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Article: Pull up a chair and sit a spell; Dealership fills idle time building wood furniture.(News)
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- Tire Business
- Article date:
- October 26, 2009
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Byline: Kathy McCarron
When traffic through the service bays hits a lull, the technicians at CAM Tire & Express Lube don't just sit around, they trade out their impact wrenches for a saw and sander.
There's no idleness at the one-outlet dealership that has found ways to diversify during seasonal slow periods in its retail tire and quick lube business.
Last fall, as the recession was rearing its ugly head, Corry-based CAM Tire devoted one of its four bays to set up a log furniture workshop, so when the tire business is slow, the technicians build wooden chairs and benches. In past yearsduring the perennial two-month lull after the winter tire ...
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