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Jim's Repair/Jim's Tractors
16330 Goodwin Ave.
Hastings, MN 55033
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This was one of Jim's first
tractors pulls. The year is
1973 and yes, it's the same guy and same tractor in the upper left
corner of this web page. The tractor pull was in Prescott,
Wisconsin. Notice they are using the mayor of Prescott, at
that time, for extra weight on the pulling sled.
Years ago one of
Jim's grade school teachers told about a winter the school children
had missed many days of school because of bad weather. She had
to really push the kids to study and catch up to where they were
supposed to be. Jim needed reading practice and she became
frustrated because he just wasn't interested. She found as
many books as she could about tractors and he read them all. |
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Jim learned his strong
work ethic, his mechanical knowledge, and his love of anything green
on his dad's farm. He went to school at the Wahpeton State School of
Science for
Automotive Repair and worked at a
Ford Dealership in Bowman, North Dakota. He also attended
classes in Mankato, MN at Acme Carburetion. It's called
Acme Alternate Fuel Systems now.
Jim learned about propane conversions and "Red Rooster Power
Boosters". The Red Roosters were used to increase the power of
diesel engines by 10% to 20%. Like a lot of farm kids, Jim traveled
with combining crews and the group he traveled with was from
Oklahoma. They were using propane and duel fueled vehicles and
equipment.
Originally our name was just Jim's Repair and we soon we realized
just how many Jim's Repair's there were. A friend suggested
"Jim's Repair and Propane Carburetion" and we used that name for
quite a few years.
Jim opened his
repair shop while still working a
full time job as a semi truck mechanic. The main focus of the
business had always been auto repair, farm trucks, and tractors.
In 1987 we built our first building and Jim gave up his trucking
industry job. Occasionally he still worked on semi trucks and
quite often would do full brake replacements of the trailers in our
driveway.
Little by little the
small tractors,
tractor attachments, and
small engine repowers crept into
our business and turned into a large part of what our business is
today. This led to us adding the "Jim's Tractors" part of our
business name.
In 2002
our shop
burned down and we had to stop and
decide if we were going to rebuild. We'd lost almost all of
our inventory, tools, and equipment. It was a difficult time but we
learned just how wonderful people are. We are fully
operational again thanks to so many helpful people and a lot of very
hard work. We are glad we decided to keep the business going
and anyone who comes around knows how much Jim enjoys what he's
doing. He is well known for speeding around our yard with his
John Deere 140 and popping wheelies with it. Our shop is often
a bit of a "hang out" especially around
garden tractor pulling time. |
We have expanded our web site presence and Jim is offering free
technical assistance for
outdoor power equipment. He
knows quite a bit, all in his head, but not everything. He
recommends
repower kits and gives assistance
in person or on the telephone to our customers.
We continue the
auto, truck, and tractor repair and
have never tried to "sell up" a repair job. We do our best to
offer our customer's personalized, honest
service.
If you call about e-mails, shipping quotes, shipment tracking, or
our web site, you'll be talking to me, Bonnie, Jim's wife. Jim
answers all of your questions but I key them in because, truthfully,
Jim doesn't touch computers. I print his e-mails out, he
writes his answers on paper.
Jim and I would love to hear from you, give us call:
1-800-618-8738 or e-mail us at
jim@jimsrepairjimstractors.com
Jim and Bonnie Kaczmarek
Jim's Repair/Jim's Tractors of Hastings, Minnesota
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About Us - Questions and Answers:
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Q:
Bonnie, are you from North Dakota too?
A: No, I've
lived in Minnesota my whole life.
Q: Are you the one who
does the website?
A: Yes, I do the website myself, if you have a question
or suggestion about the web site, just call and ask for Bonnie or
e-mail.
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