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I hope everyone recognizes EA as the most transparent and approachable company with the best customer service in the industry. If not, please try us!

The dream is alive and the struggle is real. Our dedication to designing, creating, and providing you with the best tractor attachments money can buy is ongoing.

We stay going because of increasing demand and we stay behind because demand has grown faster than our ability to build the product...

This was written by Ted a couple of months ago and posted in the Everything Attachments Channel group.

Good morning to all the EA group. I just wanted to share a little bit about how lead times are working...
I know this is a painful subject but needs to be addressed. Growing pains are real and they hurt both of us. We lose orders and our valued customers are not getting what they need when they need it. There was a day a few years ago when we had a pile of attachments and just hoped we could build the EA brand up to sell them. I will never cut corners to be able to keep up production or make it easy to build. I have been using every attachment we build from many of the best brands from the time my dad would let me on a tractor. Besides the lawn mower when I was about 6 years old, my first start was on a YM135 Yanmar in 1972. I was 8 and loved it. Through the years, I destroyed many attachments and 3 point hitch parts at my dads expense. Now, it is my goal to build the best attachments on the planet so you guys don't have to worry about destroying them. This does not mean they cant be bent or destroyed if not used correctly, but we engineer them to have the best design for the intended use. It is our intention to make them out perform all others and be as affordable as possible.

The sad thing is... We have the equipment and just paid for the old factory we were leasing that is just sitting full of lasers and every thing needed to do twice as much, BUT WHERE DO WE FIND GOOD SKILLED WORKERS THAT WILL WORK. ?? There is little room to train a worker to make YOUR attachments to our standards. It seems no one these days wants to work. We are constantly hiring at Everything Attachments, but between people that can't do the job and won't come to work, that is our biggest challenge. We start no one below 15 dollars per hour and most make 20 plus plus.

I LOVE MADE IN THE USA, BUT IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE. MY GOAL IS TO SAY IT WILL SHIP IN LESS THAN 3 DAYS. We will not quit till we get there. I have been working harder than ever in my life to 6 AM till 4 or 5 PM then go home a think the rest of my day on how to fix this great problem. Thanks to all of our awesome EA CUSTOMERS!!!
Ted Corriher.
 
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Welcome to our world of construction. It's going to get worse... a lot worse. I have no answer's for you; if you figure it out, let me know. Our guys are $25 for laborer and up to $40 for skilled work. Of course, no drugs, no drivers license, and no problems rules out most these days... Good luck, and I love your attachments.
 
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We have the same problems here. But many business owners are still doing extremely well. Expensive paid for houses, cottages and vehicles, yet will not pay their people much more than industry wages.

Would paying more, get positions filled?

I read that in physical jobs, paying more, get's you more. As the job get's more complicated, paying more actually has negative results, according to several studies.
 
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I just got my EA 78 inch eXtreme box blade last week. It was a long wait, but worth it! The quality is everything your video said it was. I have done a couple of projects with it so far, and I am very satisfied.

My son lives in New Hampshire and his neighbor there has three EA pieces for his Kubota - a rear blade, a grapple, and a land plane. I have examined all of these and they are great quality as well.

You guys are on the right track. Keep up the good work and best of luck with the new factory!
 
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Ted, we have similar problems with machinists. Can find any off the street so we train them up and they leave.
You do have the "good" problem of having to much business and how to grow efficiently without loosing the impatient customers. I would suggest looking for a few good engineers (my bias since I'm a manufacturing engineer) who can help "lean" out your processes and automate were it makes sense. Looking to reduce lead times, WIP and bottlenecks.
Good luck!
I am probably going to be ordering a tiller soon to do some fall planting.
 
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Welcome to our world of construction. It's going to get worse... a lot worse. I have no answer's for you; if you figure it out, let me know. Our guys are $25 for laborer and up to $40 for skilled work. Of course, no drugs, no drivers license, and no problems rules out most these days... Good luck, and I love your attachments.

It's truly a struggle, man! Thanks for the good words. We'll keep em top notch, for sure.
Travis
 
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I just got my EA 78 inch eXtreme box blade last week. It was a long wait, but worth it! The quality is everything your video said it was. I have done a couple of projects with it so far, and I am very satisfied.

My son lives in New Hampshire and his neighbor there has three EA pieces for his Kubota - a rear blade, a grapple, and a land plane. I have examined all of these and they are great quality as well.

You guys are on the right track. Keep up the good work and best of luck with the new factory!

Thanks for the business and encouragement, Dennis! We're starting to see some improvement in efficiency already.
It's very cool to see this stuff being created.
Travis

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Perhaps you set up in the wrong area. There are places around the country where people are hurting for work.
 
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Perhaps you set up in the wrong area. There are places around the country where people are hurting for work.

Maybe so, but we can't really pack it up and move! We'll keep our eyes on the prize and get there.
Travis
 
 

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