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Jeff Mans

08-14-2007 05:38:01




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Does anyone know any larger production shops for tractor restoration? I am graduating from Wyotech as a refinishing specialist in September and would love to work restoring tractors, well mostly painting and metal work. If anyone wants to know about Wyotech, they have a main page at www.wyotech.com Thanks everyone!




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B-maniac

08-16-2007 19:51:44




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 Re: Shops anyone? in reply to Jeff Mans, 08-14-2007 05:38:01  
Find a reputable NEW car dealership and get into their body shop. You will never get to the top until you learn to paint/blend/match brand new cars with their glamor finishes so that the repair in undetectable. That's where the money is. Then , do the tractors on the side in your own shop one at a time being VERY selective about your customers and their ability to pay the bill. 50% up front usually weeds out the bad ones right up front. Best bet is to buy them yourself , do them up right and sell them. No deadlines , no miscommunication with minimumizing customers , no trying to get paid. There it is , theres the price , take it or the next guy will.

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Jeff Mans

08-16-2007 20:14:10




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 Re: Shops anyone? in reply to B-maniac, 08-16-2007 19:51:44  
New cars mean working for dealerships, which I refuse to do. Body shops are not first on my priority list either. I would work painting semi trucks before dealerships. New and old cars are all the same, if they are Multi Stage that is. Blending, tinting, color matching isnt very hard. I"ve found many heavy equipment paint shops and if I could find more in my area I would definately send my resume out. Cars are ok to paint but I"d rather shoot thick single stage, strip all the paint and put new on. You represent the paint job, the paint job represents the shop and the shop represents the vehicle. I just wanted to know if there were any higher production tractor shops out there.

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Brad Baber

08-14-2007 10:09:33




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 Re: Shops anyone? in reply to Jeff Mans, 08-14-2007 05:38:01  
No I've never heard of such for tractors. My opinion is that most tractor collection and restoration is done by farmers, and let's face it, farmers are generally thrifty people (and that's not a bad thing). So I'm not sure there are enough willing to spend top dollars on restorations for tractors. They are cheaper to restore than cars... Still more car guys who come from all walks of life are willing to pay for car restos... Even restoration shops have problems with keeping customers paying on time etc. I have daydreamed about the idea of setting up a type of tractor restoration shop to streamline restoration. But in reality I know that the market probably isn't there, and you'd have a really hard time keeping the workload steady. For example having an area where rear fenders are rust repaired and straighened... a stripping area, a prep and priming area... you can do a lot of cool stuff in daydreams...

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