By ANN ALLEN
Indiana Correspondent

ROANN, Ind. — Since its establishment in 1971, CFC Distributors has become one of the Midwest’s largest distributors of high quality agricultural repair parts for farm equipment dealers and stores.

Company President Dennis Bolinger, who purchased the business from his parents in 2001, takes pride in the fact that the company’s in-season inventory levels often allow orders to be filled and shipped the same day they are received.
“We can have products delivered in 24 hours to our Midwestern dealers,” he said. “This eliminates precious downtime to farm operators.” CFC ships parts from coast to coast and to Alaska.

“Most of the parts we distribute and manufacture are the same parts that dealers now purchase from original equipment manufacturer suppliers,” Bolinger said. “However, our low overhead and high volume allow us to supply the same, or better, parts to the dealer at a substantial savings.”

While enumerating the repair parts it sells for planters, combines, tillage equipment and dozens of other pieces of equipment, company Vice President Brad Fleck said technology has changed drastically in the past 40 years. One of the biggest changes he has seen is the switch from horizontal to vertical tillage, a move he feels is beneficial to the farmer.

While horizontal tillage is still done and CFC sells parts for that equipment, Fleck is impressed with vertical tillage. “It’s coming on strong,” he said.
CFC now offers coulter blades that move up and down instead of at an angle. Its website at www.cfcdist.com offers tips for converting a disc into a vertical tillage machine.

The company recently introduced a new gauge wheel for planters and grain drills that Fleck describes as extremely popular.

“It makes repairs easier,” he said. “A bearing can be changed in five minutes, where the old way took at least 20 minutes.”

CFC Distributors is located on Indiana 15 north of the intersection of 15 and U.S. Highway 24. About two to three miles past the point where State Road 16 intersects with State Road 15, a sign on the east side of the road directs travelers from the south to CFC headquarters.
From Ft. Wayne, take Interstate 69 to U.S. 24. G
o west on 24 to State Road 114. Go west on 114 until it intersects with S.R. 15. Go south four to five miles.
The company can be reached at 800-548-6633 or 765-833-4231. Bolinger’s e-mail address is djb@cfcdist.com and Fleck can be reached at bfleck@cfcdist.com

The company’s postal address is: CFC Distributors, P.O. Box 8, Roann, IN 46974.