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Ross Boots

02-23-2004 20:28:38




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If someone wanted to reproduce a certain part of a tractor and sell it, is that legal, or how would that work if you wanted to make a part for a tractor and sell it? Thank You, Ross Boots




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Ross

02-24-2004 20:00:55




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 Re: Reproducing / Manufacturing Parts in reply to Ross Boots, 02-23-2004 20:28:38  
Thanks Guys!



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lee

02-24-2004 19:07:34




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 Re: Reproducing / Manufacturing Parts in reply to Ross Boots, 02-23-2004 20:28:38  
I think if you can make a tractor part and it works and people like it and buy it then have at it. I wouldn't worry about it. If it's a widget you are making, it's a Ross Boots Widget.



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Paul in Mich

02-24-2004 07:44:39




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 Re: Reproducing / Manufacturing Parts in reply to Ross Boots, 02-23-2004 20:28:38  
Ross, I'm not sure what the legal requirements are, but if you were to talk to teh people at O.E.M., they may be able to answer that as long as you arent going to infringe on their domain. I can see a need for reproduction parts that aren't available now. A couple that come to mind would be the oil breather cap for early model "A","B", and "C". the ones I see as reproductions are no where near what the originals were like. Another may be coil covers for H4 Mags. These things, however, require expensive set up and mold costs so you'd have to pick an item or items that there is a need for and yet is cost effective to reproduce. Someone with a screw machine could have a small cottage industry by reproducing dot head bolts of various configurations, as so many of the originals are not worth cleaning up and reusing. I see them going on E-Bay (used) for nearly twice the cost of the same bolt from the hardware store, plus shipping. The point is to define a need, fill it legally and economically with a quality product.

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Michael Soldan

02-24-2004 05:50:29




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 Re: Reproducing / Manufacturing Parts in reply to Ross Boots, 02-23-2004 20:28:38  
My son in law had a problem with a Cockshutt in a shaft for distributor timing. He checked everywhere and none was to be had, The tractor wrecker told him he got calls for that part all the time and he might as well "tarp" the tractor because it would be sitting for a long time. He took the broken shaft to work and drew a CAD (computer assisted diagram) and gave it to the machinist out on the shop floor. It cost him about twenty bucks. I told him he should have got about ten of them made up and then traded them to the tractor wrecker for other parts. I'm not so wise as the lawyer guys but if you cannot find a part I see no reason why you can't manufacture one yourself, scale and mass production of parts is another issue, but as long as you are not selling it as an original part, advertising it as so or putting a logo or decal of a tractor company on it..I see no reason not to..you can design and sell loaders, snowblowers, 3-point hitch systems, parts ought to be fair game as well.....Mike in Exeter Ontario

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Dan Kelley

02-24-2004 11:37:12




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 Re: Re: Reproducing / Manufacturing Parts in reply to Michael Soldan, 02-24-2004 05:50:29  
I'd love to see one of the car restoration parts companies branch out and start making tractor restoration parts as well.



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justin

02-24-2004 13:09:36




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 Re: Re: Re: Reproducing / Manufacturing Parts in reply to Dan Kelley, 02-24-2004 11:37:12  
That is what OEM did.. They used to, maybe still do, corvette parts



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