere
matched by the quality of what equipment and we get more jobs
it’s built on. because of it. Everyone benefits.”
– continued
Typical jobs
are really not what
we look for.
– Steve Moyna, Vice President of Business Development, Elder Corporation
3DOUBLE OR NOTHING ever-growing list of specialties is the It all comes down to better data and
only way to survive. the benefits that result from it. By
Moyna says Elder Corporation is a having all of that information from the
company so good, he had to work TOPOGRAPHIC TECH start, Elder Corporation is able to land
there twice. on-site and get moving immediately,
GPS technology has been a game
“I worked for the second generation changer for the entire industry, but which is especially convenient on
of Elder Corporation in the early ’90s especially for Elder Corporation. larger sites with massive amounts of
and found myself back once again for Shawn Swygman, the company’s dirt to move. With the help of forward-
the current third generation in 2010,” GPS Manager, notes just how much thinking experts like Swygman, things
he says. “They’re a family-owned time and money are saved by using are only going to get better.
organization that thinks really highly GPS-enabled drones and equipment “I’m here to do more than analyze
of their people and makes it a point on its jobsites. the engineer’s data,” he says. “I’m
to put technology at the forefront of always researching, taking what I find
what they do. It’s a people-forward, “Back in the day, you’d have to
send a guy out to a field, and he to the powers that be to see what’s a
ideas-forward environment.” good fit. How can we make it better?
may spend five hours on a big site
That technology — along with a doing the topography and taking How can we make it faster?”
growing fleet of John Deere equip- shots, maybe bringing in 10,000 That mindset allows Elder Corporation
ment — has kept Elder Corporation data points at max,” says Swygman. to keep expanding and finding new
competitive as it continues finding “Now you can take the drone out, ways to move dirt and get work
new areas of excavation to conquer. fly it for 15 minutes, and bring in in places where it needs moving.
With over 60 years of experience, the over 10,000,000 data points.” The company is always looking to try
company knows that expanding its
12 THE DIRTJohn Deere Customer Advocate Groups
help give every customer a voice.
Elder Corporation of Des Moines, Iowa,
proudly participates. Vice President of
Business Development Steve Moyna
says, “One of the things we appreciate
about Deere is their ability to converse
with us to better understand not only
what we like, but also what we don’t
like, and remediate those issues
moving forward.”
c u s t o m e r a d v o c a c y
the latest innovations. “Technology customers come back to us. We “We’ve got a job list as long as your
such as John Deere telematics make try to fill that challenging niche, arm — that’s what happens when
sure that we’re able to just plan and whether it’s a job with a potentially you provide solutions others can’t
then go,” says Moran. “Instead of hazardous environmental condition, bring to the table,” quips Moyna.
everything being reactive, it can be an expensive soil issue on the “And that’s exactly what we look
proactive.” property, extreme topography, for in our equipment providers like
or other issues that need to be John Deere.”
NOT LIKE MOST JOBS corrected.” Elder Corporation is serviced by Murphy
“Typical jobs are really not what Seeking out those unique challenges Tractor & Equipment Co., Des Moines, Iowa.
we look for,” says Moyna. “We excel has provided Elder Corporation a
with projects that are unique, and broader customer base and the Check out the video at:
that’s one of the reasons so many JohnDeere.com/TheDirt
opportunity to excel in its niche.
I’m here to do more than analyze the engineer’s data.
I’m always researching, taking what I find to the
powers that be to see what’s a good fit.
How can we
make it better?
How can we
make it faster?
– Shawn Swygman, GPS Manager, Elder Corporation
13I N T RO DU CI N G T H E 410E-I I A N D 4 60E-I I A DTS
E-II SERIES ADTS DELIVER BIG PRODUCTIVITY WITH LESS EFFORT
How did we improve on our powerful, productive, and popular E-Series Articulated
Dump Trucks (ADTs)? Three new drive modes make the 410E-II and 460E-II easier to
use, while options like an automatic temperature control (ATC) system and a premium
heated/ventilated seat provide all-day comfort. We've also made them more reliable
and easier to maintain, with more robust sensors and simplified hydraulic and
electrical routing. These ADTs are hardworking, easygoing, and simply better.
