FarmTrac Troubles

[rascoil]

I know your upset, but you say you feel for the dealers, but if you include your dealer in this suit I can tell you who will end up fixing your tractor and it won't be Textron or Farmtrac. That is unless he files for bankruptcy from the legal bills. Lawyers will promise you the world to get you to file suit, but don't expect too much from the ones that should pay.

I am not going to mess with my dealer, He is not at fault in this matter. As for the Lawyer problems, One is my wife. She is a State Attorney, the other is my Cousin. Plus I have 2 cousins that are FBI. I am trying to push and see if there is any criminal mis conduct on there part (Farm Trac & Textron). You sooner or later if you go through life screwing over folks, some times you get to the one that is not to be screwed with, out buying him/her a drink first. So we will see. It is getting to the point that I want more then money. I want justice. I think there are allot of folks out there that feel the same way.

 

[TOPAZ]

HAS ANYONE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY INVENTORY LEFT IN TARBORO? INDIA STYLE TRACTORS . ANY COMMENTS YET ON THE DEALERS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEMI ANNUAL LESS THAN ZERO PAYMENT? THAT COULD BE A HUGE AMOUNT OF $$$$$$$$$$$$. 3-15-08.

 

[country69]

yeah theres plenty of parts there at the parts dept in tarboro but once its gone i dont think itll be anymore coming from there its being shipped out to dealers there farmtrac company store there in tarboro also and alot of dealers are stocking but on stuff so its going kinda fast

 

[Tim D]

According to SESS a couple of pages back, his post states that Montana was meeting with Farmtrac parent company and that possibly, Montana was wanting the Farmtrac dealer base and could possibly warranty certain Farmtrac models such as the subcompacts that are identical to the subcompact Farmtracs. My question is would it not be to everyone's benefit that owns these subcompacts as well as the Ford style Farmtracs to e-mail Montana and encourage them to take over and service both styles of the Farmtracs? Most of the posts give the Farmtracs very good reviews and I do to. I bought my 555DTC because of good reviews, growing up with the Ford tractors which were plain but reliable, and a dealer who would go out of his way to make any problem right and as quickly as possible. Should we e-mail Montana and let them know that as owners of Farmtracs, that we believe it would be to there best interest as well as our own to completly take over and keep these Farmrac lines?

 

[citytransplant]

Montana was wanting the Farmtrac dealer base and could possibly warranty certain Farmtrac models ... Should we e-mail Montana and let them know that as owners of Farmtracs, that we believe it would be to there best interest as well as our own to completly take over and keep these Farmrac lines?

Help me with this one. Do you mean to suggest that it would be in Montana's best interest to cover warranty work on Farmtrac machines? If yes, please explain why.

 

[32Ford]

According to SESS a couple of pages back, his post states that Montana was meeting with Farmtrac parent company and that possibly, Montana was wanting the Farmtrac dealer base and could possibly warranty certain Farmtrac models such as the subcompacts that are identical to the subcompact Farmtracs. My question is would it not be to everyone's benefit that owns these subcompacts as well as the Ford style Farmtracs to e-mail Montana and encourage them to take over and service both styles of the Farmtracs? Most of the posts give the Farmtracs very good reviews and I do to. I bought my 555DTC because of good reviews, growing up with the Ford tractors which were plain but reliable, and a dealer who would go out of his way to make any problem right and as quickly as possible. Should we e-mail Montana and let them know that as owners of Farmtracs, that we believe it would be to there best interest as well as our own to completly take over and keep these Farmrac lines?

I like your idea. I for one am very happy with my Farmtrac 300DTC but feel somewhat like an orphan owning it now. If a dealer (Montana) would continue to honor my wattrany I know who I would go to for my next purchase. Dealing with a busness that goes the extra mile with their customers goes a long way in building customer loyality.

So, bottom line is I am going to take your idea and e-mail Montana and cast my vote that it could be a good thing for them to help fix this uncertainty that many of us are now in.

Your idea is very positive and refreshing.

Regards

 

[SESS]

Help me with this one. Do you mean to suggest that it would be in Montana's best interest to cover warranty work on Farmtrac machines? If yes, please explain why.

Read post #282-Montana sent out a press release saying that an agreement is in the works to perform the warranty/parts/service on the 270/320, etc models because they are basically the same tractors as their own Montana brand. Also read all the posts since then because there was an article in the Tarboro, NC news paper that said the same thing. As a Farmtrac dealer I can tell you that, an agreement has not be worked out yet for this all to happen regardless of what the different articles say!

