Dealers: What to do with surplus fittings?

[Komatsu22712]

Hello all that are reading this.

So I have a problem that most dealers encounter at some point, excess inventory. Specifically of Gates hydraulic fittings. What do ya'll do with excess hydraulic supplies? Or excess anything for that matter. I am just looking for new avenues/ideas to get rid of the old inventory.

 

[chidog]

Don't scrap old inventory. Load it on pallets and have a parking lot sale when the weather is nice.
A fitting that weighs next to nothing is worth next to nothing as scrap.
If say your normal price for said fitting is $20. price it at $1. or $2. those few bucks are way more than scrap price. Offer a good deal for bulk as well.

 

[Tyler d4c]

They sell them.to me on ebay

 

[Camshawn]

I have been in the wholesalers and there is quite often a table for old inventory marked down and a rack for short cuts of hose or wire. Cam

 

[cfherrman]

Ebay

If you have a lot you can contact surplus center and sell it to them for cheap

 

[Welder Dave]

Are they not common fittings or you went to a different brand? Curious why there are so many of them.

 

[donkey doctor]

We used to use them as counterweight fill on our log loaders along with nuts and bolts that got swept up off the floor. Company figured the weren't worth the time it took to sort them back into the right bins. d.d.

 

[joe--h]

I worked with a guy once who swept the floor when he was done with a job.

It was amazing the amount of **** he considered surplus.

Some of it looked kinda critical to mission, no matter.

Joe H

 

[Coaldust]

Sell them to another Gates dealer by the pound.

 

[Komatsu22712]

Are they not common fittings or you went to a different brand? Curious why there are so many of them.

No this was a good sales rep and a naïve manager. Ordered sizes and types we never deal with.

 

[cfherrman]

How long they been there? Return them if you have a good sakes reg and good volume of sales.

 

[thepumpguysc]

I’m SURE there are shops near u that would love those fittings..
Fire up the old computer and find a SHOP NEAR ME.. that makes hoses/lines.. there’s gotta be at least 3 right in the neighborhood..??