Posted by paul on January 06, 2016 at 09:21:50 from (76.77.197.114):
In Reply to: Re: Fleet Farm posted by oldtanker on January 05, 2016 at 22:59:28:
I agree we farmers are more efficient, and many have gone to disk cutters instead of sickle mowers and round balers instead of small square - less parts to buy, less to sell, less to stock. I do agree with you that there is less merchandise to handle as you say.
Was just driving down Broadway in town and though of the old farm supply store dad would take me to when I was about 5-8 years old. He would get 3 plow lays and the bolts, I remember him getting a replacement socket for his Truecraft socket set, he wore out the 9/16. I still have that set, in its metal case. The ratchet has held up....
Anyhow, it was sold and converted to a CPA office, building is still there. Parking for about 8 cars if you really squeeze, building looks smaller than a house of today with 3 stall garage. But it held everything dad used to farm, the consumables.
Runnings started up in town, built a metal building down by the railroad tracks. Wow was there room in there! And stuff! That got converted into a school, now business offices. Runnings moved to an old HyVee store, then to a bigger old Randall's grocery store, and just a couple years ago moved to the not so old empty Kmart store. Their sporting goods section is bigger than the entire first store building; and their first building was several times bigger than that old farm supply store dad took me to before in was in school.
Stuff changes, that's the only thing we can count on.
I have an old Vermeer round baler. Dealership is 50 miles away. None of the Runnings, Mills, TSC, etc stores in visit carry teeth for it. But the one Runnings store up near the dealership does.
They stock what they sell. That is what it comes down to.
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