 

[SESS]

Regardless of what Montana would like to do or offer the consumers, Textron Financial is still the controlling factor in all of this! Textron is holding all the cards and no one seems to know what is going to happen. Since Farmtrac is in receivorship, baby steps are being made-but who knows what the outcome will be.

 

[TOPAZ]

Regardless of what Montana would like to do or offer the consumers, Textron Financial is still the controlling factor in all of this! Textron is holding all the cards and no one seems to know what is going to happen. Since Farmtrac is in receivorship, baby steps are being made-but who knows what the outcome will be.

Has anyone got any idea of how many farmtrac dealers are reciving this sites info? 3-18-08

 

[nebsmoker]

i to love my little blue tractor ,my dealer is fantastic and doing all he can to help ,feel sorry for him ,what burns my a is no warrenty and lost interest money ,but tell me why is farmtrac still in bussiness in india and here we sit with written legal papers and cant do anything. there should be some way to get our govment to go after them ,they need to be taught a lession ,

 

[SESS]

Has anyone got any idea of how many farmtrac dealers are reciving this sites info? 3-18-08

This would be an assumption, but one I would put a pay check on it to say that all dealers because the information about Montana POSSIBLY handling the parts/service/warranty came directlyfrom Textron and that is who holds the floor plan for Farmtrac. While Textron has given out very little information about the Farmtrac issues, they do not hesitate to fax and call dealers when they have not paid their monthly interest or insurance payments. The information about farmtrac/Textron/Montana was also published in the Tarboro, NC news paper.

 

[Tim D]

To answer CITYTRANSPLANT,S question of how it would benefit Montana to take over and warranty the Farmtracs would be like moving into a house that somebody else built. Farmtrac had the dealerships already setup and they were already familiar with selling and servicing the subcompact tractors that Farmtrac had which are the same thing as the Montana,s. I do not know if it would be in Montana,s best interest to service the Farmtrac-Ford style tractors or not although it is a very good line of tractors with proven reliabiliy and what seems to be a substantial following. I hope these clarifies my previous post. Sorry for not responding P.M. 3-17-08 as my little brain was smoking from helping my daughter with pre-algebra.

 

[Brentwood Power Equipment]

Just got off the phone with Textron....Seems some of the bigwigs are at Montana til next week and some are in Tarboro. Is something in the air?

 

[SESS]

Just got off the phone with Textron....Seems some of the bigwigs are at Montana til next week and some are in Tarboro. Is something in the air?

Thanks for the news!!! Now we wait and see.......

 

[longtrman]

Brentwood, I too talked to Textron yesterday. I suggested if nothing else they could purchase warranty from one of the warranty companies and resell it to Farmtrac dealers. Most Farmtrac dealers are not big enough to purchase 3rd party warranty cheaply but Textron would be able to get us better rates. She said they were already investigating that. I suggested Textron could do retail financing since AgriCredit doesn't want Farmtrac as colateral anymore. She said they were unaware of Acricredit backing out of our financing and that she would tell B.S and K.S. Like you I was unable to speak directly to K.S. because of the meetings you mentioned. It is a shame that Escorts can't be held liable for the warranty after all they made the tractors. I went through this in 2005 with Scorpion (TYM) when Scorpion went belly up. You dare not send tractors back--they don't have money to pay you but will take the tractors any way. If I ever take anymore new lines on I will be sure to have a lawyer do the Dun and Bradstreet. Lawyers can get info from D and B that we can't. Hope everything works well for you.

 

[pete-mi]

Where I work we took on the TYM line in the spring of 2006 and continued to offer warrantys on Scorpion tractors for the duration of their three year warranty. I dont know how it was for dealers who didnt take on the new line or if they had tractors to return. I know the Scorpion distributor had been in sad shape for a few months or more before closing. I was to their auction and they had started parting out some of their products because the manufacturers had cut them off. They had one tractor half parted out. Parts were missing from a lot of the equipment in most of the lines they carried. I can guess it was a big mess for Scorpion dealers just like the Farmtrac dealers are having now. The Farmtrac problem is even worse as it hurts many more dealers and customers. Hopefuly LS working with Montana will help on warranty issues on their product. Escort needs to step up to the plate and help out on their product warranty if they ever plan on selling tractors in the USA again. I wish everyone the best.

 

[Brentwood Power Equipment]

Check your emails. Got one today from a Doug Gurkins CEO and Assist to receiver, that the Farmtrac offices are operational .Kinda terse wording, but he does give phone numbers etc.

 

[Brentwood Power Equipment]

Course now they're up and runnin, they'll need to take a long Easter weekend!

 

[Brentwood Power Equipment]

Geez, from the looks of these posts, maybe the rest of you guys did too!

 

[Brentwood Power Equipment]

But then all we got to do today is watch it snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!