TRULAND Equipment Lafayette, IN

High-yield ground on the Tipton Till Plain

West central Indiana is some of the best row crop ground in the country, and Tippecanoe County is right in the middle of it. Most of the county sits on the Tipton Till Plain, the flat glacial plain that runs across central Indiana, with dark prairie-derived soils and outwash terraces along the Wabash River. The Wabash cuts through the county and gives you bottoms and bluffs near the river, but move a few miles either direction and the ground goes flat, square and productive. Corn and soybeans dominate, with wheat in the rotation on some farms.

That ground supports large operations. Farms here commonly run into the thousands of acres, often across multiple counties, with hired help, multiple planters and combines and a real equipment budget. Seed corn production, Purdue's ag research footprint and the density of agronomy and input suppliers around Lafayette also mean the average operator here is running current technology and expects a dealer to keep pace. That is what our Lafayette store is built for.

Equipment lines for large row crop operations

John Deere is the primary line, and at Lafayette the mix leans toward the big end. Row crop and 4WD tractors, combines with corn heads and platforms, large planters, air seeders and drills, self-propelled sprayers and full-width tillage are the machines that move here. Our used inventory across the TRULAND group runs deep in exactly those categories, with tractors, harvesting equipment, tillage, planting and seeding and sprayers making up the largest share of hundreds of listed units.

We also carry Kuhn and Great Plains for tillage and seeding, CAM Superline trailers, Toro, SnowEx and Boss snow plows, and a large STIHL catalog. On the smaller side there is steady demand around West Lafayette, Battle Ground and Dayton for the 1023E, 1025R, 2025R and 3025E tractor and loader packages, Gators and zero-turn mowers, because the acreage and rural residential ground around a university town never stops needing something mowed, moved or plowed.

Parts and service when acres are on the line

When you are covering thousands of acres, downtime costs more per hour than it does anywhere else. A planter down during a three-day fit window or a combine down in dry October beans is measured in acres you will not get back. Our Lafayette parts counter and service department work on that clock. Call 765-607-4500 and we will tell you what is on the shelf, what is at another TRULAND store and what has to be ordered.

We carry parts for tractors, tillage tools, planters, air seeders, drills, sprayers, hay equipment, ag technology, skid steers, track loaders, mini excavators and wheel loaders. You can order through Shop.Deere.com and we operate Parts Drop Locations. For self-repair, we support Service ADVISOR, operator manuals, John Deere Operations Center Pro Service, Expert Alerts and Equipment Mobile, and the John Deere ExpertConnect app. Off-season inspection programs cover 4WD tractors, row crop tractors, combines, corn heads, platforms, planters up to 12 row and greater than 12 row, drill box air CCS, sprayers, balers, mower conditioners, tillage, forage harvesters, skid steers, compact track loaders, compact wheel loaders and compact excavators. PowerGard Protection Plan coverage is also available.

Precision ag where the data actually gets used

Around Lafayette, precision ag is not a nice extra. Variable rate, section control, prescriptions and clean Operations Center data are how these farms are already running, and the question is whether the setup works on day one of planting. Our Total Farm Support Plan is $1,500 for spring or fall. It covers an Operations Center pre-season review and data clean-up, data transfer from Operations Center to your equipment, software updates for equipment compatibility, in-field technology startup and a full year of Call Center support.

Agronomy service packages include Data Services at $1 per acre, where we build management zones or sample grids and upload them to Operations Center and load your soil test results and prescriptions, with you pulling samples and paying lab fees. In-season soil nitrogen testing (PSNT) is $60 per sample, plant tissue testing is $60 per sample and manure testing is $90 per sample. Boundary mapping is done with a TRULAND-supplied 835M Gator and precision ag equipment, with a Full-Service Boundary Program available. Phone support is $299 per year through the Precision Ag Support Center at (260) 296-2391, and we publish an RTK network dealer map along with video libraries for planting, sprayer, harvest and Operations Center work.

Grain storage and drying

On yields like these, on-farm storage is a marketing tool, not just a place to put grain. Our grain division has been in the grain storage and handling industry for almost 60 years. We do full design and site layout, equipment selection, installation, routine and preventative maintenance, custom millwright work and complete dryer service.

We work with Brock on-farm storage systems, Brock pneumatic systems, Brock conditioning fans and heaters, Meyer and Superb dryers, Farm Fans dryers and parts, KLEENair systems, Grain Management Systems and Honeyville bucket elevators, catwalks, conveyors, support structures and towers, and we stock Hutchinson and Westfield. If your drying capacity is the bottleneck that sets how fast you can run the combine, that is worth a conversation before harvest, not during it. Call 765-607-4500.

Why the group matters at this store

TRULAND has 18 stores across Indiana and Ohio. For a Tippecanoe County operation that means depth. Parts move between stores, so a part sitting in Frankfort, Flora or Logansport can be here instead of on backorder. Used equipment across the group runs into the hundreds of units and well over a hundred million dollars in listed value, so when you are shopping a specific combine, tractor or sprayer configuration, there is more than one store's lot to look at.

It also means technician depth. Grain systems crews, precision ag specialists and machine-specific technicians are shared across the group, which matters when the problem is a technology issue on a late-model machine at 9pm in the middle of harvest.

Rentals

Lafayette does not carry a rental fleet. TRULAND rentals are at Wauseon, Ohio at 419-335-7368 and Angola, Indiana at 260-665-5820. Those two stores cover 18 rental categories including skid steers and attachments, mini excavators, compact construction equipment, trailers, generators, air compressors, pumps, pressure washers, saws, lifts, concrete and masonry, surface prep and floor care, heating and cooling, Gators, landscaping and lawn care and tree care equipment. Call either store directly for availability and rates.

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