Rotary Cutter Bush Hog temporarily shuts down...

[Gizmo36]

CCI Thank you I will go to that. I need to go up to Jefferson City anyway.

 

[Bush Hog Legend]

Bush Hog is dumping 15+ loads of equipment March 21 at Tyler Brothers Auction. Welcome to Tyler Brothers Farm Equipment All the BH items will be sold without any warranty, no marketing labels, no serial number plates and no MFG's plates. All sales are as is and final. All BH items will be sold at absolute auction.
It seems that BH is dumping product. The BH dealers in this region are not happy BH is dumping product like this in their market.

You might want to get your facts from another source. As usual you're misinformed Bush Hog sent 5 loads of buckets, mounting kits, & hoses to Tyler Bros. There are no serial #'s on any of these products. No products from Selma were sent to Tyler Bros. This isn't the first time Bush Hog has sent overstock to the auction.

 

[HayDR]

Since the Bush Hog Legend has challenged my information, I wonder if he will make his identity public?

 

[Farmwithjunk]

For ACCURATE information on what's being sold, contact Tyler Bros (toll free) @ 866 983 2240. Items being auctioned are overstock loader parts and pieces. These parts never has serial #'s to begin with, so there were none to remove. Bush Hog auctions off overstock items on a regular basis.

 

[keyser soze]

For ACCURATE information on what's being sold, contact Tyler Bros (toll free) @ 866 983 2240. Items being auctioned are overstock loader parts and pieces. These parts never has serial #'s to begin with, so there were none to remove. Bush Hog auctions off overstock items on a regular basis.

I'm already on that... but the guy I needed to talk to, was out to lunch.

 

[keyser soze]

I'm already on that... but the guy I needed to talk to, was out to lunch.

Okay... here's the deal.

According to one of the gentleman at Tyler Brothers Auction, There are loaders, backhoes, loader buckets, backhoe buckets, mounting kits, and other accessories. Accessories can be anything from seats that were used to build the zero turn mower and engines to wheels... pretty much anything that was used to build equipment at the BH plant in TN.

I asked about quantities and according to the guy I talked to, who appeared to be the owner or of some other importance, there are AT LEAST 5 semi truck loads of the accessories. 15 + loads now does not seem to be out of the question.

A couple other tidbits -

Bush Hog is in debt, much farther than I suspected.

The highest offered bid on their business is much lower than I expected.

My sources tell me that if a deal isn't done in about 45 days, BH will be forced to declare some form of bankruptcy.

 

[cgreenway]

A friend of mine that works at the Bush-Hog plant in Telford said they were laying people off like crazy today, only about 50 employees left right now and last production day at the factory was gonna be March 27th, but they still could be bought between that time, and he said their are a few of the upper management has all-ready secured new jobs at other companys and scheduled to jump ship too in the next few weeks,

 

[Bush Hog Legend]

Since the Bush Hog Legend has challenged my information, I wonder if he will make his identity public?

I stand corrected there were 15 loads of equipment. The first 10 loads were discontinued mounting kits from the old M series loaders. The backhoes are discontinued backhoes the are being replaced by the new curved boom backhoes that are getting ready to be shipped. The loaders are returns from dealers that were damaged during shipment. A lot of the buckets are from the old GB line that use the GB quick draw quick attach system. Some buckets use the old BH quick attach system. So if you all know someone who has these older loaders and need buckets let them know because there are several of them. The reason for my first post was that I had been told there would be five loads and after reading everyone's posts I called the TN plant.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I stand corrected there were 15 loads of equipment. The first 10 loads were discontinued mounting kits from the old M series loaders. The backhoes are discontinued backhoes the are being replaced by the new curved boom backhoes that are getting ready to be shipped. The loaders are returns from dealers that were damaged during shipment. A lot of the buckets are from the old GB line that use the GB quick draw quick attach system. Some buckets use the old BH quick attach system. So if you all know someone who has these older loaders and need buckets let them know because there are several of them. The reason for my first post was that I had been told there would be five loads and after reading everyone's posts I called the TN plant.

Thanks for admitting your mistake. Next time though please don't insult another member of this board. No one likes what is happening to these companies but Mark does his best to keep this board informed as to what is going on. The last thing anyone wants is to be misled by a dealer trying to dump items from a company going under.

I personally want Bush Hog to stay in business. I will never buy another Woods cutter and was talking to my Bush Hog dealer about a new 15' cutter in December. I will not hesitate to buy Bush Hog items still as they are built well and I am not worried about them breaking down and not getting parts.

 

[wny770]

Do you think Bush hog cutters are superior to Woods? I've owned both, on a much smaller basis, 4' and 6' and really thought the woods was a smoother machine. Squealer VS Brush Bull. But I too hope they stay in business. All those lost jobs, what a shame. To loose your livelihood is a life changing experience most of the time.