Caterpillar

[tumbleweeds]

I won't say what business we are in, but we have provided some testing for the office staff. We were told they will be the contingency work force during the possible strike. That was in January.

Also Nevada has no inventory tax. If you look at all of the units Cat has on property, The taxes on those alone must be huge! Reno NV is building one of the nations largest warehouse and manufacturing areas just east of town towards Mustang. They are building a spur from I-70 to 50 Hwy which would make the area 25 miles long by about 40 miles wide. Walmart has a huge place there.

 

[LDB]

Wah, wah, wah. Poor Caterpillar. Lousy crybaby bums. They can afford whatever the taxes are just with the money they cheat out of owners with legitimate warranty claims they refuse to pay. I hope they go bust and every employee gets a new job in a week, except the warranty department.

 

[skyraider]

Wah, wah, wah. Poor Caterpillar. Lousy crybaby bums. They can afford whatever the taxes are just with the money they cheat out of owners with legitimate warranty claims they refuse to pay. I hope they go bust and every employee gets a new job in a week, except the warranty department.

I take it u have been a victim of a warranty gone bad.

 

[LDB]

Yes, we had an engine have 2 cylinders go out. The mechanic who repaired it, with 10 years experience, said it was about the cleanest engine he'd torn down and with 320k on it looked like it should only have about 20k on it. He said he would give a sworn statement that it obviously had PM above the required amounts and no way could it not be a warranty issue. Cat eventually went from paying 0 to 25% and finally 45% which made us pay the maximum possible that was below the level of suing them.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Quinn, Caterpillar chief to meet

Associated Press

4:34 a.m. CDT, April 5, 2011

Gov. Pat Quinn plans to talk to the head of Caterpillar Inc. about Illinois' business climate, countering the efforts of other states to lure the company away.

Quinn and Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman are scheduled to meet Tuesday morning in East Peoria.

Oberhelman said in a letter to Quinn last month that several states attempted to land the Peoria-based heavy equipment manufacturer after Illinois raised income taxes. He says the letter was not a threat to move, but an attempt to shed light on concerns about Illinois policies.

He says Illinois officials are making it harder for companies like Caterpillar to stay in the state.

Oberhelman has said the letter was never intended as a threat to move the Fortune 500 manufacturer's headquarters out of Illinois.