You are 100% correct that there are too many brands on the market today. Back of the napkin says some of these new tractor companies are selling less than 1000\tractors a year in the US. The 2nd tier "successful" ones maybe 6000-8000. That's not enough to build a proper business on. Either some...
I have never heard this before. They are pioneer couplers. I wonder if some inexperienced tech had a hard time getting something to connect and drew their own conclusions.
I'd say lots are about about 70%. There are still area's where machines or implements are hard to find, but its decreasing all the time.
The "sellers market" of the last two years is gone. Our vendors are ratcheting up promotions again.
Used priced are nuts. Used inventories are at the lowest level I've ever seen it. We are noticing auction values going over the price of new equipment. I'm a little scared to really put all our cards into that as we expect values to collapse once new inventory starts to normalize. We are...
and Yes, we are selling the old home store. Its currently under contract.
pretty sad for many of us, my Grandfather built that location and my Dad and Uncle grew that location for nearly their entire careers. I worked there as a kid, helped with open houses, etc. Lots of memories. We had...
So I missed the start of this. What do you all what to know? :-)
Few questions to what I saw so far.
Yes.. we use a hub and spoke model. We have 5 stores, 1 Hub with 4 spokes (which is not a lot by todays standards)
Yes, the new building was nutty expensive. We where super fortunate to lock...
everyone always seems to be dying to see real numbers behind who the leaders in the tractor business are. I read this today in an industry article.
According to UCC filings, through the first 11 months of 2016 Kubota held a market share of nearly 47% in the tractor ranges up to 80 horsepower...