Palmer Johnson

Palmer Johnson Power Systems distributes and services drivetrain components for the industrial off-highway and marine markets. The company is an authorized distributor for more than 26 brands across transmissions, axles, clutches, brakes, pump drives and propulsion systems, and backs those lines with parts inventory, in-shop repair, remanufacturing and field service. Markets covered are oil and gas, marine, transportation, construction and lift equipment, and industrial.

Operations run from Sun Prairie and Madison, Wisconsin, with further locations in Arlington, Texas; Olathe, Kansas; Santa Fe Springs, California; Fenton, Missouri; Sumner, Washington; and Burnaby, British Columbia and Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. The company states that it serves customers across North America and beyond.

Oil and gas equipment

Palmer Johnson is an authorized distributor for Twin Disc, Airflex, Wichita Clutch, Rexroth and other lines used in oil and gas, and carries parts and complete units alongside applications support, repairs, remanufacturing and field service. Frac work covers transmissions for frac rigs, pressure pumping components and replacement parts. The Texas and Edmonton locations remove, rebuild and install units in shop, and the company states that no unit goes back on a rig without being tested first.

Components named for pressure pumping, well servicing and drilling support include:

• Twin Disc IG5202, Cotta and NAMCO reduction gearboxes for blender repairs
• Durst and Funk pump drives
• Reich input couplings
• Twin Disc power take-off clutches for drilling rigs
• Airflex and Wichita air clutch and braking systems

Units and parts

Thousands of parts are held in stock, and the site states that in-stock parts can ship in as little as two hours. Product categories listed cover:

• Transmissions, marine transmissions and torque converters
• Clutches, brakes and planetary drives
• Gearboxes, pump drives, power take-offs and transfer cases
• Axles, couplings, rotary unions and starters
• Electronic controls, gauges and panels
• Industrial engines, gensets and power packs
• Reman exchange units, electric pump drives and hybrid pump drives

Brands carried

• Drivetrain: Twin Disc, Funk, ZF Off-Highway, Dana Spicer Off-Highway, Clark, Carraro, Kessler, Cotta Transmission, Durst
• Clutches and brakes: Danfoss Airflex, Wichita Clutch, Twiflex Limited Brakes, Svendborg Brakes
• Marine: Jastram, Auto-Maskin, Glendinning, Veth Propulsion, Arneson Surface Drives, Centa Couplings, Bellmarine, Duramax Marine, HamiltonJet, Transfluid
• Engines: Isuzu, Scania, Hatz, Deutz, JCB

Service and remanufacturing

Service work spans equipment repair, component remanufacturing and field support. PJ RECON handles diesel and gas turbine remanufacturing and repair, boom lift refurbishment, and remanufactured industrial components including transmissions and axles. The RECON Equipment Center in Sun Prairie works on all makes and models, naming JLG, Lull and Wacker Neuson among them, and is Wacker Neuson certified.

Marine and other markets

Marine is described as the foundation of the business, with more than 40 years of applications and service support to the marine industry and coverage from the Midwest to the West Coast. Work spans workboats, patrol craft and fast commercial craft, covering steering systems, engine controls and monitoring, shafts and couplings, surface drives, rear engine and hydraulic power take-offs, and hybrid and electric propulsion.

The remaining markets follow the same parts-plus-service pattern. Transportation work is handled in the shop or in the field, construction and lift equipment covers repairs and rebuilds of mobile elevated work platforms, and industrial work centers on pump drives and power take-offs.