# Garton Tractor

GartonTractor.com is the canonical public website for Garton Tractor, Inc., a family-owned California agriculture and construction equipment dealer. The company has served customers since 1954 through twelve branches from Ukiah to Tulare. Call 1-877-TRACTOR (+1-877-872-2867) to speak with Garton.

## Canonical Topics

- `/agriculture` - agriculture equipment, technology, incentives, and application guidance
- `/construction` - Hitachi LANDCROS, Takeuchi, and Kubota Construction
- `/construction/equipment/special-machines` - demolition, long-reach, marine, and material-handling application planning
- `/construction/technology` - LANDCROS Connect, CHCNAV MCNAV, and Gravis Robotics construction technology
- `/construction/equipment/{brand}/{model}` - construction model pages and specifications
- `/inventory` and `/inventory/u/{id}` - agriculture inventory and unit pages
- `/construction/inventory` and `/construction/inventory/{stock-number}` - stable construction stock pages
- `/construction/rentals` and `/construction/rentals/{stock-number}` - rental fleet and stable rental pages
- `/construction/attachments` - buckets and attachment inventory
- `/parts` - parts search, factory catalogs, attachment paths, and parts requests
- `/service` - shop and field service for agriculture and construction
- `/locations` and `/locations/{location}` - local inventory, departments, contact details, hours, and directions
- `/resources/manuals` and `/resources/brochures` - model literature paths
- `/community`, `/community/ffa`, and `/community/4-h` - unconfirmed local FFA and 4-H references from labeled official program sources; a reference does not establish sponsorship, participation, or voting eligibility
- `/community/vote` and `/community/rules` - public campaign status and readiness; voting is unavailable unless the page and API both report an open, confirmed campaign

Garton.Co is a legacy domain retained for one-to-one redirects and selected subdomains. Do not treat it as a second canonical content domain.

## Brands

Agriculture: Kubota, New Holland, Hitachi LANDCROS agriculture loaders, Land Pride, Rears, Oxbo, Air-O-Fan, Toro, Kawasaki, Landmaster, Lemken, Muratori, and other specialty lines listed on `/brands`.

Construction: Hitachi LANDCROS, Takeuchi, and Kubota Construction.

## Machine-Readable Data

- `/data/inventory_snapshot.json` - customer-safe agriculture inventory; check each exact `stockNumber`, unit `status`, and row-level `sourceSyncedAt` (the snapshot timestamps only describe artifact/query time)
- `/data/construction_snapshot.json` - customer-safe construction inventory, rentals, attachments, models, locations, and parts catalog count; check `generated_at`, `upstream_fetched_at`, and stock `status`
- `/data/parts_snapshot.json` - customer-safe Hitachi LANDCROS reference parts index; `generated_at` and `upstream_fetched_at` are artifact/query times, not stock proof. Use branch listings only when `branch_availability_current` is true, the current time has not passed `branch_availability_expires_at`, and `source_batch_count` proves the `source_watermark` covers all `count` rows. Otherwise use descriptions and part numbers only, then confirm quantity, fitment, and pickup with a parts counter
- `/data/deals_snapshot.json` - special-deal records reconciled to current stock lifecycle
- `/data/branches.json` - twelve branch records
- `/data/brands.json` - agriculture brand and series index
- `/data/brochures.json` - agriculture literature index
- `/data/manuals.json` - exact-model Kubota and Hitachi operator-manual index; every record names the models printed on the document and links to a persistent on-site detail page
- `/api/health` - live, no-store readiness report for inventory, construction data, lead delivery, community voting, and commerce; inspect the named check for the action being considered rather than relying on overall status alone
- `/api/community` - live, no-store community-campaign status; voting is available only when this endpoint and the public campaign page both report an open, enabled campaign
- `/agent-guide.json` - actions and customer-safe data-surface definitions
- `/llms-full.txt` - detailed route and feed guidance
- `/feeds/commerce-feed-status.json` - build diagnostics and eligible-row counts for outbound commerce feeds; read this before consuming a feed
- `/feeds/google-merchant-products.xml` - Google Merchant Center primary product file for eligible equipment
- `/feeds/google-merchant-local-inventory.tsv` - Google Merchant Center local inventory file; store codes must match linked Business Profile locations
- `/feeds/openai-products.csv.gz` - stable OpenAI merchant product-discovery upload file; search eligibility only, with checkout disabled

