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Subject: Oshkosh Truck Corp.
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jncraig


09/20/2006 12:34 PM  
Oshkosh Truck Corp., ticker symbol OSK on the NYSE, is a mid-sized company based on FY2005 revenues of $2.96 billion. It is in the Construction & Farm Machinery industry. The company was included in the Complete Roster of Quality Companies for July 2006, with a Take Stock Quality Rating of 6.8.

Jeff Williams


07/20/2008 4:13 PM  

Joe,

Would you care to voice an opinion on this company after the dramatic drop in expected earnings and drop in price?

Jeff

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07/22/2008 2:02 PM  
Jeff,

I don't follow Oskosh, but it now has a Quality Rating of 3.2, and drilling down with Take Stock says that management isn't controlling costs. Possibly that change is related to the cost of fuel?


Doyle Winters


09/22/2008 12:50 PM  

I have a few shares and follow OSK for my Investment Club. It appears that the housing market slump has been instrumental in cutting the sales of heavy equipment plus a write down of a European Truck maker that OSK purchased last year and is not doing well.

And since everyone is "piling on" there is now a lawsuit brought by some shareholders alleging management has not been forthcoming with the real numbers...

I believe this is still a good company...and it still comes up a buy in The Stock Analyst Program with fairly conservative assumptions.

I will hold on for now, and depending on the results at the end of the FY (Sept) may even buy some more.

Doyle

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