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26 Dealers Share Tips for What to Consider When Adding a New Shortline

We asked: “As a dealer, what criteria about the product and manufacturer are most important to you when you consider adding new shortline equipment to your product lineup?”
June 6, 2016 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
We asked: “As a dealer, what criteria about the product and manufacturer are most important to you when you consider adding new shortline equipment to your product lineup?”
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Growing and Planning for the Future as a Shortline Machinery Dealer

Over the past 20 years, Inwood, Iowa, machinery dealer Faber’s Farm Equipment has added numerous shortlines to its offering, expanded its facility five times and is now building a second location in Watertown, S.D.
By Jaime Elftman posted on April 25, 2016 | Posted in Facilities, Niche Equipment Markets
Over the past 20 years, Inwood, Iowa, machinery dealer Faber’s Farm Equipment has added numerous shortlines to its offering, expanded its facility five times and is now building a second location in Watertown, S.D.
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Starting Anew to Fill a Product Gap

Eric Woodford left a successful farming and custom baling operation to start a shortline dealership focused on biomass harvesting equipment.
By Kim Schmidt posted on April 6, 2016 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
Eric Woodford left a successful farming and custom baling operation to start a shortline dealership focused on biomass harvesting equipment.
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Traditional Dealerships Setting Up Separate Entities to Sell Shortline Equipment

By Dave Kanicki and Mike Lessiter posted on March 21, 2016 | Posted in Manufacturer & Dealer Issues, Niche Equipment Markets
A mainline dealer whose shortline business is critical to success sets up a separate location to quiet the major about the competitive attention at the primary location. The idea has also been talked about as a hedge move to protect a dealership whose contract or future transition of that contract could be questionable.
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Selling Shortline Machinery to Generate Trade-Ins — A Symbiotic Relationship

Big Equipment in West Havre, Mont., has found the key to selling shortline machinery is being able to take trade-ins and provide personal service and support.
By Jaime Elftman posted on March 7, 2016 | Posted in Niche Equipment Markets
Big Equipment in West Havre, Mont., has found the key to selling shortline machinery is being able to take trade-ins and provide personal service and support.
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