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Is Pate Plastics closed?
FASTFJR	#1  Posted on 01/24/08 - 11:48 AM
Member Posts: 202 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/02/07	I've been calling for 3 weeks now, left 4 voice mails. Nobody picks up or returns calls. Looks like I'm getting a Moeller tank Edited by FASTFJR on 01/24/08 - 11:49 AM 2007 Dauntless 180-2007 Mercury Verado 150
moose	#2  Posted on 01/24/08 - 3:32 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 543 Comments: 1 Joined: 03/07/07	Fastfjr, Seems I read a thread here a while back that Pate had closed up shop. I like my Moeller tank except for the guage. It sinks. Mike
FASTFJR	#3  Posted on 01/24/08 - 5:07 PM
Member Posts: 202 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/02/07	Well that sucks, They had the best and only looking fiberglass tank. I guess the ethanol world caught up to them. My local BW dealer said he saw some of their newer tanks fail 2007 Dauntless 180-2007 Mercury Verado 150
knotflyn	#4  Posted on 01/25/08 - 9:06 PM
Member Posts: 3 Comments: 1 Joined: 10/14/05	I had an old red Pate tank( 1986 model), just stop using last year, bottom was getting soft. I was unsure of how long it would last, so I bought a Tempo tank. I really liked the Pate, too bad they can not make one that people can trust.
FASTFJR	#5  Posted on 01/29/08 - 8:41 AM
Member Posts: 202 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/02/07	My Moeller arrived today. 2007 Dauntless 180-2007 Mercury Verado 150
ghock	#6  Posted on 02/01/08 - 11:43 AM
Member Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/12/07	Looks bad. I just called them and got a message that they are shut down for four to six weeks and all manufacturing has stopped. They say to call back then to see if they have reopened. Sounds like at or near Chapt. 11 to me. Hopefully they'll find some financing and start it up again but, in this economy, that's not looking too good. Bummer.
FASTFJR	#7  Posted on 02/02/08 - 8:42 AM
Member Posts: 202 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/02/07	ghock wrote: Looks bad. I just called them and got a message that they are shut down for four to six weeks and all manufacturing has stopped. They say to call back then to see if they have reopened. Sounds like at or near Chapt. 11 to me. Hopefully they'll find some financing and start it up again but, in this economy, that's not looking too good. Bummer. It would be a waste for them to reopen if they have not figured out the ethanol issue. I'm sure that has not helped their sales. 2007 Dauntless 180-2007 Mercury Verado 150