Ultimate show goer tractor accessory?

[squonk 41,040]

14 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

 

 

Maybe I best tag along see you don't come back dressed like this.... 'course I do like the head cover Kev.... that would be boss at shows! 

I do have a niece that lives over there. Not sure where. She went over as an exchange student, met a guy, liked it so much she stayed there to continue her college. 

 

Thanks Jim for posting that picture a 2nd time in this thread!  

[WHX?? 48,799]

7 minutes ago, squonk said:

Thanks Jim for posting that picture a 2nd time in this thread!  

Yahhh but he's so cute in that get up! Least he ain't sportin a mohawk!  

Edited August 25, 2021 by WHX??

[Pullstart 62,807]

7 hours ago, pullstart said:

toy hauler has been delayed again, until at least September.

Got a phone call today, they are saying November 3 at least, plus they’re asking for another $10k.  I don’t understand, when we signed a purchase agreement.  Grrr.  

[ebinmaine 67,313]

21 minutes ago, pullstart said:

 they’re asking for another $10k,

 

.... we signed a purchase agreement.  

 

Nope. 

 

[WHX?? 48,799]

35 minutes ago, pullstart said:

plus they’re asking for another $10k

I'd ask for any money back you might have down on it and tell them to stuff it. 

[ebinmaine 67,313]

12 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

I'd ask for any money back you might have down on it and tell them to stuff it. 

I'd second that

[ebinmaine 67,313]

Seems to me you're not going to get it any faster or slower by shopping around all over the country and in my opinion they're already asking too much

[EB-80/8inPA 1,633]

On 8/23/2021 at 6:30 PM, ebinmaine said:

We may have to start saving our pennies around here...

 

 

If my calculations are correct, at a $1.7 million MSRP, you only need to skip that $5 Starbucks every workday morning and that sweet machine will be yours in just 1,308 years!

[ebinmaine 67,313]

8 minutes ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

If my calculations are correct, at a $1.7 million MSRP, you only need to skip that $5 Starbucks every workday morning and that sweet machine will be yours in just 1,308 years!

Might be longer. I don't even go to Starbucks.

 

I'm not skipping out on tractor parts, truck parts, hiking stuff, camping gear. Food, coffee.

 

Well....

We may have to renegotiate. 

[Pullstart 62,807]

48 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

I'd ask for any money back you might have down on it and tell them to stuff it. 

 

35 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I'd second that

I called and told him that I will not accept the refund payment and I’ll be investigating our contract that both parties agreed to and he told me he’s already cancelled the order and there’s no turning back.  What a piece of work.  If anyone in the Greater Grand Rapids area is ever shopping, DON’T USE VEURINKS!

[WHX?? 48,799]

11 minutes ago, pullstart said:

will not accept the refund payment

 

12 minutes ago, pullstart said:

cancelled the order

Ya lost me why would you not want money back you put down if they cancelled your order? ? 

[wallfish 16,986]

8 hours ago, squonk said:

Thanks Jim for posting that picture a 2nd time in this thread!

We could just call Kevin "PullHosen" from now on! LoL

[SylvanLakeWH 25,501]

1 hour ago, pullstart said:

 

I called and told him that I will not accept the refund payment and I’ll be investigating our contract that both parties agreed to and he told me he’s already cancelled the order and there’s no turning back.  What a piece of work.  If anyone in the Greater Grand Rapids area is ever shopping, DON’T USE VEURINKS!

So you’re getting all your money back or no…? 

 

Not good… 

[Pullstart 62,807]

1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

 

Ya lost me why would you not want money back you put down if they cancelled your order? ? 

 

56 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

So you’re getting all your money back or no…? 

 

Not good… 

 

I ended up getting to the guy with his name on the building.  He was much better at explaining their issue and that basically KZ cannot supply them with the camper we ordered.  I explained to him that he has some house cleaning to do in the form of his sales manager is an idiot and shouldn’t be allowed to talk with customers.  We unfortunately had to cancel and will get our $$ down payment back.  I guess now we have some extra cash to get moving on the bus project…

[WHX?? 48,799]

Yep wanna get results gotta talk to the top dog. Stick to your guns bro..

It's just bizarre that this summer on our travels where we saw the haulers sitting in mass in manufacturer yards. 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,501]

Loads of apparently “finished” cars and trucks sitting in yards all over SE Michigan… waiting on chips or other specific parts not available…

 

Wonder if same sort of issue with rv’s… 

[adsm08 2,036]

1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Loads of apparently “finished” cars and trucks sitting in yards all over SE Michigan… waiting on chips or other specific parts not available…

 

Wonder if same sort of issue with rv’s… 

 

Probably. It's effecting everything with any sort of computerized anything.

 

I just finished a car that has been down in our shop for 72 days waiting for a computer.

 

We had another vehicle sitting on our lot for over a year waiting for a module that was backordered, still hasn't come it, but the owner came and took it so it can sit around at the quarry and at least the welder is available to him.

[Pullstart 62,807]

13 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Yep wanna get results gotta talk to the top dog. Stick to your guns bro..

It's just bizarre that this summer on our travels where we saw the haulers sitting in mass in manufacturer yards. 

I sent KZ sales a pretty in depth email this morning.  I doubt it’ll get me any closer to my toy hauler, but I figured they should hear my side of the story, how their dealer’s actions have made me feel sour about the manufacturer.

[WHX?? 48,799]

14 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Loads of apparently “finished” cars and trucks sitting in yards all over SE Michigan… waiting on chips or other specific parts not available…

 

Wonder if same sort of issue with rv’s… 

Same with furnaces & ac's... I gotta tell people I can quote your job but can't get equipment. They say they can wait but I can't tell them when and when they want to put money down I gotta say wait till I gotta pay for your furnace. 

[Handy Don 12,167]

I feel for the disappointment of having your order cancelled on you. It may take some extra effort, but I endorse the suggestion of scouting around for an alternate. I, too, am seeing RV/motorhome lots overflowing with product.

The "chip shortage" has been no shock to me having been close to the industry, but many folks are getting a remedial course in the complexities of a global supply chain. They are learning that it's more than cars and computers that need chips--it's everyday household appliances, too. If fact, nearly everything that gets plugged in or uses power and had a display or indicator lamp--even those "wall wart" power adaptors.

From what I'm reading in industry publications, the supply chain won't get back to "normal" for about a year or longer. It can take as much as a year for a chip factory to go from planning to produce a chip to being able to ship them. Also, the industry has decommissioned some "old" capacity as they were switching to "new" capacity (i.e. to make higher density, faster chips) and so the chip-using product manufacturers are having to convert their products at the same time.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

On 8/25/2021 at 1:37 PM, Achto said:

 

By heritage only though, all of my great grand parents migrated to the US from Germany. I do wish to visit Germany some day. One stop that would be on the list is a little town that shares my last name.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achterberg

 

And you still have to do a stop by for a griller and a Beer in Southern Bavaria.

You allway‘s Welcome Bro.

 

[Achto 27,511]

15 hours ago, Tractorhead said:

And you still have to do a stop by for a griller and a Beer in Southern Bavaria.

You allway‘s Welcome Bro.

 

No way I would make the trip without stopping by for a visit.