Diversified Crop Shuttle Lineup

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As most growers already know, the Crop Shuttle is the largest, fastest and most versatile crop cart on the market. New for 2021, STP Manufacturing based in Park River, ND has added even more diversification to the Crop Shuttle line-up with an all-new spreader attachment. The dual pan spinner is hydraulically driven, meaning you still will not need a PTO to operate the Crop Shuttle.

“This new attachment is a major deal for us” say Jacob Kringstad the Vice President at STP Manufacturing. “It allows our customer another option to diversify the use of their equipment making their investment go further.”

“Diversification options for our customers Crop Shuttle investment has been a major focus of ours for the past couple of years and we have some real groundbreaking things to come out in the next year or two.” The company worked closely with Ron and Nick Adams from Reynolds, ND to test and enhance the design in the Fall of 2020. The testing unit was outfitted on a 4600 series Crop Shuttle allowing it to load up 30+ tons of lime ash. The attachment is out of the way at the rear of the cart allowing farms to move from harvest operations to spreading with no down time to switch over.

“This year we harvested around 1,500 acres of sugar beets and then spread over 12 million pounds of lime ash in the Grand Forks area with the Crop Shuttle” says Nick Adams. “The Crop Shuttle’s Bluetooth scale system really made it easy to keep track of our spread rates and to adjust accordingly. Not only that, but our loader and harvester operators had the app on their phones allowing us to get the perfect amount in the Shuttle every time.” Through the product testing phase, “Adams were helpful during the development of this spinner, they have been awesome to work with while we work out the kinks” said Kringstad.

The Crop Shuttle has a modular design allowing you to customize your cart to fit your needs. You can maximize your payload up to 46 ton or 2400 cubic foot capacity and discharge speeds up to 30 tons per minute. Customers can customize various components of their cart, including capacity, side wall height, scales, cleaning tables and boom widths.

The Crop Shuttle is extremely versatile allowing you to use it in multiple crops such as sugar beets, potatoes, carrots, onions, red beets, cucumbers, and even corn silage.

The Crop Shuttle started as a product from Kringstad Ironworks Inc. but since has been moved to a sister company, STP manufacturing where it is currently manufactured.

“The Crop Shuttle got its roots when we introduced the first one into vegetables in 2016. The Beet Shuttle was my father’s project that dates to the first prototype in 2012 to help Michigan farmers tackle the need to load large trucks, at tall heights at an efficient rate” explains Jacob. “After about 3 main designs the current hopper raising design was the most efficient and laid the groundwork for my brother, Alek, and I to take it to the next level and introduce it to more crops. Currently we have tried it in more than 15 different crops and adding more versatility each year.”

Currently STP has 5 main products that they manufacture. “We started with just Safe-T-Pull in mind back in 2014 but our focus to diversify quickly added more product lines” says Alek Kringstad production manager. “In 2015 we worked to develop the Slingshot Kinetic Energy Ropes, 2016 we added the Crop Shuttle under our roof, 2018 we purchased Strong Box Live bottoms, 2019 Prairie Plastics and last year was our 1st year as a dealer for the Holmer self-propelled harvester. All of these product lines compliment each other and share common parts and customer base.”

“We have always been big on innovation and there usually isn’t many things we aren’t willing to try. We have some big prototypes coming up this harvest and 2022 holds some promising innovations“ exclaims Jacob. “We have a few new items to debut so we look forward to the 2022 trade show circuit and getting back out in front of our customers.”

If you have any questions on the Crop Shuttle or any other product that STP manufactures, check out www.stpmfg.com or give them a call @ 1-701-284-6100.