“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.”

It’s a line from the poem, “Mending Wall,” by Robert Frost

SOMETHING THERE IS THAT DOESN’T LOVE A WALL,
THAT SENDS THE FROZEN GROUND SWELL UNDER IT,
AND SPILLS THE UPPER BOULDERS IN THE SUN;
AND MAKES GAPS EVEN TWO CAN PASS ABREAST. ...
NO ONE HAS SEEN THEM MADE OR HEARD THEM MADE,
BUT AT SPRING MENDING TIME WE FIND THEM THERE.

Mr. Frost could have well have been writing about our industry and its current demise.

The difference in comparing the two is that one is a natural happening over time whereas the other is the greed of man.

Please consider this: Why are the preponderance of the machines at auction from one manufacturer? Is it bad luck? Is it poor judgment? Is it a coincidence? A fluke, mistake or alignment of the planets?

Or is it the result of a short sighted sales effort designed to destabilize a less than sophisticated industry; a somewhat less than forthright campaign to take their money and laugh all the way to the bank?

You decide.

greed and stupidity when put together are lethal combinations,many companies couldnt see it couldnt stay the way it was for long,as for greed it is the root of all evil,and stupid is just stupid whether it be bankers finance companies pump owners we were all to excited about the present to look towards the future and now we are getting bit,these are times when only the smart and strong survive and hopefully the market will pick back up and our industry will once again prosper

In response to your post, you nailed it, Robinson Concrete Pumping,   (previously a landscape company),  a 2 year old company with 12 new , late model Putzmeisters parked them all Monday in Denver, shut the door.  Hello Ritchie Bros!

 Game - Set - Match  !!!

That is exactly  what I am talking about.

I bet this tree trimmer had some swell prices for his customers. I wonder how many years it will take to get them back up to even where they were before the "help - help, I am going out of business" prices started?

As to the concrete pump salesman,he can only sale what we are willing to buy,I have never saw a salesman that gave a shit if the company he sold to was in business in a year,he will just move on to the next prospective sale,is it there fault no ,is it chevrolets fault for saling gas guzzling suv's,no, but they are feeling the heat with plants closing rapidly,will that be next for pump manufacturers,will the big dogs start closing facilities because of their greed and how many finance companies will get burnt,they let anyone with a pulse and a few dollars purchase machines without telling the downsides of this business,its tough when business is great to turn a profit much less when trucks are not working ,so when the pump manufacturers cant sell pumps because they have flooded the market what will they do? I hear scrap iron is paying pretty good? so now those of us that have paid top dollar for our machines cant trade them in on new ones because they have repos taking up all there space and people getting machines for a little of nothing and can afford to pump cheaper than most,what have these manufacturers done, they have crippled our industry where the manu. or the only ones making money,when there are no more finance companies to finance pumps what will they do?What will we do?wheel barrows,buckets,buggies,sounds like whiteman should try and make their return and we will be back to the days of old,show me a pump salesman that looks out for the well being of his customer and I'll show you a pig that can fly,its all about the money sale today we'll worry about tomorrow when it gets here.Sounds like shit, smells like shit, so it must be shit.