Posted by Leroy on March 07, 2017 at 07:31:47 from (69.88.202.2):
In Reply to: Re: Oliver's future posted by greenenvy on March 05, 2017 at 09:58:14:
And the number of dealers close far outweighed the thought of driving 2 hours just to get to a dealer for just a small part would put the closer dealers selling more of the machinery even if would be adequite but not prefered units. That dealer 25 mile away if he could be worked with would get the bussiness first , if not him the one 30 mile away and so on. People in that time did not have the ability to go for the several hours to find that far away dealer so they stayed as close to home as possible. Here at home in Ohio we had 2 JD dealers, 1 IHC, one Ford, one Ferguson 2 AC and 1 Oliver dealer within 8 mile from home. The Oliver dealership closed the branch close to home and had to go 25 mile to other place so who do you think got the bussiness? Also had 2 Coop dealers within 12 mile. I guess there were a Case dealer or 2 around but all I heard in growing up in that time frame was stay away from Case as in basket case or considered junk. 3 more JD dealers within 20 mile from home.
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