LANARK – A new showroom for E&S Equipment, a new joint venture between Eastland Fabrication of Lanark and Stutsman Inc. from Hills, Iowa, is under construction. The partnership was announced in April. Earth moving started at the end of May.

Steve Coulthard, a co-owner of Eastland Fabrication along with Mike Sweitzer and Kim Haan, office manager, said, “Everything they sell, we’ll be able to offer here. It’s a great opportunity to grow.”

Coulthard said the expanded product line necessitated a new showroom “up the hill” and directly east of the present building north of Lanark on state Route 73.

“We hope to be in by August,” Haan said.

The new showroom will feature Stutsman’s complete line of agricultural products: Fuel trailers, fuel tanks, products for grain storage and conditioning, land rollers and tillage equipment, precision planting equipment, rotary cutters and snow blowers, bulk seed tenders, sprayer and fertilizer equipment, liquid storage tanks, and the industry’s largest inventory of parts and service for Clay, Better-Bilt, Houle, Balzer and Farmstar manure handling equipment.

Eastland Fabrication will continue to sell a hubs, pulleys, and sprockets, as well as replacement parts for Boss and Western snowplows, and Shur-Co tarps and accessories at its present location. It also carries track and gears and replacement straps for Wilson hopper trailers.

For repairing equipment, Eastland Fabrication can weld aluminum, stainless, mild steel, and cast; and does on-site repairs with a portable welder. It also has machines to perform shearing, bending, plasma cutting, and more. Eastland Fabrication works on projects both large and small; from trailer repair to patio chairs.