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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Heavy equipment (Agribusiness) |
Founded | Sycamore, Illinois, U.S. (1992 ) |
Founder | James Bassett |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Joseph M. Bassett, President Rodney J. Arthur, Prod. Devel. Moses R. Cruz, Production Justin Landeck, Eng. |
Products | Row crop tools, strip-till tools, no-till attachments |
Website | www |
Dawn Equipment Company is an American corporation founded in 1992, and based in Sycamore, Illinois, where the company's factory and administrative center is. Dawn is a manufacturer of tools for row crop planters, as well as fertilizer openers, and strip-till systems.
As of 2009[update], Dawn Equipment Company supplies more than 2,000 dealerships in several countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, and France. Dawn's corporate color is navy blue, typically set on a white backdrop.
Products
[edit]Dawn's original product line was limited to "screw-adjust" row cleaners. As the company has grown, so has its product offerings. As of 2015[update], Dawn holds a number of patents[1] and manufactures several varieties of agricultural products including: Trashwheels row cleaners, Curvetine closing wheels, row unit mounted coulters, the Gfx hydraulic trailing-arm floating row cleaner, the Rfx Automated Electro-Hydraulic Planter Row Unit Down-Pressure System, the Cfx Electro-Hydraulic fertilizer opener, the Anhydra Universal fertilizer applicator, and the Pluribus strip-till System.
In 2014 Dawn Equipment Company launched a new division, DawnBiologic www
All Dawn products are manufactured in the United States of America, and raw materials are sourced through American companies. All Dawn equipment is powder coated black, and can be recognized by the unique screw-adjust handle which regulates height on most varieties of trashwheels row cleaners.
Gallery
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Dawn Pluribus strip-till unit
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Dawn Ground Effects (Gfx) row cleaner
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Dawn trashwheels (1130A-12.75 & 1140-2)
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Dawn 3004 fertilizer opener
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Dawn Pluribus strip-till system in the field
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Dawn Gfx & Curvetines in the field
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Dawn trashwheel in the field
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Dawn Curvetine in the field
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dawn_Trashwheel_powdercoat.jpg/220px-Dawn_Trashwheel_powdercoat.jpg)
Planters of the following manufacturers are compatible with Dawn row crop tools:
- John Deere (series: 7000, 7100, 7200, 7300, 1700–1790)
- Case IH (series: 800, 900, 1200–1250)
- Harvest International Toolbar
- Kinze (series: 2000, 3000)
- AGCO/White (series: 5000, 6000, 8000)
- Monosem (Series: NG Plus)
- Gaspardo
References
[edit]- ^ "Patent applications by Dawn Equipment Company". faqs.org. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
External links
[edit] Media related to Dawn Equipment Company at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Strip-till.com, Dawn Equipment website about strip-till issues
- Agriculture companies of the United States
- Companies based in DeKalb County, Illinois
- Sycamore, Illinois
- Tool manufacturing companies of the United States
- Manufacturing companies based in Illinois
- Privately held companies based in Illinois
- 1992 establishments in Illinois
- American companies established in 1992