Company Information

G.R. Manufacturing, Inc. was founded in 1990 for the purpose of outfitting John Deere Construction Equipment used in specialized applications. These are primarily forestry, wildfire suppression, trash handling, recycling and demolition. G.R.'s expertise is in outfitting machines to work reliably in hot, harsh, dusty, dirty environments and to protect the machines and operators from workplace hazards.

New tractors are sent to the factory in Trussville, Alabama for outfitting that includes comprehensive or complex installations; typically governmental or military. "Kits" or standard products are sent to Deere dealers for installation at the dealership. Products include: operator and machine protection, cooling system enhancement, fire suppression, low ground pressure (undercarriage) conversions, mowing packages and auxiliary counterweights.

G.R. has earned Deere's coveted "Partner" rating in the Deere "Achieving Excellence" program in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Also in 2001, G.R. was named "Supplier of the Year" for Indirect Services to Deere's Dubuque, Iowa factory.

Today, G.R. works with Deere's Agricultural and Commercial & Consumer Products divisions as well as with Construction & Forestry products division, which includes Timberjack. By utilizing the same "ProE" solid modeling CAD software that Deere uses, we are able to achieve high levels of integration between our product designs and Deere's machines. Our manufacturing processes include a Trumpf laser burning table and Pacific pressbrake - both computer controlled with direct links to our integrated manufacturing software. Skilled welders using fixtures and "tab and slot" designs insure product quality and repeatability. Finally, a coating system involving surface prep blasting, electrostatic painting and oven drying puts the finishing touch on a product worthy to be used with a Deere machine.

"We Build World Class Products for World Class Machines!"