I have a few contractor friends and I was talking toone of them a couple of years ago and asked what happened to another contractor that was no longer around. His reply was that this guy was very rigid in his days off and would not go out to see jobs. He said that he used the opposite...
How about Downton Julie Brown? I met her once - that lady had presence. She also had a master's degree in electrical engineering but the Gig on MTV paid a lot better.
I suggest a floor that has a slight slope toward a door for easy washing out/cleaning. As we all know flat floors are not flat and one that has a small natural drainage is very handy. I did it in my 40 x 60' shop and I do still have one place that holds a little water but the rest drains nicely.
I use Tomahawk attachments. They have both lighter and heavyweight models and bothwork well. It is an Amish factory but they make everything for loaders from the smallest up to 20+ ft snowblades for airports - all made right here in Indiana. great people and great products.
I have an insulated shop but do not use it often so I tend to keep it just above freezing. I chose a ventless infrared heater because when I pull in a vehicle to work on it heats the vehicle not the air around the vehicle which then slowly heats the vehicle - much nicer to work on that way...
It is a little easier to incorporate the wood construction of a log cabin into a modern home versus the sod walls from the prairies where I grew up.
As for building techniques being better or worse than today's world I think today's building techniques are much better and will stand much...
Always early in an industry there are lots of players but after the industry sorts out the features and configurations they want there are only a few makers that make it through. ALso the up and downs of the business cycle weed out a few. At one time there were 163 car manufacturers in Indiana...
The Massey Ferguson company had a lot of issues thru the years and finally got purchased by Agco which gave them a good stable base. Then Agco who had their line of orange tractors from the Allis Chalmers line realized that Massey was a much better brand name worldwide than Allis and decided to...
While the bigger dealers can get larger discounts they also have a lot more overhead. The little dealer can afford to sell it to you cheaper because of this and he knows he will get the srevice. A lot of the small dealers are hiding under the protective pricing wing of the big guys. No...
I do not know why but Ihave a hrad time believing in a machinery line who cannot seem to figure out what color it is going to be. Fendt and their now bright - almost Deutz green - versus the darker, duller green from a few years ago, the black out specials they had for a couple of years. What...
What i do not understand is how AGCO can build so many different machines for the different brands - like in Combines there are Massey Ferguson, Gleaner, and Fendt. All are very different designs. CNH does this Case International and New Holland combines.
For tractors AGCO builds Massey...
I see lots of Masseys in the field and estate tractors It seems to me there are a more Massey dealers around than the others. It looks like they have a full line of subcompacts, CUTS, Utility tractors, as well as Row Crop.