Skid Steer Solutions
Your Unique Attachment Source for Attachments on the Internet
Contact Information: email - sales@skidsteersolutions.com Phone - Toll Free - 1-866-966-2538 - Local - 360-543-5331 - Fax 360-966-7118
Main Warehouse Address - 2314 East Bakerview Road - Suite 102, Bellingham, WA 98226 As this is a fully functional shipping center, an appointment is necessary if you wish to have a sales person present to show attachments. Not everything is kept in Bellingham as we use contract warehousing as well in central parts of the country.
Our Story:
We are a family run business based in Bellingham, Washington. Don't let our location fool you, our trucking costs are contract based and are very low. We built our first attachment in 1994. They were a simple set of chain tracks. This was our only product until the introduction of our backhoe in 1998. We had tried to sign up dealers to carry our products with no luck so we decided to try the internet.
We launched www.loadertracks.com which was a success, but we soon realized that it did not convey our true intent. Since we were building custom products based on our customers needs, we decided on Skid Steer Solutions. This has been a perfect match for what we are all about. When you contact us, we try to find a solution for your needs. Lots of times this involves us sending you to another manufacturer, but you will remember us. We gave you the information you needed to make an informed decision and did not try to sell you something you did not need. This is how we like to be treated when we want to buy something and so this is what you should expect from us. We do not attempt to sell you, we teach you what to buy.
Now the tough part. How to market our products? We would love to see our products in every dealers showroom. Unfortunately what that means to our customers is that we raise our prices 25 - 40% to cover their required margins. We do not think that you would be willing to pay that much more just to have the products stored locally. Another issue we had was dealers not paying us for our products. By dealing direct and insisting on prepayment we have no losses to unpaid bills means we can remain even more competitive to our customers.
A note about our competitors. We welcome competition. We hate imitators. There are a lot of web based companies that have copied our products, our services and even the look of our web site. We welcome our potential customers to call them and discuss their products, then call us and see the difference. When you imitate something, many times you are not really sure just why it is designed a certain way. When you are the innovator of a product, you know exactly why you built it the way you did. That information is quickly relayed to you when you contact us which further cements our position as the premier manufacturer and supplier of skid steer attachments. Funny, there is even another web site that claims to be the original innovator but their web site has only been up for 2 years and the guy can't even use a computer. He pays other people to poach ideas and manufacturers from our web site.
Since we don't always have the best ideas first, we have teamed with other suppliers to help fill our gaps in our product lines. What this means to you is that these products are brought here for testing and necessary changes are made to meet our criteria. The manufacturer then will build the item to our specifications and we will sell it on their behalf. If you see this item offered by another company, it may not be the same so watch out. We are very picky and thus additional work may be done to an item per our specifications which may be done here and not even be made available to the original vendor. Sometimes an inventor may have a good idea and not want to change the implementation. We will buy just the parts from him and implement it the way it should be to work best for our customers. Why do we go to so much trouble with our companies products? Because you will notice it and become a customer for life.
When you buy from us, we are not just going to sell you an item. You are going to gain a contact that is always there to help you regardless of who's product you are using. That is what we are all about. We are there for you 24/7 after the sale is made. We do not simply have employees that go home of Friday afternoon and leave you with problems on the weekend. Call us anytime and see the difference.
A note about product origin. Many US companies label off-shore items in such a way to make you believe the product is built in the USA. We found out about how prevalent this was back in 2006 and decided to short cut their approach. We now source a lot of parts directly from the same off-shore factories that they use, only we are able to lower our prices because we have cut them out of the equation. We have gone to great lengths to find out where these products come from and divulge this to our customers. Some criticize us for telling the truth. These same people know that their products come from off-shore but choose to ignore the truth and follow the manufacturers lead and carry on the myth that the product was made in America. If you see other sites making outlandish claims that their products are 100% American, they are not being straight with you. In reality many products carry several country origins because the parts come from many places. Let's face it, we live in a world economy. We buy products from other countries and in this state other countries buy Boeing planes and Microsoft software from us. Every time China places another order for a Boeing plane our state gives a big cheer. Can you imagine if those countries just stopped buying our products and technologies?
We need their support as much as they need ours. We strive to provide the best possible products at the best possible prices regardless of their country of origin. If you need to know that origin, we will gladly divulge it and not cover it up with a made in the USA label as others choose to do. When you deal with Skid Steer Solutions, you are dealing with a company that is in it for the long haul and that maintains a high level of integrity and customer trust.
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