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citygirl

07-07-2003 15:01:00




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My husband's grandfather just inherited a John Blue Spreader. It's stamped with Huntsville, AL on the drive wheel. It's in pretty good shape considering it's job. I am looking for any information that I can get in order for him to restore it. I can only find history of the company. Anyone have any information or know where I can get some? Thanks!




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Jim in TN

07-11-2003 15:31:10




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 Re: John Blue Spreaders in reply to citygirl, 07-07-2003 15:01:00  
city girl,my father worked for John Blue company for many years in the 60's and 70's as an over the road salesman. At that time they were quite a large player in the ag industry. They started in the 1880's i believe and moved to Huntsville,AL to be near the N.AL steel industry. I remember them producing cotton trailers,cotton modules,fertilizer spreaders,sprayers,anhydrous rigs,etc. They even produced a tractor for awhile.
They had several company owned dealerships scattered around the eastern U.S.. I remember going through the foundry with my dad when i was a kid. The driveway to the plant and main offices was lined with big oak trees and cows grazed in front. The company was owned by the Blue family until it was sold in the late 70's. Soon after it hit hard times financially and began ceasing production of anything not related to fertilizer application and eventually stopped producing implements altogether. They now just concentrate on liquid fertilizer pumps which were a very reliable product. My father had been away from the company about five years when they closed the memphis dealership. He bought the remaining inventory of parts lock,stock, and barrel and became an independent supplier of parts. I do not know what happened to the obsolete stuff,however, he does still have an original, unused,mule-drawn spreader that either sat in the memphis dealership or came from the main offices in huntsville(dont remember for sure). still see alot of the old equipment sitting in fence rows around the southeast but dont know where you would find a good parts supply.

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4020dt

07-07-2003 18:00:49




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 Re: John Blue Spreaders in reply to citygirl, 07-07-2003 15:01:00  
John Blue is still in business , same place in Alabama , just got some parts for my sprayer pumps couple months ago . Go to google search or something like that and you'll find it . BUT HANG on to your !!!***!!! their parts are GOLD and that's not exagerating . I spent $350 the parts fit in the palm of my hand . You have to go through a dealer of some kind though , I don't think they sell direct . Jim

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