Withering in the Field: Ag Dealers Can Remain Profitable in a Down Market
Withering in the Field Ag Dealers Can Remain Profitable in a Down Market It’s late August, and for a farmer the harvest is right around the corner. But there’s a problem. The corn is a good foot shorter than it should be this time of year. Nothing can be done. The weather isn’t cooperating –
Filling the Void
Filling the Void Performing section repairs on agricultural tires – bias or radial ®“ is relatively simple. But because it’s a lengthy and painstaking process, there are many opportunities for error.Ag tires, which include farm tractor and implement tires, logger and skidder units, and high flotation utility tires, are required to carry heavy loads while dispersing
Skid Steer Loaders: Lots of Equipment Means Lots of Sales – If You Know Your Stuff
Skid Steer Loaders Lots of Equipment Means Lots of Sales – If You Know Your Stuff Unheard of two decades ago, skid-steer loaders have become one of the most popular pieces of machinery on the market today. Like the reputable Swiss army knife, they have a wide variety of uses and are found almost anywhere
Case 3: Diversity Means Opportunity
Case 3: Diversity Means Opportunity Times are tough in every industry it seems. The economy’s sluggish, prices are increasing and consumers don’t have a lot of money to spend.But one industry that’s been especially hard hit is the agricultural market. Costs and demand are increasing, yet prices and margins are evaporating. Tire dealers trying to
In The Green: Lawn/Garden Tires Offer Dealers an Easy, Low Cost Way to Profit
In The Green Lawn/Garden Tires Offer Dealers an Easy, Low Cost Way to Profit With the official start of Spring 2001 only days away – except for you lucky ones in Florida, Hawaii and Southern California who enjoy great weather all year – the time is right to look at opportunities in lawn and garden
Brains Match Muscle: The Intelligent Tire
Brains Match Muscleas Tire Chips Finally Hit the Market The Intelligent Tire. Many see it as a myth, an unworkable idea with no real world merit. Others see it as the wave of the future, a screaming-to-be-born combination of technologies that will solve so many tire maintenance matters. It’s no secret that tire manufactures have
OTR Tire Dealers Speak: Study Shows Dealers Crave Training; Look to Add Staff
OTR Tire Dealers Speak Study Shows Dealers Crave Training; Look to Add Staff For the second consecutive year, Tire Review and the Tire Association of North America (TANA) teamed up to conduct a comprehensive study of OTR tire dealers and the prevailing OTR tire market. The extensive study was a continuation of the highly successful
Field Fixes: Haste Makes Waste When Tackling OTR Tire Field Repairs
should use a spotter, retread chamber or section mold to vulcanize the repair rubber into the tire. More often than not, a section repair is an in-shop job.Either before filling the injury or after curing, depending on the repair system used, a reinforced repair patch should be installed to strengthen the repaired area.Tractor tires are
OTR Tire Market: Fewer Customers, Bigger Trucks Challenge Even the Best Dealers
OTR Tire Market Fewer Customers, Bigger Trucks Challenge Even the Best Dealers It is by far the most volatile and unpredictable tire segment, operating at a rhythm and pace often well removed from prevailing general economic conditions. With the wide variety of applications and monstrously large equipment getting even bigger, the OTR equipment tire segment
Bang The Drum Loudly: To Stay in the OTR Tire Game, Dealers Need to Sell Themselves
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The Survey Says: Inaugural OTR Tire Dealer Study Results Are In
erground mining tire sales, and 23.8% of grader tire sales.Some of them reported 100% of sales in a certain category were of a single construction – bias. All scraper tires sold were bias for 19% of respondents, all loader tires were bias for 22%, all underground tires were of this construction for 54% of dealers