Tractor News Cabelas has tractors!!??

[The Tractor Guy]

Will Cabella's service TYM tractors? For example, TYM dealers are spread out pretty thin ... would TYM honor warranty work handled at Cabella's?

TSO - Thanks for the question. At present, there is no mechanism in place for Cabela's to perform warranty repair on TYM brand tractors, but Cabela's can perform non-warranty service work on other brands of tractors, just as any dealer might do, provided there was access to service parts. As an example, Cabela's performs service on certain boats and motors that they themselves do not offer.

 

[GPintheMitten]

I'm getting a better feeling about the Cabela's tractors.

 

[The Tractor Guy]

Camastown - For a newbie, you are pretty sharp. Customer service IS the product, as is stability. Cabela's didn't enter this business on a whim or as an experiment. When they decide to start offering new products, and particularly when they put their name on something, the commitment is forever. They went from trout flies to fishing tackle, firearms and ammo, outdoor apparel for any need, camping equipment, outdoor cooking, game processing equipment, home & cabin furnishings, auto/ATV accessories, ATVs/UTVs, boats....and now compact tractors and implements. We all know that compact tractor owners are made up of outdoorsman; not just those that hunt and fish, but those that think a great weekend is one spent doing hard work, enhancing their land, taking care of their horses, tending to their small farms...working outdoors. That is the Cabela's customer. Thanks for your kind words.

 

[dave1949]

Cabelas may be around for a long time, that doesn't mean their commitment to TYM is long-lasting. Inevitably, when TYM becomes "the brand we used to sell," support for current TYM owners is no longer on the front burner, and Cabelas and TYM will probably be in a damaged business relationship at that point.

I don't think Cabelas chose TYM because they felt TYM is a tractor manufacturer they could be happy to partner with forever. That isn't how businesses make choices. Cabelas would need to sell boatloads of tractors to begin to be a significant driver of TYM's offerings.

TSC started as a mail order tractor parts operation in 1938. Their commitment to a particular brand or product line is not always long-lasting. Same is true of most chain operations. I have never sat on a TYM tractor or shopped in a Cabelas store. I have purchased a few online things from Cabelas. This is just a general observation about how I think this is most likely to go over time.

 

[TSO]

Cabelas may be around for a long time, that doesn't mean their commitment to TYM is long-lasting. Inevitably, when TYM becomes "the brand we used to sell," support for current TYM owners is no longer on the front burner, and Cabelas and TYM will probably be in a damaged business relationship at that point.

I don't think Cabelas chose TYM because they felt TYM is a tractor manufacturer they could be happy to partner with forever. That isn't how businesses make choices. Cabelas would need to sell boatloads of tractors to begin to be a significant driver of TYM's offerings.

TSC started as a mail order tractor parts operation in 1938. Their commitment to a particular brand or product line is not always long-lasting. Same is true of most chain operations. I have never sat on a TYM tractor or shopped in a Cabelas store. I have purchased a few online things from Cabelas. This is just a general observation about how I think this is most likely to go over time.

Yeah, I really only see this working out in the long run, if TYM decides to stop selling tractors under their own name, and instead decides to settle as Cabelas tractor for the future. I don't see room for both of them

 

[dave1949]

Yeah, I really only see this working out in the long run, if TYM decides to stop selling tractors under their own name, and instead decides to settle as Cabelas tractor for the future. I don't see room for both of them

I don't wish to rain on anyone's parade, but as consumers we need to keep perspective as taught to us by history.

 

[The Tractor Guy]

I don't wish to rain on anyone's parade, but as consumers we need to keep perspective as taught to us by history.

I understand that folks will want to predict whether or not Cabela's will be successful in this business or whether or not they will continue to have a partnership with Tong Yang Moolsan in five, ten, or twenty years. I'd ask if New Holland will continue buying tractors from LS, or will CaseIH, or will Massey-Ferguson (AGCO) buy tractors from Iseki, or will Mahindra buy their 10 series from Tong Yang forever? Today, Cabela's buys tractors from Tong Yang and implements from Woods Equipment, and tires & wheels from Titan. Those are partnerships that are second to none, and the expectation is that they will be long-lasting and prosperous for Cabela's, their partners and their customers. Cabela's is not TSC, or Sears, or Walmart or like any other retail company. When they get into new business, they do it after careful consideration of the long term implications. I would suggest that tractorbynet members understand that many tractor dealers in fact take on and then drop brands for a variety of reasons, but mostly because they do not achieve success in selling the product, or the manufacturer does not provide adequate support in the way of parts and service. Cabela's will be successful, they will maintain their partnerships, and they will take care of their customers in the same way that they have for 53 years.

 

[FatTire]

. Cabelas would need to sell boatloads of tractors to begin to be a significant driver of TYM's offerings.

That's probably correct globally, but I imagine Cabelas may add a very significant percentage to TYM's sale in North America, and most companies try to grow by breaking the world down to continents and/or individual countries. So I think if Cabelas does OK, TYM might be quite happy with the arrangement for a few years, and by that time they will have increased their market share in the USA, which is probably the key thing for them.

 

[TSO]

I understand that folks will want to predict whether or not Cabela's will be successful in this business or whether or not they will continue to have a partnership with Tong Yang Moolsan in five, ten, or twenty years. I'd ask if New Holland will continue buying tractors from LS, or will CaseIH, or will Massey-Ferguson (AGCO) buy tractors from Iseki, or will Mahindra buy their 10 series from Tong Yang forever? Today, Cabela's buys tractors from Tong Yang and implements from Woods Equipment, and tires & wheels from Titan. Those are partnerships that are second to none, and the expectation is that they will be long-lasting and prosperous for Cabela's, their partners and their customers. Cabela's is not TSC, or Sears, or Walmart or like any other retail company. When they get into new business, they do it after careful consideration of the long term implications. I would suggest that tractorbynet members understand that many tractor dealers in fact take on and then drop brands for a variety of reasons, but mostly because they do not achieve success in selling the product, or the manufacturer does not provide adequate support in the way of parts and service. Cabela's will be successful, they will maintain their partnerships, and they will take care of their customers in the same way that they have for 53 years.

What is Cabella's projected take off the marketshare in this category, and which companies do they expect to be stealing sales from specifically, at those list prices? Obviously, they are using the TYM T353, 433, & 503 ... but it's Cabella's also expecting to add the smaller tractors to the list?

 

[The Tractor Guy]

We are all pretty familiar with the compact market, and we all know that final price, not list is what matters. Cabela's is very competitive one promotions are applied. Market share targets and future product offerings are of course both confidential elements on anyone's business plan. However, I can say that smaller and larger tractors, as well as an expansion of the implement lineup is on the horizon.