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Old 05-02-2024 | 08:52 AM
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Old 05-02-2024 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 105Fountain

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That is apples and oranges from a customer that Manning was marketing to. A Manning customer will now go to Myco, CTS, and/or Evolution for a custom trailer.
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Old 05-02-2024 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by PremierPOWER
That is apples and oranges from a customer that Manning was marketing to. A Manning customer will now go to Myco, CTS, and/or Evolution for a custom trailer.
What if manning trailers was under new ownership and under a new name? Do you think some of those customers would come back?
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Old 05-02-2024 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryanw10
What if manning trailers was under new ownership and under a new name? Do you think some of those customers would come back?
Proof would be in the pudding. I bet the brand/business could come back but how damaged is it now and how much work would it take to fix that damage? 5yrs +/-?

Best of luck to them.
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Old 05-02-2024 | 08:43 PM
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Buy an Evolution! Best built and absolutely the best customer service ever! I have had Manning and Myco but nothing compares to Evolution customer service and quality.
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Old 05-02-2024 | 09:22 PM
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I know 35-40 thousand sounds like a lot of money for just a trailer but when you do the materials in todays money than add building rent and labor ,Insurance a 10-20% profit margin isn’t cutting it for a one time custom item.
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Old 05-03-2024 | 04:36 AM
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My Son showed me a used Manning for a 38 Top Gun on FaceBook Market Place (Michigan) looked to be set up for a straight bottom gun if anyone is looking.
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Old 05-03-2024 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Drake22.250
My Son showed me a used Manning for a 38 Top Gun on FaceBook Market Place (Michigan) looked to be set up for a straight bottom gun if anyone is looking.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8674783675809/

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Old 05-03-2024 | 07:54 PM
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Building out of steel isn’t much cheaper than aluminum with todays steel and paint prices,and the cost to prep and paint over non painted aluminum
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Old 05-04-2024 | 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by thisistank
That makes sense why they never returned emails.
As many people have already pointed out in this thread, they didn’t return emails before shutting down either.

I tried to get them to build a trailer for a 28 Skater. I gave up and ordered one from Finland instead. (Still waiting for that one, though)
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