[longtrman]

To all Farmtrac owners:
This is the week that the dealer co-op representatives meet in London, England with Escorts Limited the manufacturer of Farmtrac to talk about setting up a parts supply line. My impression is that financing has been promised by a third company. If Escorts wants to do something to meet part of their obligation as a world citizen I would think they would be happy to sell parts to the dealer co-op. If they only want to hold Farmtrac,North America dealers (and tractor owners) hostage to the past failed policies of Escorts LTD then it may be different. It has been unusally quiet this morning on the dealer only web site. I think everyone is holding their breath to see what comes out of this meeting. Ever since the dealer site was set up it had been a very busy place. People have worked very hard trying to make it possible for the parts supply to restart.

Let's all wish the dealer representatives a safe trip and the best possible success. Let's all hope that Rajan Nanda of Escorts has finally decided to do the right thing.