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Re: What happened to Surplus Tractor Parts
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Posted by Lavoy on November 27, 2002 at 20:16:12 from (66.82.9.32):
In Reply to: What happened to Surplus Tractor Parts posted by stan on November 27, 2002 at 09:13:07:
They were bought out by Cat, who changed the name to All Parts International, and then closed the Fargo store down, and moved operations to Peoria. Eventually they seemed to give up on the old tractor parts idea, and if you get into the API website now, it jumps you to your nearest Cat dealer. In addition to wanting to sell parts for other brands, Cat also wiped out one of the big sellers of aftermarket undercarraige parts for Cat equipment, and by doing so, forced the public to buy genuine Cat parts. Plus it wiped out the only track press in our area, although the shop had been slowing down for years. Lavoy
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