For many years, folks asked me: “Don’t you have a company logo?” And we really didn’t, as I just never took the time to come up with one…we just had “Earth Tools” written out in a blocky font, and that passed for a logo.
Finally, though, I decided to put some effort into it, and I hired my sister-in-law Trina Peiffer (my wife’s twin sister) to make a line drawing of the Earth Tools sign we have here at the shop. This sign is made out of a 4-foot length of Eastern Red Cedar log; the letters are carved with a chain saw.
I made this sign about 15 years ago (below is a photo). I figured this was a logo with some “meaning”…not just some arbitrary design. Hope you like it!
--Joel, Earth Tools owner
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PLEASE NOTE that we get VERY busy in the late Winter & Spring, and assembling/shipping wait times increase, just because of the "log-jam" of Tractor / Implement orders coming in all at once at "the last minute". So -- DON'T wait until the "last minute" to order! If you want equipment for this upcoming growing season, ORDER EARLY! Keep in mind that we ship orders on a "first-paid, first-shipped" basis...we do NOT offer "expidited" assembling/shipping of tractor & implement orders for an extra charge. We appreciate your business and your patience, and we work as hard as we can to get orders out as fast as possible, WITHOUT cutting corners on the proper equipment setup, prep & checkout that we are famous for.
YOUR SOURCE FOR
bcs tillers, bcs sickle bars,
bcs lawn mowers, bcs snowblowers,
bcs brush mowers, bcs sweepers,
bcs chipper / shredder bcs attachments & bcs accessories
AND
rotary plows, mini hay balers,
hay rakes, spaders, cultivators,
flail mowers, seeder,
potato digger plow, utility trailers
& more!
Beginning in late 2017, the BCS factory started a new “paint scheme” for their tractors and implements: The tractors are just painted BLACK, and the BCS-branded implements are painted SILVER. (and in 2023, the tractor bodies started coming through UNPAINTED...just bare aluminum) So, on the tractors, the only "blue" parts are now the plastic “beauty” shrouds for the handlebars.
Because the BCS factory in Italy produces 3 brands of walk-behind tractors on the same assembly line: BCS, Ferrari, and Pasquali (BCS purchased these other 2 companies in the 1990s…and no, this is NOT the automotive “Ferrari!”). Historically, they had different paint-lines for each tractor and implement line (Blue for BCS, Green for Ferrari, and Yellow for Pasquali)…but sometime in 2017, they decided to optimize efficiency by painting all the tractors and implements “neutral” colors and just letting the plastic shrouds and decals delineate what brand tractor it would be. Hence, "non-blue" BCS tractors started appearing in the USA in early 2018. (We have told BCS that we think this is a bad idea...the "blue" was a color most people associated with BCS, and now, if the plastic "beauty shrouds are discarded or lost, there is no color for "brand recognition", and that would hurt them more in the long run than the few bucks a tractor they're saving by not having separate paint lines in their factory. We'll see if they ever bring the "Blue" back...)
We DO NOT offer online ordering - To place an order, please call 502-484-3988. We like to talk with our customers, to make sure you are purchasing the right product for your needs. Phone hours are 9am to 6pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday (unless closed for a national holiday, etc....see bottom of all our web-pages for our closing schedule).
OTHER ORDERING INFO:
SHIPPING & SHIPPING CHARGES
These are the among the best tools available, and at the best prices you will find. To be fair to everyone involved (you AND us), we custom-pack every order (meaning that we package every order in the smallest box it will safely fit in with adequate cushioning material), and we check to see what the least-cost way to ship it is (U.S. Postal Service [USPS] or UPS [if you have a preference of one or the other, tell us when you are placing the order!]). Therefore, we CANNOT know the exact shipping cost when you are placing the order, other than a rough estimate based on our past shipping experience. The shipping / handling charges are added to the order before your card is charged. On the day of shipping, we will send you an email with a copy of the paid invoice attached, and the invoice will show the tracking number for either UPS or USPS (if you don't see this email, check your "spam" folder!) Depending on the time of year and how backed up we are on shipping orders, your order could ship anywhere from THE SAME DAY the order was placed, UP TO 14 days after the order was placed (In the Springtime, we sometimes get quite far behind on shipping orders! DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO ORDER!!!).
