Not greg b Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Keep the date of August 27th on the calander. It’s farm progress show in Iowa. It’s huge a show. If jd does something with cat they will probably have it there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Not greg b said: Keep the date of August 27th on the calander. It’s farm progress show in Iowa. It’s huge a show. If jd does something with cat they will probably have it there I can't imagine if Deere were to buy them, they'd relabel the sled line as Deere, but who knows. I'd also expect something at Haydays before Farm Progress due to the nature of the business, unless they are relabeling them. Edit: The Deere dealers in Redwood Falls, Montevideo, Glenwood, and Alexandria are all former Cat dealers. I think Preston is still a BRP dealer, Little Falls maybe sold something at one time. Edited May 30 by racinfarmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 58 minutes ago, racinfarmer said: I can't imagine if Deere were to buy them, they'd relabel the sled line as Deere, but who knows. I'd also expect something at Haydays before Farm Progress due to the nature of the business, unless they are relabeling them. Edit: The Deere dealers in Redwood Falls, Montevideo, Glenwood, and Alexandria are all former Cat dealers. I think Preston is still a BRP dealer, Little Falls maybe sold something at one time. I couldn’t see Midwest ag or kibble giving a shit about having arctic cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 6 minutes ago, Not greg b said: I couldn’t see Midwest ag or kibble giving a shit about having arctic cat. I don't think any of them have sold them since the Crossfire and Firecat days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 30 minutes ago, racinfarmer said: I don't think any of them have sold them since the Crossfire and Firecat days. Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled_Hed Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 8 hours ago, racinfarmer said: I can't imagine if Deere were to buy them, they'd relabel the sled line as Deere, but who knows. I'd also expect something at Haydays before Farm Progress due to the nature of the business, unless they are relabeling them. Edit: The Deere dealers in Redwood Falls, Montevideo, Glenwood, and Alexandria are all former Cat dealers. I think Preston is still a BRP dealer, Little Falls maybe sold something at one time. I don't believe little falls ever sold sleds or atv. Aitkin was a cat and doo dealer until Midwest bought them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 At this point any company would do a better job than Textron. Hope it's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkm Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Of all the possible buyers, Deere would be my least favorite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 According to the Snowest FB page, they have also been digging into this rumor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palu49 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 29 minutes ago, Premium said: According to the Snowest FB page, they have also been digging into this rumor. Their post is all just screenshots of us idiots talking about it though 😂 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 The apparel screenshots were interesting, although maybe they've always had some kind of apparel referencing their old sleds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled_Hed Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, Palu49 said: Their post is all just screenshots of us idiots talking about it though 😂 Yep, that's frickin awesome! 🤣 1 hour ago, Premium said: The apparel screenshots were interesting, although maybe they've always had some kind of apparel referencing their old sleds I've never seen them do that apparel before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palu49 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 They must be ready to do something Kloety just ran my card for parts from this last season and it’s only May 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Will they call it John cat or Cat deer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palu49 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 32 minutes ago, Not greg b said: Will they call it John cat or Cat deer? Probably just gonna have to bring the el tigre and liquifire names back to have both brands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 19 hours ago, Not greg b said: Probably not. I know Midwest sold until the Crossfire and M days, I'm fairly certain Redwood Falls did too. Not entirely sure about Montevideo. End of the ZR days for sure, maybe into the Firecat days. 12 hours ago, Sled_Hed said: I don't believe little falls ever sold sleds or atv. Aitkin was a cat and doo dealer until Midwest bought them. I remember seeing a bunch of sled and atv stuff on an online auction they had a while back. Maybe it came from another location though and was centralized in Little Falls. 5 hours ago, Palu49 said: Their post is all just screenshots of us idiots talking about it though 😂 Country Cat too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled_Hed Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 18 minutes ago, racinfarmer said: I know Midwest sold until the Crossfire and M days, I'm fairly certain Redwood Falls did too. Not entirely sure about Montevideo. End of the ZR days for sure, maybe into the Firecat days. I remember seeing a bunch of sled and atv stuff on an online auction they had a while back. Maybe it came from another location though and was centralized in Little Falls. Country Cat too! I know a buddy bought an old tractor on one of their sales this spring in plainview. Interesting side note I heard from a guy this weekend that C&B bought the Polaris dealer in Spirit Lake. Edited May 30 by Sled_Hed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, Palu49 said: Probably just gonna have to bring the el tigre and liquifire names back to have both brands The biggest decision will be what green to pick. JD green or cat green? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palu49 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 @racinfarmer Kind of a weird thing for country cat to share… but this comment was on there corroborating the higher ups being there this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 2 minutes ago, Palu49 said: @racinfarmer Kind of a weird thing for country cat to share… but this comment was on there corroborating the higher ups being there this week. I wonder if they will change their name to country deer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 So I got thinking today. JD isn’t purchasing arctic cat. They could possibly be looking into buying the entire textron off road division and cat comes with it. Why would they do this? Because there is something they want. What if you could have an electric power system that can run any piece of equipment fully electric and you have the luxury of picking between diesel gen pack, a gas gen pack, or batteries and the only difference between the systems is what is plugged into it for power? I bet John Deere would love to have that. Who has been doing that for about 20 years and the ag industry is just catching up to it? Textron Offroad that’s who. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 It surely isn't for liqueeeeefireass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 On 5/31/2024 at 10:31 PM, Deephaven said: It surely isn't for liqueeeeefireass Purchasing arctic cat would be like getting into the pwc market in the late 90s. Honda proved that was not a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palu49 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 6 hours ago, Not greg b said: Purchasing arctic cat would be like getting into the pwc market in the late 90s. Honda proved that was not a good idea Well Honda (somehow) made absolute shit piles for jet skis. Speaking of jet skis I think they’re useless but I want an all red Daytona 1000 bad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 13 hours ago, Palu49 said: Well Honda (somehow) made absolute shit piles for jet skis. Speaking of jet skis I think they’re useless but I want an all red Daytona 1000 bad They are worst thing in the world to work on them. I hate them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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