About Us
Wishek Steel and Manufacturing was founded in 1969 by Harley and Carol Brandner, as a Welding, Repair, and custom Manufacturing Shop. In 1972, with business increasing, a new and more modern facility was constructed in the southwest part of Wishek. With the arrival of the infamous “Wishek Disc” that building was also expanded in size to accommodate the increased business and additional people needed. Due to the quality of work being done at Wishek Steel, we were contacted by Melroe home of the Bobcat Skid Steer Loader, of Bismarck N.D. to do contract work for them.
In 1988, Wishek Steel purchased the Feed and Forage line of equipment from Balzer Manufacturing of Mountain Lake, MN. In 1992, Wishek Steel purchased the entire Ag Line of Tillage Equipment from Miller Weeder Corporation of Stratton, Nebraska and moved it to the plant in Wishek. With the increased activity, it was time to expand the existing buildings. The year 1995 brought another change to Wishek Steel. Kim and Mitch Bosch (daughter and son-in-law) and family were brought into the business. In 2003 the business ownership was transferred to the Bosch’s, and Harley and Carol started the new adventure of a well deserved retirement.
The last few years of operation has brought a tremendous amount of change to Wishek Steel & Mfg. With the addition of a new CAD program a new office area was constructed for a more organized flow of business. With a whole new design, a bigger and better model of the disc line has been offered to the dealer network and there are plans for continued improvements in the near future.
We now have Tillage Equipment from Hawaii to California,from Oregon to Ohio, and from Texas in the South, to our good friends to the North, the Canadians. Wishek Steel manufactures the Wishek Disc, Wishek Feeder Wagon, Wishek Rock Picker, Cultivator\Chisel Plow, the medium duty Flex Disc, Bale Spikes as well as custom Hydraulic Cylinders…. And as with all the products we manufacture, we try to live up to our motto of,
“WISHEK MEANS QUALITY”