Nickpno

Cartridge bearings are usually poor in quality and they do their intended job but they really aren't meant for overtime wear and tear. If you had dimensions on the bearings that you use, I would possibly be able to quote you some non-cartridge type sealed bearings.

I work in Inside Sales and Account Management for a bearing supply and distributor in Louisiana. My company is family owned and operated much like your company. Both owners have been in the industry for over 40 years. The owners of this company made most of their money in surplus. Each owner has a slight difference in opinion on how to continue to make their business successful. In my opinion both work but I fail to see them agreeing on things. We currently still work with a good bit of surplus but one owner is attempting to get rid of it all and only sell/distribute new products.

My questions are:

1. How long have you been in the bearing industry?

2. Do you sell/work with strictly bearing type products or do you also work with gearboxes, pulleys, and couplings?

3. Have you ever worked with surplus items or do you/have you dealt with anyone who has?

4. As stated before I think the two owners are at a cross with our Surplus stock. Would you have any advice or comment on this situation?

Thanks for doing this AMA! First time I've seen one in my field of work.

I checked out your website again and it looks like you sell quite a bit of precision bearings. I may need to get some contact info from you, as we have quite a few customers that come to us to order precision bearings that we don't stock.