[AT] OT shifting blame

[deanvp at att.net]

Cecil,

 

Interesting observations.  That I have no argument with but one comment woke me up. 

 

“ Airstream trailers was bought by Beatrice foods, then sold to Thor Corporation. “”” manufacturer of air tools”””      As far as I know Thor Corporation that bought Airstream is the largest RV Manufacturer in the US with a large variety of brands.    I’m not aware of them being into air tools.  Did I miss something?  BTW, in line with your discussion…. Airstream had a pretty good reputation for quality, however since the Thor manufacturing policies have been instituted the Airstream Quality has steadily declined noticeably.   Thor’s primary focus is to strip the costs out of the RV, focus on producing more units faster at less cost and selling sizzle rather than substance. Thor’s stock has steadily declined and IMHO the Thor management is trying to squeeze every dime out of the multiple brands before abandoning them and sailing off in the sunset with their ill-gotten gains.  Just look into Markus Lemonis and what he and his minions are really doing at Thor. It is sickening.  The RV industry has a poor reputation for quality products. Markus is driving that quality reputation to new lows. 

 

 

Dean VP

Apache junction, AZ

 

From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Cecil Bearden
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:39 AM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] OT shifting blame

 

That town is no different that every other factory town that lost the main workplace when the manufacturer went offshore, or just went belly up.   Massey went bankrupt due to some bad management decisions and changes in Farming.  Allis Chalmers died due to the Germans buying them out and changing the engine design.  White motor Co. bought Oliver and Minneapolis Moline and just drained the companies of everything.  Then AGCO bought them and only kept the planter.  The later 2-105 White tractors were a later version of the 1850 Series Oliver.  One of the Best tractors made IMO.  I remember when the first Russian wheat deal was signed and wheat went to $6 a bushel.   One Week later John Deere raised prices 20% across the board....  I can't testify to International.   IH had some problems in the 80's.  I remember buying some IH stock for $6 a share in the 80's.   This was when Tenneco was working on buying International Harvester Ag.  Tenneco was first a gas transmission company...    I blame many problems in manufacturing on the big companies in the 70's thru the 90's playing the merger acquisition game.  When a company is publicly traded and their assets are worth more than their stock, they are in a bad position for some greedy entity to buy their stock and dismantle the company for a fast buck.  Airstream trailers was bought by Beatrice foods,  then sold to Thor corporation, the manufacturers of air tools.  Many of these acquisitions just did not make sense and then the companies flounder for several years before going out of business or going offshore....  

Then when you have too many people with no work and the government pays so well for not working, then you have the drug problem...    I guess the old saying Idle hands are the Devils workforce is so true....

Just rambling....     Freezing drizzle for the next 36 hours here, 

Cecil

 

 

On 2/26/2019 12:02 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:

Your statement does not accurately represent what the author is saying.

 

 

 

On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 7:06 PM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com <mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> > wrote:

This author is claiming they are taking dope in Brantford because MF went out of business.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-in-brantfords-opioid-nightmare-a-community-sees-more-hopeful-days/
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