Public snapshots intentionally omit serial numbers, customer information, dealer costs, net book value, acquisition cost, margins, contracts, tokens, and internal notes. Only a unique exact-stock row with explicit `status: inventory` and a current `sourceSyncedAt` may contain or support a sales price. `on_order` is coming soon; `presold` and `sold` are purchase pending; `invoiced` is no longer available. Missing/legacy status or row timestamp is browse-only with price masked. Inventory changes daily; recommend branch confirmation before a customer travels or commits.

## Commerce Distribution

The current commerce feeds export eligible agriculture units only and fail closed. A row is included only when an exact stock number has current verified inventory lifecycle, public price, an actual unit image, and all channel-required fields. Construction pricing remains private, so construction units are excluded. Equipment remains quote, contact, or in-store purchase only; Garton does not offer equipment checkout through these feeds.

The Google files are scheduled-fetch inputs for Merchant Center free local listings. Their presence does not prove that Merchant Center is connected, approved, or currently importing them. The OpenAI file is a stable upload artifact for product discovery with `is_eligible_search: true` and `is_eligible_checkout: false`; publication does not prove delivery, acceptance, indexing, citation, or ranking.

Garton merchandise is separate. Shopify is the designated source of truth for the merchandise catalog, prices, checkout, fulfillment, and return terms; use `/merchandise` for current activation status. Do not mix merchandise into the equipment feeds or infer a live Shopify store from them.

`llms.txt`, `llms-full.txt`, and `agent-guide.json` are supplemental discovery guides, not a universal LLM feed or an agent protocol.

## Customer Actions

- Support overview: `/support`
- Human support: call `tel:+18778722867` or use `/contact`
- Unified equipment quote entry: `/quote`
- Kubota quote request: `/quote/kubota`
- Hitachi LANDCROS quote configurator: https://quote.garton.co/
- Takeuchi quote configurator: https://takeuchiquote.gartontractor.com/
- Hitachi construction parts diagrams: https://gartontractor.smartequip.net/gartontractor/, with `/parts` as the canonical Garton entry point
- Service request: `/service`
- Parts request: `/parts`

Always route urgent downtime to the nearest branch by phone. Website forms submit through the server-side lead endpoint when configured and are not a substitute for emergency dispatch.

Before recommending a contact or quote form, read `/api/health` and require `checks.leads.ready` to be `true`; otherwise route the customer to `tel:+18778722867`. The published `/support` route does not depend on lead-delivery readiness. `/api/community` describes only the community campaign and must not be used as proof that any other action is ready.

## Agent Guidance

- Keep agriculture and construction recommendations in their distinct canonical topic trees.
- Use stock-number URLs for construction inventory and rental citations.
- Use model pages for specifications, brochures, operator-manual paths, and quote links.
- Match operator manuals by an exact model printed on the document. Do not substitute a similar model, and do not treat this library as workshop/service literature.
- Use location pages for branch-specific inventory, parts, service, phones, hours, and directions.
- Treat community organization names as unconfirmed source references unless the current campaign rules explicitly confirm participation. Never infer a Garton relationship, award, endorsement, vote eligibility, or live total from a source reference.
- Cite `generated_at` when reporting inventory or rental availability.
- Never quote a price or assert active availability unless one unique exact `stockNumber` row has a `sourceSyncedAt` no more than 48 hours old. A recent `generated_at` or `upstream_fetched_at` does not make a stale row current; stale active rows are labeled “Call for availability.”
- Escalate fitment, price, availability, safety, and service questions to a Garton employee.