Menard Buys 1059 Fiat Tractors For Midwest Markets
Menard of Eau Claire expands into farm machinery by selling 1059 foreign Fiat tractors at its 14 outlets in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. The imported Ar gentina built machines, priced from 6999 to 19900 dollars, arrive unserviceable by Fiat standards but are being repainted reconfigured with new hydraulics and U.S. cabs and tires. They are sold cash only with a one year parts warranty and a hotline for parts, while Allis-Chalmers warnings about obsolescence circulate in the industry.