Looks like Barclay/Ferdon is in trouble with Eastern moving to Northern NJ and Key Material Handling's old territory in the NY Burroughs. Keep giving them more rope.

I hope Modern sticks it to Eastern who will be spread too thin and NACCO.....It's Colin Wilson's problem..

How long will the honeymoon with Gregory Poole last before they figure it out.

I appreciate your comments about McEwen, but the fact is he made these moves throughout his career. Perhaps you want to look at the facts and the history of the company.

Sport05 said "From what I have heard some Eastern employees are already telling customers that they will be handling Hyster as well as Yale"

Maybe Eastern employees are reading this forum?

Modern Handling's collapse is quite noticeable in the greater Philadelphia area.. I came into this business in the mid ninties, I never worked for them, but they were regarded as great company to work for or with. Many techs that I worked with left to go work there , I might have too, except that that I don't like working on hysters. I'm pretty sure none of those guys that worked with back then are still there, most of them were A+ techs too.

Since Yale and Hyster are pretty much identical these days I don't see any big advantages to having both under one roof, except for service and fleet contracts, but that is a big enough piece of the pie that I wouldn't turn it down.

IIf more dual dealers are in NMHGs future plans, it would make sense to make the model lines distinct, like one of the earlier posts suggested.

Once they get all or most of their dealers handling both Hyster and Yale brands, I believe that they may stop making Yale IC trucks and have the Yale product designed primarily for warehouse use. They would use this to go after Crown and Raymond business. If they did that they would also probably stop making Hyster turret trucks, reach trucks and oorder pickers and focus Hyster on IC trucks and 4 wheel electric trucks. Just a guess but it would create more focus on each brands strengths.

it looks like its all part of NMHG's master plan to only have duel dealers, but how will they decide what brand to sell a customer. my thinking is that some day, NMHG will only make one brand and call it a "oh hay'll "

From what I have heard some Eastern employees are already telling customers that they will be handling Hyster as well as Yale. I could see NITCO coming down to the 6 lower counties of New York state which Modern currently covers as they already come down to Westchester county, NY which abuts the Modern counties.
Joe McEwen (the founder of Modern) must be rollling over in his grave if all of this occurs! At one time Modern was one of Hyster's best and biggest dealers! NACCO has really destroyed Hyster's name and lost so much of the share Hyster used to have. At one time Hyster was second best in terms of market share to Clark!

Something about Clark, as well..?
The NITCO thing sounds a bit out there.

Modern fires NACCO...as of 10/1 Modern will sell Hyundai, Terex Big Joe and NACCO will need another dealer or give to Eastern. Heard NITCO was asked to come to NJ.

SPORT05 was very warm, Service. More shake-up coming, I smell.
Should be a fun '16 in this Market!

Unless Nacco changed dealer agreements, cant be Hyster since there is a different dealer in Maryland and dual dealers cant cross 2 dealer territories.

no just rice burners LOL

Does Doosan make wood chippers, too?

I have heard from a good source that Eastern will become the Hyster dealer, taking over Moderns territory sometime in the fall possible October 1st. That will give Eastern the Yale line in Eastern PA, Delaware and Maryland and Hyster in those same markets as well as all of NJ and the Southern 6 counties of NY. Modern will supposedly be picking up another lift truck line possibly Doosan. We will have to wait and see if this is true.

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