Construction Equipment, November 1st, 2005
Rod Sutton, Editor in Chief
Two months ago in this space, we challenged equipment managers to start planning for upcoming shortages in equipment as various market forces came to bear on supply. Turns out an unforeseeable force brought its own weight to bear on equipment supply: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
According to some managers, disaster-relief efforts are sucking inventory out of normal distribution channels already struggling with order backlogs. One fear: construction activity in the rest of the country may be delayed for lack of machines. Preliminary results from our Annual Report...
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