Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
Well, you're happy with your choice. It made sense to you, and that's all that counts.
I cannot change Amsoil. If you were one of my customers I would work with your installer or have an installer available to fit the unit ..or, if so motivated, do it myself. For example, whoever installed your current setup ..can just as easily fit an Amsoil setup to it since there's no learning curve on location.
I did the install myself, again, not taking any more time off than I need to and the install was a simple less than 1 hour job. Given that, if I would have taken the time off, and likewise not been hauling freight, It would have cost me more to go on a scavenger hunt looking for the required parts or having them custom made (like stainless steel braided hose) that already came in the FS2500 kit. It is a little more simple for the typical crowd, but, even though I am home on weekends, my weekdays are high productivity and since most business' that would cater to the type of parts I needed are not open from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning (at least in rural Iowa), it was a little more problematic to do the Popular Mechanics project route. And it would cost me almost $700 dollars in lost revenue in one week day, to shut down, drive 40 miles to a city where parts like hoses could be made and round up parts and install. Whereas, with a complete kit like the FS, it was waiting for me at home and I had the install done in one hour total time.
Unfortunately, Amsoil in general hasn't figured out that this is the predicament of most of the trucking industry. But then, that is not necessarily the primary focus of their marketing. That is why some enterprising Amsoil dealer(s) could really clean up a large chunk of the market if they would create custom install kits for the Amsoil BP filter units. There are not that many variations regarding engine/chassis combinations. There is considerable movement in the trucking industry, especially with the emissions engines, to go to bypass filtration. It is discussed virtually every day on the XM/Sirius trucking channel. A dealer that really wanted to capitalize on that should get in now. There are nearly 3 million commercial trucks running around this country, just think of the opportunity to snag a lot of that business from the competition. Just a small percentage of that market would secure some dealer's future.
Look at it this way, Gary. You wanted me to use a little ingenuity to do the BP install, take some of that advice on yourself. I have pointed you in the right direction and done the marketing research for you by discussing this. Instead of us going around about it, why not jump on that bandwagon and move in on that market? Just round up a supplier that would make the parts for you, advertise a little, and send customers complete install kits. Don't wait for the folks in Superior to figure it out. Create your own business niche and take market share. I have read the Amsoil dealer literature and I belive that is what they are saying a dealer needs to do to move ahead.
Well, you're happy with your choice. It made sense to you, and that's all that counts.
I cannot change Amsoil. If you were one of my customers I would work with your installer or have an installer available to fit the unit ..or, if so motivated, do it myself. For example, whoever installed your current setup ..can just as easily fit an Amsoil setup to it since there's no learning curve on location.
I did the install myself, again, not taking any more time off than I need to and the install was a simple less than 1 hour job. Given that, if I would have taken the time off, and likewise not been hauling freight, It would have cost me more to go on a scavenger hunt looking for the required parts or having them custom made (like stainless steel braided hose) that already came in the FS2500 kit. It is a little more simple for the typical crowd, but, even though I am home on weekends, my weekdays are high productivity and since most business' that would cater to the type of parts I needed are not open from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning (at least in rural Iowa), it was a little more problematic to do the Popular Mechanics project route. And it would cost me almost $700 dollars in lost revenue in one week day, to shut down, drive 40 miles to a city where parts like hoses could be made and round up parts and install. Whereas, with a complete kit like the FS, it was waiting for me at home and I had the install done in one hour total time.
Unfortunately, Amsoil in general hasn't figured out that this is the predicament of most of the trucking industry. But then, that is not necessarily the primary focus of their marketing. That is why some enterprising Amsoil dealer(s) could really clean up a large chunk of the market if they would create custom install kits for the Amsoil BP filter units. There are not that many variations regarding engine/chassis combinations. There is considerable movement in the trucking industry, especially with the emissions engines, to go to bypass filtration. It is discussed virtually every day on the XM/Sirius trucking channel. A dealer that really wanted to capitalize on that should get in now. There are nearly 3 million commercial trucks running around this country, just think of the opportunity to snag a lot of that business from the competition. Just a small percentage of that market would secure some dealer's future.
Look at it this way, Gary. You wanted me to use a little ingenuity to do the BP install, take some of that advice on yourself. I have pointed you in the right direction and done the marketing research for you by discussing this. Instead of us going around about it, why not jump on that bandwagon and move in on that market? Just round up a supplier that would make the parts for you, advertise a little, and send customers complete install kits. Don't wait for the folks in Superior to figure it out. Create your own business niche and take market share. I have read the Amsoil dealer literature and I belive that is what they are saying a dealer needs to do to move ahead.
