Danuser.com is a manufacturer of industrial and agricultural attachments
Title
Danuser Machine Company, Inc.
Description
Heavy machinery: hydraulic and PTO diggers, augers, agricultural, industrial, OEM speciality parts and Recoil Reduction Devices. Product photos and specifications, brochure request and contact information.
Contact
- Danuser Machine Company, Inc.
- 500 East Third Street
- P.O. Box 368
- Fulton, Missouri 65251-0368
- Business Hours - Monday through Friday
- 7:30 am to 4:30 pm (CST)
- Tel: (573) 642-2246
- Fax: (573) 642-2240
- Web: http://www.danuser.com
- Email: Danuser
Additional Information
DANUSER MACHINE COMPANY HISTORY
To give you a short history of Danuser Machine Company, I must start with my grandfather, Kasper Berry Danuser, who was a Swiss emigrant. One of ten children, he came to this country in 1880. He produced the first piece of farm equipment that carried the name "DANUSER" - a farm wagon built in the town of Readsville, Missouri, around 1905. In 1906, he moved his family to Auxvasse where my father, Henry, was born in 1908. The Danuser family moved to Fulton in 1910, and the original shop was located on our present plant site. In addition to the general repair work so common to shops of that time, he thrashed grain with steam power in the summertime and saw-milled in the off-season.
During his college years, my father rebuilt a Ford automobile that had only four original parts left when he got through with it. He then drove this creature to Salt Lake, up to Yellowstone Park, and back home - a pretty rugged trip even by today's standards. He later went to Wichita and became associated with Stearman Aircraft Company. The company wasn't any larger than we are now, and the President, Mr. Lloyd Stearman, was chief test pilot. With the winter season in Wichita and nearly 20 aircraft companies with no government business to carry them, they simply shut down. Dad then worked his way to Europe in 1930 by feeding a cargo of mules. He was gone about five months when he ran out of money. He convinced the captain of a tramp freighter that he could assist him in running his boat with no pay, only passage home. However, to make him an employee of the South Atlantic Steamship Company, they did pay him . . . one penny!
When he returned home, he worked with his father and acquired a unique automotive piston ring for distribution over the state of Missouri. This Cord Piston Ring would stop the excessive use of oil, and nearly every piston ring company uses such a design today.
Dad married Lillian Hill Hamilton on December 4, 1932, after installing a set of piston rings until 2:00 that morning so he could afford to pay for the wedding ceremony.
My father purchased the company after his father's death in 1937. At that time, we were still a carryover of Granddad's blacksmith shop doing maintenance and repair work. Dad's first product was a portable air compressor. Dad then designed and built a tree-moving machine. In 1941, Danuser Machine Company built the first rear-mounted Blade in the United States for a tractor. We have followed these early products with a number of introductions over the years:
1943 - Post Hole Digger (After all these years, serial numbers 2 and 3 are
still in operation. We've lost track of serial number 1.)
1947 - Our own Blade, designed and patented.
1951 - Post Driver
1958 - Scarifier and Rake Attachments for the Blade
1964 - 8200 Hydraulic Boring Head
1966 - CD1 Compact Tractor Digger
1967 - 8700 Hydraulic Digger
1970 - Hole Digger Head Attachment
1975 - 8400 and 8500 Hydraulic Diggers
1976 - MS-1 (28" Log Splitter)
1977 - MS-2 (48" Log Splitter)
1978 - TP-16 (self contained power unit to operate the MS-1 or MS-2)
1980 - ES-1 (20" Electric Splitter)
1983 - G20/40 Post Hole Digger
1984 - Counter Coil Hydraulic Recoil Reduction Device
1986 - HS-54 and HS-72 Hydraulic Scrapers
1990 - 8300 and 8800 Hydraulic Diggers
1997 - 8900 Hydraulic Digger
1997 - Comp Coil Spring Recoil Reduction Device
2002 - 1025, 1530, and 2035 Hydraulic Earth Auger Models were
introduced for the construction, rental, and landscaping markets.
These units are sold worldwide through Danuser Industrial Group (DIG).
2004 - Expanded DIG line to include smaller and larger drive units for different machines. Revamped auger line to include Fab, Tree, Cast, and Bullet Rock Augers.
2006 - J20/80 Post Hole Digger
2007 - Postmaster/Slab Blaster, Auger Bucket, Pallet Forks
The list is getting long, and I would like to back up a bit. From 1947 to 1957, we built Diggers for Ford Motor Company. We built Blades for J. I. Case Company from 1956 to 1969. This was all big business to a company our size. In 1960 alone, we built 1,000 Blades for Case. We have had similar arrangements with Oliver and International Harvester. We sold 5,000 Blades to Harvester. We have been very productive in our OEM business for many years, since back in the 1940's. The Ball Joints, Klik-Pins, and Clevis Pins have grown to a customer list of over 1,000 companies of agricultural and non-agricultural users. They represent about 60% of our total business today. Our implements are shipped to 20 distributors worldwide. In 1968, we were awarded the Presidential "E" Award for export, which means 10% of our business had to be in export, and we continue to progress in this area.
We are enthusiastic here . . . optimistic really, and busier than ever. Even though we are in our 99th year, I feel we are a young company, a flexible company.
My father and mother are both deceased. My father passed away in 1975 and my mother in 1978. I became President in 1976, and like my grandfather and father before me, nothing would happen without "TEAMWORK". Danuser Machine Company would not be what it is today without the fine staff of people and the conscientious desire of our employees to build a better mousetrap. There is a sign in our plant we often refer to, and my grandfather’s words hold true today: "Good enough won't do - it must be right". We believe it!
I am the third generation in this family-owned business, and I am pleased and proud to tell you the fourth generation is already in place to assure the continuation of quality products for our customers and continued employment for our employees. My son, Glenn, returned to the company on a full-time basis in 1996, and my daughter, Janea, followed in 1999.
There are over 54 people on our payroll. Those folks have an average of 16.5 years with Danuser Machine Company. That's even after we had one retire with over 50 years of service.
I am proud of our history, our people, our facilities, and our products. I am convinced the only reason we are still here after 99 years is that we sell "QUALITY".
Jerry Danuser, President
Danuser Machine Company, Inc.
500 East Third Street
Fulton, MO 65251-0368
