Re: Alltrax, was RE: (ET) Newbie tries plowing

[Rod Hower <rodhower ameritech net>]

I paid $225 for mine over a year ago.
As a control designer in the business I thought
this was very reasonable and decided it would
be cheaper to fork out the $225 instead of modifying
one of my many controls for the job.  I'm guessing
reality checked in for low volume sales and they had
to jack up the price.
Haven't heard from Steve in awhile, it would be nice
for him to check in and see if this is the case for
price increases.  They also had some early blow up
problems if I remember correctly?  If so, maybe
they're trying to recover some of the replacement
cost?
This is all speculation, I would like to hear the
actual reason for price increases from Steve.
Still not an unreasonable price considering the small
market volume for ET retrofitters.
Rod.
--- Markus Lorch <mlorch vt edu> wrote:

> 
> > My Alltrax took care of that, forward/reverse is 
> > instantaneous and full 
> > variable speed. Highly recommended.
> > John Briese
> > I-5, alltrax
> 
> I finally got around to order me an Alltrax
> controller and
> called them up today. The ET version of the 300Amp
> sep-ex
> controller now costs $350 and the pot box $75. I
> remember
> when Steve originally told us that they aimed for a
> price 
> of less than $200 and then, due to required
> modifications on 
> the field control circuit, had to up the price to
> $210 
> (plus $60 for the pot). Apparently these
> modifications are
> also the reason for the latest price increase of
> 67%! 
> 
> So, Alltrax is out of the question for me :( ...
> unless they 
> will lower their prices again, which I don't think
> is going
> to happen. 
> 
> Markus
> 
> 
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