I really need very badly a pair of Hartford Carter Bros. 4ft wheelbase arch bar trucks. Hartford number T 10. Also need some DSP&P Swing motion trucks by Hartford.
I see Hartford is reorganizing and changing its name. Let’s hope they get it over the hill and all their troubles are a thing of the past.
Noel
Noel Crawford said:Where did you see or hear this?
I see Hartford is reorganizing and changing its name. Let's hope they get it over the hill and all their troubles are a thing of the past. Noel
“We are currently reorganizing our compamy The reorganization will include a new name. More news about this in the following days…”
Off the top of the website (and if you don’t think THAT was fun to capture!).
http://www.hartfordpr.com/
However, no date on the main page to tell us when that was put up.
But, the “about us”, “contact us” and “catalogs, etc” links are dead right now.
Some of the rest seem to work.
Under "Products, only “Laser Cutting” works, under “Parts”, nothing.
Under “What’s New”, “Fall River Kits” and “Pinhook Shops” seem to go somewhere.
All the links were live on the 13th. I printed off a picture of the turck I need so they went dead in the past 24-36 hours I think. Interesting. Lets hope.
Hey Curm, Glad to see you are back. Getting boring around here after the Off Topic was shut down…hahahah! Don’t yell at me Bob.
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Hopefully there is hope.
Noel Crawford said:Noel, this is very unlikely. They are in deep trouble, hence the change of the name. But hopefully Bob Hartford's parts will still be available in the future, from the original source. Best, Zubi
[...] Let's hope they get it over the hill and all their troubles are a thing of the past. Noel
And what “deep trouble” is that?
Bob McCown said:Bob, see you PM, best, Zubi
And what "deep trouble" is that?
Zubi, share with the rest of us…
never mind… don’t care, just curious
Jeez,
I hope I haven’t started another war. All I need is a set of the A 10 truck.
sigh
Noel
This is from Bob Hartford, the original owner and founder of Hartford Products, Inc.
There certainly has been quite a bit of conversation and rumors about Hartford Products on LSC. Frankly, I had not been following it until I re-registered for LSC this morning. I would like to bring you all up to date an dispel all rumors floating around.
As many of you know, my wife, Valentina, and I sold the company to Mike Moore and Jeanie Ferril of King City, MO in July, 2005. Because things apparently did not work out for them, by mutual agreement we forgave all debts to us in return for the casting equipment, casting patterns and sub-masters. In addition, they can no longer use the name Hartford, Hartford Products or Hartford Products, Inc.
Last week I flew to MO where I picked up the equipment.
The casting facility is now set up in my shop in Hillsborough, NC where my wife and I now live. Casting supplies - mold material, alloy, etc. – should arrive any day and I hope to be able to start the mold making immediately. Castings will follow soon after. My first priority is to help colleagues who depended on HPI castings for their business, but had not been able to get any for some time.
We are in the process of re-incorporating, and within a fairly short time we hope to have a dedicated phone line (to be answered “Hartford Products”) when you call and
be in a position to take credit cards. A website with products list, prices and shopping cart should be up and running within a few weeks.
At this time I plan to offer trucks, parts and accessories, but not complete kits. New items will be added to the product list.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail – [email protected] or phone – (919) 471-5937.
Hey Bob! Glad things are back in your hands!
Welcome back to the business Bob.
Bob,
You have been missed.
Geoff
So much for retirement 
Glad to see the business back in good hands.
Hey, zoobie…
Want to re-phrase that?
Curmudgeon said:
Hey, zoobie.........Want to re-phrase that?
Hey Curmee…, are you talking to me? Please use Capital letters for names, OK? Re-phrase what? All that I wrote is correct, I just did not want to make any details prematurely public, that is before Bob sorts it all out. If you can read, please read it again: “hopefully Bob Hartford’s parts will still be available in the future, from the original source” and this is what Bob just publicly announced. Best wishes from Tokyo, Zubi
Just gotta be careful.
Some folks knew, but my understanding was zippa the lippa until he made the announcement.
“Noel, this is very unlikely. They are in deep trouble, hence the change of the name.”
Around these parts, when financial issues are at stake, a simple statement like that can have lawyers knocking on your door.
As for the “ex’Hartford Products”, AKA “Formerly Hartford Products”, they are out of business. The fact that the web site is still up under the name hartfordproducts.com is in clear violation of a settlement agreement we have with them. You may notice that the name “Hartford Products” no longer appears on the 120pointme home page.
Hartford Large Scale Products, Inc. is now up and running and shipping trucks, parts and accessories, so please contact us with your needs at [email protected]
We hope to have a new web site up and running soon.
Cheers,
Bob Hartford
Please let us all know when the web site is up.