To our Valued Friends and Customers:

Thank you for helping us have a great year in 2002. We are busy preparing for spring. We expect this year to be very busy and hope you will contact us as soon as possible to obtain the best selection and service.

We will hold our annual Commercial Cutters Day on Wednesday, March 26th. We are planning special events to make this our best promotion ever. We will have representatives from Walker, Toro, Echo, BCS, New Holland, Woods, Landpride and Kubota on site to assist you and show the latest models of mowers, tractors and attachments. Food and beverages will also be available, including our famous pancake and sausage breakfast.

We are offering specials on leftover, in stock, equipment. We have a limited number of commercial mowers available, including the Kubota ZD's, Walkers and Toros. Additionally, we have a few leftover New Holland and Kubota tractors available. All leftover equipment has been aggressively priced to sell. We have a demo trailer which we will be offering for sale. Finally, our rental TLB's and excavators are also slated to be replaced and will be for sale.

Our Parts Department will be offering one day specials on blades, oil, filters and string. We are assembling Belt Kits, and Maintenance Kits to help make shopping easier. Also, for parts purchases over $150.00 we will offer a no interest 90 day payment plan to approved customers.

Our Service Department is setting up equipment service and maintenance classes. We will publish a schedule of times in the near future.

New this year will be Kubota's KX161-3 and UH35. The KX161-3 is a 6 ton machine. This unit has improved hydraulics and air conditioning. The UH35 is a zero tail swing machine in the 4 ton class. These machine include many of the refinements we saw last year for the KX121-3 and KX91-3. The KX121-3 now has factory air conditioning as an option.

Toro has continued to add improvements to their commercial mowers. The Z200 series has a vacuum bagger with incredible performance. The ever popular Z 17-44 now has a soft bag kit which can be attached or detached without tools, making it even more versatile. Additionally, RAD is making a number of Toro approved front implements for these machines.

Walker has introduced three new models, a 13 hp, a 18 hp and a 28 hp. The increased horsepower will be a help in heavy wet grass and on hillsides. Walker has also introduced the Perfaerator. This is a shaft driven aerator designed specifically for the Walker.

Echo has continued to innovate and improve their product line. The Power Boost Tornado engines increase power and reduce fuel consumption. Echo is the only hand held equipment company that meets or exceeds the 300 hour emissions test throughout the product line. They are also the only company with a one year commercial warranty on all their products, including chain saws. The Echo split boom has continued to grow. Echo will have a rubber paddle wheel broom available this spring. We have the best selection of Echo products in the area including the EA-400 earth and ice auger.

To take advantage of these savings please feel free to come in or call us toll free 1-800-935-7999 or visit www.unionfarmequip.com.