LNS8310 - 3/17/2015 20:33 Palco was bought out by Hagie years ago and went under the name Stronghold. After a few years Palco was started up again, I believe after their no compete clause expired. Anyways Palco is still being made as is Stronghold. By the looks of the pictures it looks like the panels all interchange. Could be wrong on all I said, but pretty sure I am right. http://apacheequipment.com/palco/ http://strongholdmfg.com/ Hagie bought Palco's cattle and horse equipment lines, left the swine stuff. Part of that agreement was a name change, hence Stronghold. ~10 years ago Apache bought the Palco swine line and realized they could steal the old Palco name because it wasn't trademarked to Palco cattle equipment. They began producing cheap knockoff of Stronghold even going so far as to photocopy Stronghold literature and say, "it's the same as this". An old Palco chute is similar to what current Stronghold would be. Some changes have been made to the lineup, but the Sronghold factory is THE old Palco factory. Current Palco is similar because they're a copy. It works, but it's dirty pool. |