TRAVEL LIGHT SET AND FORGET heated/ventilated seat with heavy-duty
E-II models weigh in at around Optional ATC system allows operators air-suspension and adjustable seat pan
1,100-pounds less than the E-Series, to simply select a desired temperature provides even more comfort.
which boosts fuel economy without to get comfortable. Rotary switches
sacrificing performance. Combining eliminate the need for a second sealed- DRIVER’S EDGE
lower weight with improved hydraulic switch module, making room for more Three drive modes ease customization
efficiency, these models consume storage. by both inexperienced and veteran
up to seven-percent less fuel than operators: Normal mode for everyday
E-Series machines. QUALITY SEAT TIME operation; Eco mode that, when
Standard high-back air-suspension conditions allow, conserves fuel by
seat adjusts multiple ways for daylong managing engine-power delivery
comfort and support. Optional premium as well as optimizing transmission
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FUEL CONSUMPTION
CONNECTIONS BY UP TO 12%
COMPARED TO E-SERIES
COMPARED TO NORMAL MODE
response for those conditions; and — 10-percent fewer than E-Series KEEP THE TRUCK OUT OF
Traction mode, which optimizes models — considerably minimizes THE MUCK
differential lock for maximum system complexity. New wheel-speed sensors improve
tractive effort in soft and slippery auto-differential lock response to
ground conditions. PUT DAILY GREASING ON help keep materials moving in slippery
AUTOPILOT muck. They provide a more accurate
SIGNIFICANTLY SIMPLER SYSTEMS Factory-installed auto-lube option reading than ground-speed radar to
Routing of the electrical and hydraulic boosts uptime and reliability. It is confirm the traction-boosting auto-
systems has been greatly simplified to electrically powered and integrated differential lock engages when needed.
improve reliability. Reduction of hose with machine diagnostics to help verify Diff lock can also be engaged on the fly
length and number of connections daily maintenance is being performed. while slipping.
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3Well, Ralph loves excavators, and
I love Ralph .
He doesn’t like the mushy stuff, so I said it
would be fun to do it. And it was a great event.
Best wedding ever.” – Emma Heathershaw
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O
love
THESE NEWLYWEDS WENT FROM EXCAVATION TO
EXCLAMATION, SAYING “I DO” AT CONEXPO 2020
A fancy wedding cake. Family “I want to make sure that every- “Well, Ralph loves excavators,
and friends sharing in the joy. body knows this was her idea,” and I love Ralph,” Emma says.
A John Deere excavator. says Ralph. ”People see us getting “He doesn’t like the mushy stuff,
married at a construction conven- so I said it would be fun to do it.
One of these things is not like tion and probably think ‘Look at And it was a great event. Best
the others, but it’s what made that guy, dragging his bride-to-be wedding ever.”
Ralph and Emma Heathershaw’s up on a piece of equipment on
wedding so unique when they their special day.’ But most of the DIGGING LIFE TOGETHER
decided to tie the knot at audience at CONEXPO is men, so
CONEXPO-CON/AGG® 2020. The happy couple met almost
I felt on the spot in front of all the by chance when one of Emma’s
“They set a couple of excavators construction guys!” employers, a vacation-rental
with the buckets kind of in a heart Both Ralph and Emma have had company, needed the driveway to
shape,” Emma says. “We walked traditional weddings in the past. its office rebuilt. Emma was looking
a red carpet and they even played The CONEXPO experience in Las for a contractor, and Ralph was the
the ‘Wedding March’ when we Vegas provided a chance for the one who showed up. At that time,
walked between the excavators. two to do something unique for he had a little excavator he used for
It was funny!” their own special day together, small jobs both on and away from
something that reflected the his farm.
