Quote:I think some pieces of their intellectual property (Snorkel, LTI) still have value and will probably be bought by different builders during the bankruptcy process. Let's all engage in some completely baseless speculation and guess who ends up with what. I'll go first.The Snorkel stuff has been left to languish so long, the base designs likely don't meet any sort of current NFPA compliance and would need major redesign. I heard this repeatedly when I was selling and had customers in the Chicago area that wanted Snorkels on new rigs but no one would build them, not even ALF. I would think if there was a real market, someone would have already came up with something of their own. Everyone already has their own elevated waterway line that wants one (Pierce, E\-One, Rosenbauer, Crimson). I can't prove it, but I suspect the "bucket" devices that Rosenbauer is doing for Chicago will be adaptations of Euro products in some fashion to offset design expenses.
I think Pierce will buy the Snorkel intellectual property (Snorkels, Telesqurts, Squrts), based on nothing I know other than historically Pierce built more of those types of apparatus than anybody else. It's just too good a fit for it not to happen.
LTI is trickier. My vote is somebody will buy the LTI IP, then restart the company as an independent vendor the way it was before it was taken on by ALF.
Time will tell...
***Guess I should have read the entire thread. Mr. Redundant here... Sorry.***
LTI should be interesting like you say. Everyone back in the day when I was selling predicted Ferrara would be the buyer if the time ever came. I know of at least one smaller builder that is very financially sound that I could see buying if the price was right, but they're too smart to get into a bidding war over the line.
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