FarmTrac Troubles

[country69]

the landtracs have been around..cause it was the longtracs,landtracs,farmtrac...wonder which trac is next haha

[SESS]

Landtrac was a tractor back in the Longagribusiness day (2003) and was purple then. I think the Landtrac was reborn in 2004 as Farmtrac and came out as the new blue color. Don't hold me to the dates because at this point I can't remember my own name!
BTW-on every website that I visit that has Farmtrac tractors on it, I print it out and then when the site is changed, I print it again (then I can remember exactly what I saw before and after). I must be using a ream of paper a day!

[rascoil]

Originally Posted by country69

the landtracs have been around..cause it was the longtracs,landtracs,farmtrac...wonder which trac is next haha

I think it will be ( Bobby-Pack-Track ) From what I can tell. We will see LOL

[sseelhoff]

Just to make this clear-Court appoints Morrow as the receiver. Morrow(?) brings in Doug Gurkins to serve as CEO/Assistant Receiver. Gurkins then signs deal with Countryboy Auctions & Realty, a company in which he has an ownership interest, to handle the disposition of the assets, for which he (or his company) will no doubt receive a fee.

This is clearly a conflict of interest. If Gurkins was behind the Lewpack debacle as well, he may really have a problem. I hope whatever money he makes is enough to compensate him for the headache he is going to have once the lawsuits start flying. And from what I have read so far, there will be lawsuits coming out of this by someone, be it a dealer, consumer, creditor group or state attorney general.

[rascoil]

Originally Posted by SESS

Landtrac was a tractor back in the Longagribusiness day (2003) and was purple then. I think the Landtrac was reborn in 2004 as Farmtrac and came out as the new blue color. Don't hold me to the dates because at this point I can't remember my own name!
BTW-on every website that I visit that has Farmtrac tractors on it, I print it out and then when the site is changed, I print it again (then I can remember exactly what I saw before and after). I must be using a ream of paper a day!

I know that is right, I bet there web mastere is *itching up a storm, LOL

[sseelhoff]

Originally Posted by country69

the landtracs have been around..cause it was the longtracs,landtracs,farmtrac...wonder which trac is next haha

From all the web activity we have seen-sites going up, sites going down, changing stories of who has done what, my suggestion is the commemorate these events by naming the new tractor:

Backtrac

[rascoil]

Originally Posted by sseelhoff

From all the web activity we have seen-sites going up, sites going down, changing stories of who has done what, my suggestion is the commemorate these events by naming the new tractor:

Backtrac

Best Soap of the year goes to FarmTrac

It is either laugh or cry. I am tired of crying.

[tommybr]

This whole thing is such a tragedy.........such a good product....now people are running away from Farmtrac like people running from a skunk at a picnic.....all because of LIES......telling dealers to order plenty of tractors because they would "never come due"......telling customers that they would get a check every six months if they financed under the "less than zero" program......and the dealers being told since January that everything will be worked out in "a couple of weeks".......the brand, I am afraid, is totally destroyed......ALL BECAUSE OF LIES!!!!!!!!!!!

[SESS]

Originally Posted by tommybr

This whole thing is such a tragedy.........such a good product....now people are running away from Farmtrac like people running from a skunk at a picnic.....all because of LIES......telling dealers to order plenty of tractors because they would "never come due"......telling customers that they would get a check every six months if they financed under the "less than zero" program......and the dealers being told since January that everything will be worked out in "a couple of weeks".......the brand, I am afraid, is totally destroyed......ALL BECAUSE OF LIES!!!!!!!!!!!

AMEN to Tommybr! What do we try and teach our kids-do not lie, lies will get you in trouble. Well look at what is happening!

[sseelhoff]

Originally Posted by tommybr

This whole thing is such a tragedy.........such a good product....now people are running away from Farmtrac like people running from a skunk at a picnic.....all because of LIES......telling dealers to order plenty of tractors because they would "never come due"......telling customers that they would get a check every six months if they financed under the "less than zero" program......and the dealers being told since January that everything will be worked out in "a couple of weeks".......the brand, I am afraid, is totally destroyed......ALL BECAUSE OF LIES!!!!!!!!!!!

It is very Enron-esque. I would refine your point of this being "all because of lies" statement. I see it as being all because of greed. This in turn fostered the lies.

Wonder why the CEO/CFO went to India when all this started going south? My speculation is because it puts them outside the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Attorney General and the United States Justice Department. Yes, I'm cynical. But only because I've seen this before.