DennisFolsom
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Nice welds on that mower, Travis! Thanks for posting the factory pics.
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As the cost and availability of high skill labor continues to rise...the writing is on the wall...
It won't be very long before a lot of American dream produced products are going to end up being made by AI robots mostly made in China and elsewhere...
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When I say "...made in China and elsewhere" I was referring to the robots not the products...
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It won't be very long before a lot of American dream produced products are going to end up being made by AI robots mostly made in China and elsewhere...
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When I say "...made in China and elsewhere" I was referring to the robots not the products...
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The question is can you stay competitive with ever increasing labor costs? your products already sell at a premium (based on quality). How much more can you increase the retail prices and remain competitive?
With everyone starving for quality help the labor market rises in value exponentially...it will become a free agency bidding war for high skilled mechanics, engineers etc., etc...
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EverythingAttachments
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I think time is our main competition when it comes down to it. I can compare most any attachment we make to a competitors and justify the difference in price if we're higher. If price comes up, EA prices are frequently lower than items guys are looking at locally anyway, and we provide a much better product to boot. I'm not talking TSC, RK, Northern, etc because there's really no comparison there. Honestly, our customers rarely bring up price or product comparisons...they know they want EA when calling. We are very fortunate in this regard and have worked very hard to get it here. I owe SOOOO many thanks to our proud, loyal customers out there who show this stuff off and recommend EA.
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Thanks, Dennis! It's great to be a few steps away from where the magic happens. I welcome all to my Everything Attachment Channel group, where I share factory pics almost daily!
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Croomrider
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Ted, why not utilize some welding robots? It seems like your business is perfect for that.
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I would assume the issue is the high cost of fixtures for the robot. The cost for the robots is bad enough but designing, building, storing the fixtures is costly. EA makes lots of different equipment and the next stages of growth are giant steps.
Croomrider
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Could be a concern, but if he started with his highest volume items it could take some of the load off of the other stuff. Also, not every weld on a given item would need to be made by the robot. It seems like if the item was tacked together by the manual welders it would be fairly easy to fixture for the robot to do most of the longer welds. Should be able to get a lot more production from the labor he is able to get!
Ortimber
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My business is precision machining and we have customers and vendors all over the country. Everyone in our industry is fighting a losing battle with regards to labor. It doesn’t matter if you are in a big or small area, you are going to struggle with finding people. Good luck Travis, I know all to well what your challenges are.