from what i have been hearing at the water cooler is why would anyone want to help thier competition by dealing with them? Toyota has been a pain in the backside for every mfg and now that they pulled this move trying to gain a large portion of the marketshare in the attachment business, It has everyone rethinking their business relationships with them. It also wreaks of desperation on toyota's part because they are loosing traction in the american market. Toyota has pulled every trick in the book to try and gain top marketshare in the lifttruck side and now this?
What i see in the future for the attachment business is the other lifttruck mfg's leaning towards other attachment providers such as longreach and bolzoni etc. Because like i said before, why would anyone want to aid one of thier main competitiors by buying from them only to help them gain more marketshare?
Personally if it were me? i'd shuck them like a bad habit ;o)