Summary: Report Information From Proquest
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Report Information from ProQuest
March 14 2013 02:34 _______________________________________________________________
14 March 2013
ProQuest
Table of contents
1. Tractor Dealers, Equipment Testers Take Sides on Nebraska Tractor Permit Rule.................................... 1
14 March 2013
ii
ProQuest
Document 1 of 1
Tractor Dealers, Equipment Testers Take Sides on Nebraska Tractor Permit Rule
Author: Clayton, Chris Publication info: Knight Ridder Tribune Business News [Washington] 03 Feb 2004: 1. ProQuest document link Abstract: [Gary Hellerich] used information from the tractor …show more content…
Hellerich used information from the tractor lab just recently. He wanted to compare the performance of newer tractor with a 1961 model he owned. The lab had the data on the old tractor that he needed. After comparing the two, he bought a newer model. "I wouldn't be able to make that kind of informed decision if the tractor lab wasn't there," Hellerich said. This is how the permit process works: When a manufacturer wants to sell a particular tractor in Nebraska, it gets a temporary permit while the testing is done. To obtain a permanent permit, the companies' tractors must be certified to have met advertised claims. Engineers subject tractors to tests lasting from 20 to 60 hours, but the typical testing time is about 30 hours with an average cost to the manufacturer of approximately $21,000. In addition, domestic companies pay a $50 permit fee, which allows them to sell in Nebraska. Foreign companies whose tractors were tested at similar labs overseas pay a $2,150 fee, which includes a review by the UNL engineers. The tractor lab publishes a report of its findings. Bashford said the tractor lab and permit fees were never an issue until he received a letter from Kubota Tractor Corp. officials in 1995. Kubota, based in Japan, makes tractors and construction equipment. Dave Hardies, Kubota sales manager at Omaha Tractor, said Kubota tractors can be sold anywhere in the world except Nebraska. Kubota tests its tractors at a lab in Japan, and results are accepted worldwide. Company officials refuse to pay the Nebraska permit fee to sell larger tractors in the state. "It would be different if Kubota didn't test the tractors," Hardies said. "Right now, they can be sold anywhere else. The state is losing tax money by having this law on the books." Hardies said his dealership loses up to four sales a year, potentially to Kubota dealers in other states. Goodman, of the dealers association, said it is a "great
_______________________________________________________________
Report Information from ProQuest
March 14 2013 02:34 _______________________________________________________________
14 March 2013
ProQuest
Table of contents
1. Tractor Dealers, Equipment Testers Take Sides on Nebraska Tractor Permit Rule.................................... 1
14 March 2013
ii
ProQuest
Document 1 of 1
Tractor Dealers, Equipment Testers Take Sides on Nebraska Tractor Permit Rule
Author: Clayton, Chris Publication info: Knight Ridder Tribune Business News [Washington] 03 Feb 2004: 1. ProQuest document link Abstract: [Gary Hellerich] used information from the tractor …show more content…
Hellerich used information from the tractor lab just recently. He wanted to compare the performance of newer tractor with a 1961 model he owned. The lab had the data on the old tractor that he needed. After comparing the two, he bought a newer model. "I wouldn't be able to make that kind of informed decision if the tractor lab wasn't there," Hellerich said. This is how the permit process works: When a manufacturer wants to sell a particular tractor in Nebraska, it gets a temporary permit while the testing is done. To obtain a permanent permit, the companies' tractors must be certified to have met advertised claims. Engineers subject tractors to tests lasting from 20 to 60 hours, but the typical testing time is about 30 hours with an average cost to the manufacturer of approximately $21,000. In addition, domestic companies pay a $50 permit fee, which allows them to sell in Nebraska. Foreign companies whose tractors were tested at similar labs overseas pay a $2,150 fee, which includes a review by the UNL engineers. The tractor lab publishes a report of its findings. Bashford said the tractor lab and permit fees were never an issue until he received a letter from Kubota Tractor Corp. officials in 1995. Kubota, based in Japan, makes tractors and construction equipment. Dave Hardies, Kubota sales manager at Omaha Tractor, said Kubota tractors can be sold anywhere in the world except Nebraska. Kubota tests its tractors at a lab in Japan, and results are accepted worldwide. Company officials refuse to pay the Nebraska permit fee to sell larger tractors in the state. "It would be different if Kubota didn't test the tractors," Hardies said. "Right now, they can be sold anywhere else. The state is losing tax money by having this law on the books." Hardies said his dealership loses up to four sales a year, potentially to Kubota dealers in other states. Goodman, of the dealers association, said it is a "great