uniqueness of their relationship. – continued
17I will say that I’m very happy
that I married this woman, and
I love her very much". – Ralph Heathershaw
A NEW LEVEL OF DEALER “It’s not just a first for John Deere
SUPPORT construction – it’s a Las Vegas first,”
says Ralph. “Everybody has done
Originally, Ralph and Emma had every over-the-top thing there is
planned on simply checking out the when it comes to weddings, so it
equipment at the convention and feels good just to have gotten to
doing a simple, fun ceremony some- an idea before anyone else.”
where in Las Vegas. When Ralph
and Emma were at the dealership “People were wandering around and
checking out their new 60G then they’d be stunned at a wedding
Compact Excavator a few months happening out of nowhere,” says
before CONEXPO, a simple Emma. “You could see the shocked
conversation changed everything. look on their faces.”
“Emma made a joke about getting When Ralph was asked for marriage
married on an excavator, and before advice, he proved that his smarts go
I knew it, Matt Wolf, our salesman, beyond choosing John Deere when
ran it up the ladder, all the way to he gave the best answer someone
Since then, he’s switched to two Deere Corporate,” says Ralph. “Matt can give.
John Deere excavators, and he’s even ended up being the witness in
quick to point out that the work the ceremony.” “I’m not sure I have any,” he says
around the farm doesn’t get done “But I will say that I’m very happy
alone anymore. The dealer support extends to more that I married this woman, and I love
traditional avenues as well, with her very much.”
“Emma is very helpful when I need Ralph noting that legendary service
Ralph and Emma Heathershaw are serviced by
an extra hand,” Ralph says. “She’s is one of the main reasons he went Papé Machinery in the Pacific Northwest.
good at tracking the excavators with John Deere.
from spot to spot for me.” Check out the video at:
“Anything you need, they’re right JohnDeere.com/TheDirt
“I’ve owned a restaurant for almost on it,” Ralph says of their dealer,
seven years where I cook, clean, Papé Machinery. “I’ve gone in there
meet customers, do the books — with a repair question and left with
everything,” says Emma. “On my printed-out instructions on what
days off, I help Ralph on the farm. turned into a simple 10-minute fix
That’s my vacation time.” for me. You couldn’t ask for better
With over 250 acres on their farm,
than that.” CONEXPO-CON/AGG®
the Heathershaws’ excavators get WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS
used for driving fence posts, rebuild-
Just the idea of having a singular, At the 2020 installment of
ing riverbanks, landscaping, and
one-of-a-kind wedding experience CONEXPO, the world’s biggest
running all over the place.
in Las Vegas is enough to make the construction trade-show event,
“We met and became friends, couple smile. There’s no shortage John Deere offered previews
and now we keep up the property of people with the classic yellow of new technologies such
together,” says Ralph. “It really went and green John Deere machines as Obstacle Intelligence,
down the road from that first meet- at their weddings, but the focus on SmartWeigh™, SmartAttach,
ing, all the way down the road to the construction equipment specifically a new earthmoving productivity
John Deere booth at CONEXPO!” turns this into a CONEXPO first. system for scrapers, and more.
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HERE TO
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RUNNING.
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Put John Deere and non-John Deere parts, service,
and preventative maintenance on PowerPlan™.
You can keep your equipment and crews working now
and we’ll waive the payments and interest for 180 days.1
PARTS AND SERVICE
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
We’ll get through this together. Contact your dealer or
go to JohnDeereFinancial.com/PowerPlan to apply.
¹Offer valid on qualifying purchases made between 01 November 2020 to
28 February 2021. Subject to approved credit on PowerPlan, a revolving credit service
of John Deere Financial, f.s.b. For commercial use only. After the promotional period,
interest charges will begin to accrue at Prime plus 14.9% APR. 0% APR for 180 days
offers require a minimum $3,000 purchase with at least $1,000 of the purchase being
parts. Repairs must be made to John Deere equipment using John Deere OEM parts.
Prior purchases are not eligible. Available at participating dealers. JohnDeereFinancial.com
Prices may vary by dealer.
