I was just over on farm-monitor.com and see that Agco announced yesterday that they are going to start building some of their larger tractors here in the US to "reduce exposure to foreign exchange rate volitility". Well,whatever the reason,sounds like a little bit of good news to me.
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Anonymous-0
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now if agco had a dealer network around here they'd have something, the MF,White and ac machinery is nearly gone and they aren't going to sell much more until they have some sales,parts and service in sw Mn
I'm just hoping this whole Massey Ferguson only thing doesn't cost us the dealer we've dealt with for a lot of years. They're awful close to another dealer.
Sad thing is,there's a HUGE hole right here where there's NO dealers of any kind. I told the owners of the dealership that's on the endangered list that we'd sure appreciate it if they'd move over here in to the old Oldsmobile dealer building.
Sad thing is,there's a HUGE hole right here where there's NO dealers of any kind. I told the owners of the dealership that's on the endangered list that we'd sure appreciate it if they'd move over here in to the old Oldsmobile dealer building.
Anonymous-0
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old news going to Jackson Minn.
Goose
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Now all they have to do is acquire a responsible, dedicated work force.
Walker Muffler Co, owned by Tenneco, has a large plant locally where they manufacture both OEM and replacement exhaust systems. They recently set out to hire 75 more employees, and they're having trouble finding people to work.
Sure, a lot of it is grundgy production line work with a lot of welding going on, but it pays darned good and has good corporate benefits. Guess people would rather screw off and draw unemployment.
Walker Muffler Co, owned by Tenneco, has a large plant locally where they manufacture both OEM and replacement exhaust systems. They recently set out to hire 75 more employees, and they're having trouble finding people to work.
Sure, a lot of it is grundgy production line work with a lot of welding going on, but it pays darned good and has good corporate benefits. Guess people would rather screw off and draw unemployment.
TomH in PA
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Yea, I hope things are starting to pick up. Looks like Intel is expanding in the US as well.
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cadet trooper
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Definitely good news! On the other hand as a previous dealer for AC, corporate requirements have very strict rules about things like building size, special tools, showroom space, landscaping and the list goes on. It"s a no win situation for someone who wants to invest in a dealership like maybe 1.5 to 2 million initial investment in things like building, special tools and a required parts inventory before you hire the qualified individuals needed like trained techs, parts people and office personnel. Starting up a dealership could cost well over 3 million bucks and change. Anyone interested? I suggest if you do spend the 500 bucks to visit a shrink to see what"s wrong with you. FYI J&L transports owner who is based in Ohio started a Case/IH dealership near London Ohio with a dealership that was second to none less than one year later they closed up. a company is only as good as its dealer orgnization along with company support. IMHO
Anonymous-0
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I lost interest, when they said they weren't paintin 'em orange, any more!
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Kruse
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I've mentioned this here before, so it may be old.
I used to work for a company that employed about 33,000 people worldwide. The plant manufactured semi-conductor chips and the manufacturing division was open was open 24 hours a day. One day the company decided to hire 20 people in my department. This was a job that did not require a college education. It was night shift work, but you had to chance to move to day shift in 90 days. The pay and benefits were excellent. Matter of fact, their 401K plan matched you dollar for dollar. On the first night of work, 19 of them didn't make it through the shift. The last one didn't make it through the second day (night) of work.
Now I know night shift isn't for everyone, but if you could hold out for 90 days, you could transfer or stay in the same position.
I guess they didn't need the work that bad.
I used to work for a company that employed about 33,000 people worldwide. The plant manufactured semi-conductor chips and the manufacturing division was open was open 24 hours a day. One day the company decided to hire 20 people in my department. This was a job that did not require a college education. It was night shift work, but you had to chance to move to day shift in 90 days. The pay and benefits were excellent. Matter of fact, their 401K plan matched you dollar for dollar. On the first night of work, 19 of them didn't make it through the shift. The last one didn't make it through the second day (night) of work.
Now I know night shift isn't for everyone, but if you could hold out for 90 days, you could transfer or stay in the same position.
I guess they didn't need the work that bad.
Hey Kruse I know what you mean, I worked with a Co.for 33 yrs, we worked 24/7 12 hr. nights one week 12 hr. days the next week, if a holiday fell on your shift you worked it, they paid us well and had good benifits, I raised 5 kids working with that co. but very few stayed there long enough to earn any retirement. In 2001 the unit I worked in was shut down due to China making the same products that we did and selling them in the U.S. cheaper than we could make it. The Co. bought me out, I was 56 years old, haven"t worked since, they were really good to me, not bragging, just thankful!!!
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will these new tractors be red and called massey ferguson?
Anonymous-0
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every little helps said the boy p????? into the ocean.besides if you move forward so do my shares in Aust.spend,spend,spend.
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