Posted on 07/28/2025 4:15:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Weiler isnt experienced in forestry equipment.
Now, if they go back and rehire the original people from Fabtek and begin from there, then they might have a chance.
Cat ended up with Fabtek and basically screwed it up. That is how Cat has operated in that product line. Get into the product untill large equipment for mining, etc, takes off again and then abandon the product line and try to cash out.
All Cat had to do was put their engines into Fabtek equipment, finance the development and equipment purchases and let Fabtek run.
They didnt do that.
If Weiler REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wanted to get way ahead of the curve, they’d copy the old Johnn Deere 703 product line and put on Ponsse H8 heads onto that machine or something similar.
The old 703G MHs
Then sell it for around 4 to 500 grand.
As far as forwarders. Take the old 546 and 8s Fabtek forwarders, do away with the hydrostatic drives and put the Funk transmissions back in. Solve the back boggie mount problem and sell them for about 100 to 200 thousand dollars. Hell, even start making the 344s and sell them for 80 to 100 grand in limited production.
Weiland would take over the CTL product business.
They wont do that though. Because they are in it for the short term.
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