PowerPlan is a service of John Deere Financial, f.s.b.
CR2110933 Litho in U.S.A. (20-10)
19
35375 N. Deere Rd
Park City, KS 67219
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
177713
KANSAS
KANSAS
Park City GreatGreat
BendBend Topeka Topeka Ulysses Dodge City
Ulysses Humboldt
Dodge City
5255 N Deere Rd 325 S Highway 281 281
325 S Highway 1621 NW Gage Blvd
1621 1410 W Oklahoma 1410
NW Gage Blvd Ave W Oklahoma
10893 Ave
112 Rd Dodge 1141112
10893 Kanza
Rd Drive
Park City, KS 67219 Great Bend,
GreatKS 67530
Bend, KS 67530 Topeka, KS Topeka,
66618-2831 Ulysses, KS 67880Ulysses, KS 67880
KS 66618-2831 City, KS 67801 Humboldt,
Dodge City, KS KS 66748
67801
316-942-1457 620-792-2748
620-792-2748 785-233-0556620-356-1071620-356-1071
785-233-0556 620-227-3139 620-473-7020
620-227-3139
800-262-0139 800-264-4056
800-264-4056 800-279-6087
800-279-6087
TOLEDO 800-472-9238 800-794-0172
800-472-9238 800-794-0172
(PERRYSBURG)
NEBRASKA
Gering Omaha 12418Lincoln
WILLIAMS Grand Island North Platte
220810 Highway 92 9751 S 148th St ROAD
6100 Arbor Rd 3204 S Engleman Rd 3701 S Jeffers St
Gering, NE 69341 Omaha, NE 68138 Lincoln, NE 68517 Grand Island, NE 68803 North Platte, NE 69101
308-436-2177 402-894-1899 402-467-1300 308-381-0741 308-534-7020
800-205-6784 800-416-5095 PERRYSBURG,
800-416-5518 OH 800-868-4017 800-894-7060
43551
OHIO
Columbus Vandalia (Dayton) 855-246-9124
Canton Painesville Jackson Toledo (Perrysburg)
2121 Walcutt Rd 1015 Industrial Park Dr 1509 Raff Rd SW 811 Callendar Blvd 1 Deere Way 12418 Williams Road
Columbus, OH 43228 Vandalia, OH 45377 Canton, OH 44710 Painesville, OH 44077 Jackson OH 45640 Perrysburg, OH 43551
614-876-1141 937-898-4198 330-477-9304 440-639-0700 740-688-4100 567-352-7001
800-222-2010 800-233-4228 866-235-0438 866-800-1398
Cincinnati Lima Brunswick Poland (Youngstown) Cambridge
11441 Mosteller Rd 3550 Saint Johns Rd 1550 Industrial Pkwy S 590 E Western Reserve Rd Bldg 3 60611 Hulse Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45241 Lima, OH 45804 Brunswick, OH 44212 Poland, OH 44514 Cambridge, OH 43725
513-772-3232 419-221-3666 330-220-4999 330-629-6299 740-439-2747
800-844-3734 800-423-7445 800-716-9796 866-503-7259
MISSOURI PENNSYLVANIA
Kansas City Springfield Harmony Delmont
8600 NE Parvin Rd 1401 S State Highway MM 179 Perry Highway 1973 Route 66
Kansas City, MO 64161 Springfield, MO 65802 Harmony, PA 16037 Delmont, PA 15626
816-483-5000 417-863-1000 724-776-3636 724-837-4500
888-306-3434 888-306-2656
IOWA
Des Moines Fort Dodge Sioux City Waterloo
5087 E Broadway Ave 1303 3rd Ave NW 4900 Harbor Dr 3469 W Airline Hwy
Des Moines, IA 50317 Fort Dodge, IA 50501 Sioux City, IA 51111 Waterloo, IA 50703
515-263-0055 515-576-3184 712-252-2753 319-235-7085
800-822-2212 800-362-2487 800-352-4693 800-772-2019
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