Cole Younger
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Amish friend took me through Crescent Forge and let me take pictures as long as he wasn"t in them. This was the week before they started to dismantle the plant and start moving equipt out.
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Cole Younger
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A view from the outside.We spent over 2hrs in the plant a once in a lifetime experiance to see a industrial revolution dinosaur fully intact they just closed the doors and went home the last day they ran.
Steve A W
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Cresent Forge sounds familiar but I can't place it.
Where is it and whats the story?
Thanks
Steve A W
Where is it and whats the story?
Thanks
Steve A W
Cole Younger
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They made aftermarket plow shares for just about every plow ever made in the U.S.A. from horse drawn to modern day chisel plows Havana, Illinois.
Janicholson
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I enhanced it a little, though the original had effect. Jim
Ralph Bauer
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Keep us posted Cole if you hear anything about re-entering production.Looking forward to see them going again, I know I will need some plow share related parts for my MM, among others.
And Tyler might be able to buy some, too....
Ralph in OK.
And Tyler might be able to buy some, too....
Ralph in OK.
This has NOTHING to do with that.
Crescent Forge's problem is that they produced overpriced products aimed at a market with limited demand and limited funds.
When I priced IH Little Genius parts, moldboards were $250 each and shares were $95.
You're talking about $700 to replace the main wear parts on a 2-bottom plow, over $1000 on a 3-bottom.
This, on plows that you can buy all day, any day, for $200-$300, with decent shares and moldboards. The expense of new parts was impossible to justify.
Even now they will have a long row to hoe to make any money at it.
Now that you've shown some pricing it's pretty clear why the owners closed the doors. I suspect their situation was not unlike my own. They likely saw their costs rising rapidly in a fickle "hobby" market and more than once heard from a customer 'How in the **** do you justify that kind of pricing'?
I finally pulled the plug on my shop after I heard about the same from several customers, I tried not to impliment any significant price increases as the market wouldn't have stood it. A typical lined SS 4"X 24" straight stack for a John Deere following the last delivery of SS tube was costing me $35 more than I was selling them for just in the SS alone. So add on the costs of utilities and supplies and the fact that I'd like a little for my trouble after taxes, it was clear that things had to stop fast. I held out to make my final decision hoping things would turn around this past November, but Atlas shrugged.
I finally pulled the plug on my shop after I heard about the same from several customers, I tried not to impliment any significant price increases as the market wouldn't have stood it. A typical lined SS 4"X 24" straight stack for a John Deere following the last delivery of SS tube was costing me $35 more than I was selling them for just in the SS alone. So add on the costs of utilities and supplies and the fact that I'd like a little for my trouble after taxes, it was clear that things had to stop fast. I held out to make my final decision hoping things would turn around this past November, but Atlas shrugged.
I spent the last 7-8 yrs working to save Crescent Forge. I am happy to see White Horse Machine in Gap Pa. buy it and move it out of Illinois. I live in Illinois and this state cares very little about keeping a manufacture here. Mr. mKirsh there was never any molboards in the last 5 yrs ever priced to you for $250 each, because I handled the retail sales. White Horse & Pioneer manufacture close to 2000 horse drawn plows each year. There were 387 2 piece dies that were saved from scrap by White Horse buying this company that was established back in 1902. In closing I would like to encourage you to send a letter to White Horse Machine & Equipment 5566 Old Philadelphia Pike Gap,Pa. 17527 and let them know by part number what you need in wear parts. Tractor Clubs should bring this up at your meetings if you want to see our old plows saved. Remember this is the last tooling that is left in the USA to manufacture these parts. Thank you for your interest in Crescent Forge. Earl
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