You heard it here first
Boxer Mini loaders was sold to . . . Morbark
Boxer called me Thursday and canceled a parts order and
As an active Boxer dealer they said I was the first to be informed about the sale.
Called Morbark and of course they were not ready to give me a solution to this part order
got the proverbial "they will get back to me" I guess I will see how long that takes
mixed feelings about this,
Near Term, parts will be messed up for the next couple of what? weeks, months?
Long Term, My dealership with them will be up in the air, I do not want to sell chippers,
Pretty sure nationwide Boxer treeguy packages from Top Notch will end
Equip Biz . . . TMI
Mertz (the owner of Boxer) does about 95% of their Biz in Oil field & pipeline MFG
Their focus turned away from the Minis for the more lucrative energy sector
This along with the New Gas Tank Regulations, is most likely is why they have not produced any of their popular 427 line or any gas engine models
Also I do not think they worked out the looming tier 4 Diesel change deadline
So in the last year it was increasingly harder to get machines, diesels being the only ones they were producing
I think Morbark has there work cut out for them, and I hope they focus on the product
It has been, still is a very good competitive mini loader
Now I know why I had a gaggle of Morbark bigwigs looking at the Boxer in my booth at this years TCI Expo.
I went off on one of my rants, on one poor Morbark dude, about them needing to do something different, something out of the Box
Maybe something like
Boxer Mini loaders was sold to . . . Morbark
Boxer called me Thursday and canceled a parts order and
As an active Boxer dealer they said I was the first to be informed about the sale.
Called Morbark and of course they were not ready to give me a solution to this part order
got the proverbial "they will get back to me" I guess I will see how long that takes
mixed feelings about this,
Near Term, parts will be messed up for the next couple of what? weeks, months?
Long Term, My dealership with them will be up in the air, I do not want to sell chippers,
Pretty sure nationwide Boxer treeguy packages from Top Notch will end
Equip Biz . . . TMI
Mertz (the owner of Boxer) does about 95% of their Biz in Oil field & pipeline MFG
Their focus turned away from the Minis for the more lucrative energy sector
This along with the New Gas Tank Regulations, is most likely is why they have not produced any of their popular 427 line or any gas engine models
Also I do not think they worked out the looming tier 4 Diesel change deadline
So in the last year it was increasingly harder to get machines, diesels being the only ones they were producing
I think Morbark has there work cut out for them, and I hope they focus on the product
It has been, still is a very good competitive mini loader
Now I know why I had a gaggle of Morbark bigwigs looking at the Boxer in my booth at this years TCI Expo.
I went off on one of my rants, on one poor Morbark dude, about them needing to do something different, something out of the Box
Maybe something like
