Second-Hand Equipment Until Forced Otherwise

“off other machines like bullets.” Harrison and his brother Bob had made notes of the machines and freezers in use when they visited the plant in Maine. The problem was that money was short, so the McCains searched for machines that they could get second-hand. They were able, for example, to buy freez- ing equipment from a Quebec firm. They also acquired second-hand boilers from a plant in Ontario and machines to cut potatoes from California. They bought new machines only when they had no choice. Pierson went over the machines as they arrived and adapted them, when necessary, to operate a frozen french fries line.21 Since many of the machines had to be modified, they often had to be”

“getting going In many ways securing funds and tax concessions was the easy part. The entire project would fail miserably if they didn’t get some high- level expertise in the frozen food industry onside – and quickly. ­Harrison and Bob had paid a few brief visits to a frozen food plant in Maine, but that had mostly shown them how much they didn’t know.”