Spare parts availability due to coronavirus

[mac]

Whats parts availability going to be like over the coming weeks and months with the virus running in UK and Europe?
mac

 

[Lincs Lass]

JCB have been on reduced hours as they cant get parts from china for new machines .

 

[Chae1]

Whats parts availability going to be like over the coming weeks and months with the virus running in UK and Europe?
mac

I've ordered all wearing parts I'll need for drill this season. Will order fuel more regularly. Normally wait till tanks dry and work out of ibc.

 

[Martin Holden]

If and a BIG IF the transit and or manufacture of goods were to be impacted by CV, then there would for sure be shortages but so far it’s people, not machines that are being limited. Mind you a factory needs people to function. Ferrari have announced they close car and F1 factories for at least the next 2 weeks.

 

[Banana Bar]

Everything for spring pre em, T1 and all N on farm. I’m over reacting but I’m damned if I’m going to be waiting for stuff if I’m spraying and my guys are laid up. Equally if I’m laid up at least product is available for someone else to use.

 

[ACEngineering]

I'm half expecting parts to be hard to get soon, a lot of manitou stuff i sell comes from France and some from Belgium, BUT imo even for parts already in the UK couriers are already flat out and if many are at home self isolating there could be a shortage of drivers to do deliveries!

Royal mail have introduced new measures for signed for deliveries too!

Going to be an interesting year i think! and i just decided to order a new van too

 

[Tommy]

JCB have been on reduced hours as they cant get parts from china for new machines .

That should teach them to buy British

 

[Martin Holden]

Per

That should teach them to buy British

perhaps they can’t source these items in the UK???

 

[Adeptandy]

Per


perhaps they can’t source these items in the UK???

Not for the same £ at a guess ?

 

[Martin Holden]

Not for the same £ at a guess ?

Perhaps. For sure competitive pricing is the only reason you’d source parts from the Far East rather than locally