REV group buying KME?

[KENTucky]

I think Spartan's ER division would be a tough buy.  KME and E\-One are self-sufficient and totally independent.  I assume Spartan ER would be totally split off from Spartan Motors, removing Spartan ER's infrastructure.  It would be like getting HME/Ahrens-Fox without HME, they're really kind of one in the same.  Unless...REV bought Spartan on the whole.  I was thinking more along the lines of another independent builder....one in Wisconsin...but not in Appleton.  KME and E\-One also give REV a pretty balanced sales market across the US.  The two may not necessarily be actually competing against one another.  Same with said Wisconsin builder...E\-One and Seagrave don't generally compete against each other. In fact, Seagrave doesn't really compete with anyone.  Most of their current customers WANT a Seagrave.  This would give them 2 distinct full-line builders with sales markets all over the country and one low-volume, high end builder.  Just my two cents. 

 

Kent Parrish

Louisville, KY