Sycamore Shops, Bins and Living Rooms Covered
Welding, Grain and Hearth Equipment for Sycamore Homes and Farms
From a soapstone stove for an older house near the courthouse to a stirring machine for your bin, we help DeKalb County get it right.
Sales and Services
Gear Built for DeKalb County Work
A soapstone wood stove in an older Sycamore home near the historic courthouse can carry a drafty first floor through a January cold snap, and that is exactly the kind of project Midwest Agri-Com helps plan. Sycamore is the DeKalb County seat, where neighborhoods along the Kishwaukee River sit right next to some of the most productive corn and soybean ground in Illinois. Your needs rarely fit one category. You might want in-bin drying before harvest, a fresh spool of welding wire for fence repair, and a cast iron insert for the den, all in the same month. Our family-run team covers fireplace sales and installation, wood and pellet stoves, grain handling and drying equipment, and welding equipment sales and service. Head south to our Ottawa showroom on Route 71 and get a straight answer plus a free in-store estimate.
Our Service
Five Trades Under One Roof
Three kinds of equipment keep a Sycamore property running through the year, and we handle all of them. For the farm, think in-bin drying, unload systems, elevator legs, stirring machines and bin stairs, plus the design, construction and repair labor that gets a site ready before the combines roll. For the shop, our shelves hold torches, plasma cutters, welding wire, electrodes, filler rods, handles and fuel kits, and our technicians repair welders when an arc starts acting up. Indoors, you can pick a fireplace finished with wood mantels, cultured stone, brick or masonry, or a wood, gas, corn or pellet stove built from cast iron, steel or soapstone. Plenty of growers here feed a corn stove from their own bins, so one conversation can cover both the dryer and the hearth. Inspection, maintenance and restoration keep everything working long after the purchase.
Why Midwest Agri-Com
Why customers choose Midwest Agri-Com
Family owned since 1975
We have served our customers since 1975. As a family-owned and operated business, we take personal pride in every sale and every installation.
Free in-store estimates
Visit our showroom for a free estimate and an individual consultation before you commit to anything.
Done right the first time
Our installation and inspection processes are designed to keep your equipment running reliably from day one.
Our Services and products
Why Sycamore Calls Our Ottawa Team
Every Sycamore project starts with a sit-down conversation, not a brochure. Tell us what you are heating, cutting or drying, and we sketch out options that suit the job. That personalized expert consultation costs nothing, and neither do the in-store estimates that follow, so you see real numbers before spending anything. Our team has fielded questions from DeKalb County farms and households since 1975, which covers a lot of wet harvests, cracked hitch plates and drafty farmhouse living rooms. Competitive pricing on quality products keeps the budget honest. An experienced sales team and professional service carry the work from the first quote through installation, inspection and the repair call five winters later. Family ownership shapes all of it. A newer ranch near the Kishwaukee River and a century-old farmstead north of town each get the same patient attention, because reputation travels fast in a county seat this size.
Fireplaces
Wood mantles, cultured stone, and brick and masonry designs, plus the tools and accessories to care for them.
Grain Drying Systems
In-bin drying, grain handling, unload systems, elevator legs, stirring machines, and bin stairs.
Welding Supplies
Torches, plasma cutters, welding wire, electrodes, filler rods, handles, and fuel kits.
your questions answered
Find answers about our products and services.
Can a corn stove burn shelled corn straight from my own grain bin?
Yes, most corn stoves are designed to burn clean, dry shelled corn, and many farm families feed them from their own bins. Moisture matters most. Corn should be dried to roughly 15 percent or lower and screened of fines and cob pieces, since wet or dirty corn clinkers in the burn pot and cuts heat output.
Is in-bin drying a good fit for corn compared to a high-temperature dryer?
In most older masonry chimneys, a properly sized liner is the safest way to vent a wood stove. Old clay tiles crack and gaps let heat and creosote reach the brick. A liner matched to the stove outlet improves draft, keeps flue gases warm and makes cleaning easier. An inspection tells you what your chimney needs.
Does a wood stove need a chimney liner in an old masonry chimney?
In most older masonry chimneys, a properly sized liner is the safest way to vent a wood stove. Old clay tiles crack and gaps let heat and creosote reach the brick. A liner matched to the stove outlet improves draft, keeps flue gases warm and makes cleaning easier. An inspection tells you what your chimney needs.
Visit the Showroom
Plan Your Sycamore Project Today
Bring your bin measurements, your chimney questions or the welder that quit on you last week. We will walk through the options, explain the tradeoffs in plain terms and put a number on paper. For a free estimate on stoves, fireplaces, grain systems or welding gear, call 815-712-5750.