I cringe when I see implements painted red white and blue, it inevitably means theres an oversized diesel with a steel nutsack hanging off the hitch somewhere nearby, and probably a low production crew hungover operating it.
Paint it rust color so it always looks new On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 1:08 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > I like money more than political ideologies. I am a greedy, naked > capitalist, opportunist. > > I am sure some would buy it just because it was red white and blue. But > some would brand me some kind of alt right company I am afraid. Just like > I judge a large pick up truck, rollin’ coal, with a huge US flag or flying > the stars and bars. I immediately categorize them and start to plan my > escape in the event of road rage... > > While I sometimes am a sympathizer to the right, I am more in the middle > on many issues. Perhaps my age has something to do with it. I see more > shades of gray now. When I was young, I was almost a John Bircher. > > From: Robert > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2022 11:26 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Machinery colors > > Red white and blue? > > > On 2/20/22 9:16 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > > I have a new product, larger than anything I have made before. It is a > self propelled grout mixer similar to the Ditch Witch R300 with a 1CM mixer > attachment. I have some significant improvements over their product but > they both do the same thing and look a bit similar. Our attach method > between the grout mixing tub attachment and the rest of the machine is > almost identical to DW to allow interchangeability between brands. Similar > to a universal skid steer attachment. This is a high demand machine for > the micro trenching world. > > I am at the point where I have to choose a color for the machine. I will > avoid Ditch Witch colors. The John Deere trademark decision says I could > paint it green but not the same green with yellow of JD equipment. > > I hate to paint it the generic cat/JD/vermeer type of yellow that everyone > else seems to use. It is not agricultural so probably not JD green. Not > sure if Ford blue communicates solid USA made good stuff. Thinking Kubota > orange, but does that communicate inferior Kubota? Years ago Kubota was > truly inferior but now-a days they make good stuff. > > It will soon get lots of grout spatter on the outside. Almost impossible > to keep these things spotless. So darker colors will emphasize the mess. > Could paint it concrete gray to minimize that but that does not excite me > at all. > > What color makes you think “solid, American Made, durable, good value”? > > > > Chuck McCown > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 > 435-830-4306 cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench-blades.com > www.terabitnetworks.com > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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