Originally Posted by Dougster

Stopped at a relatively large, multi-brand tractor dealership on my way home from my little Vermont mini-vacation. Without getting into the various brands carried, it suffices to say that the dealer's brand new "rolling stock" on the lot was down more than 66% from when I visited the same dealership last summer. Implements, attachments, trailers et al were down as well but not quite as much... maybe 40-50%. I went inside to get some prices on a few odd implements and parts... and struck up a conversation with the parts and sales folks. I damn near went into shock and almost fell on the floor with the story they told me!

Contrary to the usual tales of "doom and gloom" I've been hearing lately from everyone else in any kind of business (other than foreclosure & bankruptcy attorneys, of course), they told me that business was "booming in all departments" and that they couldn't keep enough stock on the lot! They said new tractors were on order to replace all that had been sold lately, but the manufacturers just couldn't supply them fast enough with the high demand they were experiencing!

So what do you think? Was I being fed a total line of BS??? Or should I get my butt going and try to rekindle my long abandoned dream of owning & operating a successful, big money making tractor dealership!

Dougster™