bjohn,

Yes, I know Al Ohrt, worked with him at AC in, Harvey & Matteson stayed in touch with him over the years, meet up with him again at Komatsu, in Georgia. He was planning to hang up the spurs in July, 2009. I did it in 2007. It looked like another 1973 & 1982 was coming to me. Business slowing down, margins & commission lower as manufactures dig deeper into the discount pots, needed to sell 3 times more equipment to make the same money.
Saw him a few weeks ago and we are planning to play golf soon - at our age we can play for $30/round w/ cart Monday thru Friday & hit unlimited # of practice **** for $8. Of couse, with a back that is forty, twenty four that ain't so many