PAYMENT
Accepted forms of payment from customers in the USA and Canada: Visa, Mastercard & Discover credit/debit cards. (NOTE: We can also accept checks, but the check must be received & cashed by us before the order ships. Also, you must first consult with us to see what the approximate shipping charges will be, so you can add that amount to the check. (We will always estimate the shipping "high", and we will send a refund by company check for whatever the difference is between your check amount and the goods + actual cost of shipping [and sales tax if applicable, of course])
TERMS on all orders are **Full Payment in Advance**, although Government agencies and Universities can apply for 30 day terms.
CANCELLATIONS / RETURNS / REFUNDS
If you need to cancel an order, CALL US!! If you cancel it BEFORE it ships and BEFORE it is charged to your card, this is no problem and there is no charge. If the order has already been packed up and your card has been charged, but the shipment has not left our facility yet, the cancellation is subject to a 5% unpacking / restocking charge that may be deducted from your refund. If the order has ALREADY LEFT OUR FACILTY, we will try our best to get the carrier (UPS or USPS) to "turn the shipment around" and stop it coming all the way to you. However, this DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, and the shipment may end up coming all the way to you. You are welcome to return it, but you will have to pay return shipping costs, AND your refund will only be for the merchandise value less a 10% restocking fee. NO shipping charges are refundable (unless we sent an incorrect or faulty item). Refunds only available for new, unused goods. Refunds to USA-based customers will be in the form of a company check, which will be mailed to you after the goods arrive back here and we inspect the goods for shortages or damage. NOTE #1: If you want the refund to go to a credit or debit card (or if you are a Canadian-based customer), there will be an additional 3% withheld from the refund amount, to cover the processing fees that the credit/debit card company charges us to process a refund. The ONLY exception to this would be if we shipped an incorrect or faulty item. NOTE #2: If we are refunding through a credit/debit card and the cardholder's original currency was other than U.S. Dollars, you may also be charged "foreign transaction fees" for both the original charge AND for the refund...these are the fees a card provider charges to convert currency to and from U.S. Dollars. NOTE #3: If the original currency was other than U.S. Dollars and there was a difference in the Currency Exchange Rates between the date you originally paid and the date of the refund, this may change the amount of your refund accordingly.)
For a printable copy of the above, CLICK HERE
Zilli Jab Vegetable Seeder
Also known as a Hand Seeder, This Italian-made jab seeder is unique on the market in that it has a decent-sized seed hopper (about a quart), and it has a mechanism that automatically advances the disk with each “jab” into the ground. It also comes with 7 seed-disks, which will accommodate seed sizes ranging from okra to lima beans. (if you attempt to plant smaller seeds than okra, it’ll just plant several seeds at once!) One of the seed disks is a “blank” (no holes), so you can drill your own “custom” size holes.
This seeder is perfect for planting through rolled-down cover-crop mulch, or even black plastic or paper mulch…also, it’s great for doing “fill-in” seeding in spots where another seeder may have jammed and missed a few feet of beans, corn, etc. Planting depth easily and infinitely adjustable from 7/8” to 2 ¾” deep. All parts (including extra “blank” seed disks, if you want to make more “custom” plates) are available if needed. NOTE: This is NOT considered a “no-till” seeder…it is not designed to punch though sod, or into hard soil.
CLICK HERE for a pdf Brochure on this seeder
(Click here for ordering info)
EARTH TOOLS, Inc.
1525 Kays Branch Road
Owenton, KY 40359
(502) 484-3988 tel.
(502) 237-1026 fax.
NOTE REGARDING
HOLIDAY CLOSINGS:
Annual Winter vacation: in 2025, closed from Wednesday Dec 24th until the first Business Day of New Year (in 2026, re-opening Friday Jan 2nd).
Also closed Martin Luther King day (Jan 20th), Memorial Day (May 26th), June 27th (Multiculturalism Day, National Ice Cream Cake Day, National Onion Day--mixing the last 2 is not recommended), USA Independence Day (July 4th), Labor Day (Sept 1st) and the Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving (Nov 27 & 28).
If you’d like to visit our shop, we have plenty of land to demonstrate our walk-behind tractors with any implement. But if you’re coming to visit, CALL AHEAD at least one day in advance! Retail business hours are by appointment (yes, weekends, too), so the more notice you give us the better we can set our schedule to fit your schedule. We are occasionally out of the shop doing deliveries, demonstrations or displaying equipment at trade shows.