aftermarket vendors

Anyone have a list of the companies that carry aftermarket parts? I'm not looking for people like yesterday's tractor since I know many places to buy the parts, but who are the companies that sell to them? I know tisco, A&I, Hy-cap, and AID, but beyond those, who is there? I am sure there are many, and I am sure many carry the same parts--I know I have received bepco parts from more than one of the companies listed above.

I'm curious because I thought I knew of all/most of them, but then I am seeing a tach for a 674 being peddled on ebay, ssb, and other places. None of the vendors I know of carry that item, and I am wondering what else might be out there.

So list away!

tipper: Are you talking about vendors or manufacturers? You say vendors, however the description sounds like manufacturers.

(quoted from post at 12:47:28 03/22/09) tipper: Are you talking about vendors or manufacturers? You say vendors, however the description sounds like manufacturers.

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I would call them manufacturers, but HyCap, Tisco, and AAI obviously buy some items from the same manufacturers. Take Bepco as an example. You order up some oil filters from Tisco for an older massey, you get it in a bepco box. You order a hyd pump kit from Hy-Capacity for, well, the same old massey 135, and you get a bunch of parts in Bepco boxes. I have never bought anything directly from Bepco, but I have used many of their parts. I have also bought items from A&I with nothing other than the A&I label. Obviously bepco sells to other "manufacturers" that are also vendors--well, I assume that Tisco and A&I manufacture something. I doubt they make much.

Another example: I once had a hydraulic pump for a MF 690. It had an extra port on it, but the Tisco catalog said it would interchange. After calling tisco tech (not the vendor selling the pump), the rep said that the only way they know that pump will interchange is that the (re)manufacturer said that it would. He didn't say, "Let me check with engineering and see what is going on."

Off the top of my head, I cannot think of anyone else that might carry an aftermarket tach for my 674 other than Tisco or A&I, but someone out there makes/sells them to dealers.

So, to clarify--I'm not looking for vendors like Yesterday's Tractors or SSB. I'm looking for the wholesalers that sell to these vendors. Companies like AAI, Tisco, HyCap, SMA, Becknell, etc. Who else is out there?

Sparex was my missing vendor/maufacturer or whatever. They are the ones that make/sell the tach. So now I know.

In case anyone else is wondering--the big four (or so it seems to me): Tisco, A&I, Sparex, and Hy-Capacity. It seems sparex has a few unique items that the other aftermarket people have not picked up.