Let me again emphasize the point that I believe Mr. Marrow and Mr. Gurkins to be honorable men. I, for one, will be very interested to read the report that is brought back to the Judge from the Court Appointed Reciever if it becomes public record. Both of these gentlemen were appointed by the court system of North Carolina and are working for the Judge who appointed them. They have had a difficult job, to say the least. they were brought in to clean up the mess.........they did not cause the mess.
FarmTrac Troubles
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Farmtrac was very careful to tell the dealers very plainly that the "Less than Zero" financing was a contract between the customer and Farmtrac and the only place the dealer's signiture appears on the contract is as a witness to the customer's signiture.........so the dealer is in no way responsible for the rebate checks. However, it is still mighty embarassing to have someone come up to the dealer at a local restaurant while eating breakfast and confront him with the fact that the checks are not coming to the customers as promised by Farmtrac ( which, by the way, has happened to me personally). The dealers were told to emphasize this program and promote it.....so many of them did. The dealers, I repeat, were innocent in this fraud.
There is truth in each of the last few posts.Fact:the dealers, Textron,Mr. Marrow or the farmtrac customers did not create this problem.Fact:we are the ones who must deal with it. there have been many ideas put forth, some great,some good ,some not so good. it is up to us to find which works for us. the thing that is working for our company right now is the truth and honesty we have always given our customer friends. we brief them on the farmtrac situation, answer ALL their questions that we have knowledge of, concerning warranty and parts issues which may later arise.we pledge our very best effort to see that the trust they place in our company and the product has been well placed.we offer NO discounts,and in fact have found customers to be most understanding of the fact, we must make a profit to be able to fullfill our obligations. our company has sold 2 (two ) tractorsW/loaders in as many days and have several more solid leads working. I solemley promise each of my dealer friends, I will NEVER,NEVER quit until justice is done in this matter to those who have profited at the expense of hardworking,honest people.In the meantime,Let all the dealers in the US,somehow come together in a solid group and figure ways to help each other sell tractors,exchange ideas and save our businesses, so we can continue to provide the excellent service to our customers, as farmtrac dealers have always done.Even if the brand shall fail, we should not, it is our choice,it has been our choice ever since we decided to be dealers and I would hate to think I allowed it to be otherwise.----Taxpayer
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SESS
Gold Member
Did each dealer get their Monday update today? Send me a PM with your email if you did not get it and I will send it to you!
AlanB
Elite Member
Just a very, very outside idea, and I have no dog in this hunt other then I cannot imagine what it would be like to be a dealer.
I would think it would have come up, but have you dealers thought about banding together and buying up the defunkt business yourselves?
While I am sure there would be a tremendous risk, it may be one way to come out of this mess. Although the other side is it may be out of the frying pan, into the fire?
In effect you would end up being employee owners, I believe Harley employees did a similar action to get their company back on better footing.
Somewhat reminds me of one of my favorite sayings, "individualists of the world, UNITE" but it may be an option worth considering.
I would think it would have come up, but have you dealers thought about banding together and buying up the defunkt business yourselves?
While I am sure there would be a tremendous risk, it may be one way to come out of this mess. Although the other side is it may be out of the frying pan, into the fire?
In effect you would end up being employee owners, I believe Harley employees did a similar action to get their company back on better footing.
Somewhat reminds me of one of my favorite sayings, "individualists of the world, UNITE" but it may be an option worth considering.
My solution is to simply walk away........sell another brand of tractors.......turn everything over to my lawyer........and on with life...this is to big a problem for me to solve.......sell red tractors and let the briars and kudzoo vines cover up the blue ones until I can't see them anymore.
DavesTractor
Elite Member
As a dealer myself (Mahindra and Branson) I really feel for you guys. One idea if a dealer had just a few left, he could make them into rental tractors. You know that there will be a way to get parts, and if you owned the units yourself, it would be no big deal if it took 10 days or even 30 days to get a part. Earn a few thousand off of each then sell them reasonably as used tractors. Just an idea.
SESS
Gold Member
We have thought about rentals for the tractors but the liability insurance is so high here in FLA that it didnt make it feasible. So, they are dust collectors for the time being!
Shannon
New member
It looks like I got an email yesterday from Farmtrac that had "parts for farmtrac utiltiy tractors" in the description .... My spam blocker erased it. If some has it would you please forward it to me at trucksunlimited@earthlink.net ...... (I'm guessing it doesn't say anything but that their working on it).
I have three LG tractors on my lot. Not too worried about warranty issues with these. I sold two indian tractors last week and they seem to be doing fine. I have an 8075 cab, FEL. I don't have a clue how to move this one. Regarding the indian tractors.....someone should post a list of which models of the Farmtrac tractors correspond with the appropriate ford model. It might help in a pinch to get a part from A&I or Tisco.
