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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Tho I’m now part time, all I want, the wine biz rolls on. As we all have said for the last 20 years I’ve been doing it, when times are good people drink, when times are bad people drink. It’s also nice to be working now for a really good employer that, from what I’ve heard, hasn’t ever had a layoff. For that I’m grateful. I’m also at one of the smallest production facilities they own, but that is fine by me. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Brad <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Hall<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 02, 2020 7:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> at@lists.antique-tractor.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] 1935 JD B Testing progress.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We limped along till fall (crew worked 4 days but boss paid for 5). All our auto customers shut down, some for 2 months. When this crap hit in early spring we closed for 2 weeks, seems every customer we had locked the door. Hand sanitizer and facemasks helped keep us going this summer. Fall was busy, but now slowing down again. It's like surfing, you wait for the next wave.<br><br>John Hall<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 12/2/2020 5:50 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We're very busy, John. (I would fall under "manufacturing machine shop") We tanked, badly, last April due to Covid, with orders about 20% of normal. We've had a spiky but continuous climb in orders since, to the point that I'm working 55+ hours a week and we're looking hard at acquiring another CNC lathe. We're not going to stay at this level forever, of course, but the current workload has exposed a problem with our existing capacity when we hit peaks like the one we're in.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We're not sure what's going on with our markets (<a href="http://www.centraltools.com">www.centraltools.com</a> if you're curious) but part of it is probably a backlash after everyone hunkered down several months ago.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>SO<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:48 PM John Hall <<a href="mailto:jtchall@nc.rr.com">jtchall@nc.rr.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>I am hearing on Facebook that engine machine shops are running months <br>behind. Can't really understand the logic. Don't know of any mechanic <br>shops that have slowed down. Manufacturing machine shops are no busier <br>than normal, just depends on the industry.<br><br>John Hall<br><br>On 12/1/2020 11:52 AM, Dean VP wrote:<br>> Spencer,<br>><br>><br>><br>> PS: I did finally get a call back from one of the Machine Shops that I called yesterday that had been recommended to me by a local JD Collector. Yes, we can do it but..... we are out 3 to 4 months right now. If that is my only source that would essentially cause me to lose another year since I would miss all the shows here this snowbird season.<br>><br>> Dean VP<br>> Apache Junction, AZ<br>><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>AT mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>