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MSA 2022 Dealers of The Year Nitro Trailer Manufacturing & Alcom By: Alan Swett

NitroTrailerManufacturingstarted as a business working out of a garage in Central Maine. The owner Chad Dow learned to weld through his passion of racecars, which he drove throughout New England. He is very fussy; he worked hard to make quality products. He formed a company Innovative Specialties. This new venture was focusing on aluminum work, mostly repairing trailers and fabricating. Nitro Trail ers started up with just himself and one other employee. His vision to build a quality trailer to haul snow mobiles and other equipment has led him and his company to a new 20,000 square foot factory right here in Central Maine. And they’re last year they purchased another site in Florida with over 70 employ ee’s for the Jet Ski market. By now with nearly 1,000 employees Alcom makes just about any trailer, you’d need. And it was started right here in Central Maine in a little garage with a young man with a big vision. Over the years, Alcom has always been there for the MSA. Without hesitation, they donate a snow mobile trailer for our Raffle to help support Maine clubs. It’s been over 14 years! Their generosity is much appreciated, and we would not be where we are today with out them. Thank you Alcom and all your employees. Congratulation on becoming the MSA 2022 Dealer of the Year! 2022 Supporting Businesses of the Year – Shaker Hill Outdoors not done growing. Nitro is selling trailers all over New England and into Canada. Their attention to detail has made them one of the top manufacturers in the USA! Nitro is a top-notch company hiring Maine workers. Nitro was quick to help with the MSA Super Raffle donating a brand-new Hybrid 12-foot snow mobile trailer. It was a big reason that we sold so many tickets. Chad also helped us out with the MSA golf scramble in June and was a big addition to the MSA Snowmobile show. Thank you, Chad, and your entire crew! Congratulations on becoming the MSA 2022 Dealer of the Year! Alcom Inc. is located here in Cen tral Maine and is now one of the largest trailer manufacturers in the USA. It started out back in 2005 by Trapper Clark and Tom Sturtevant in Waterville. They just keep get ting bigger and bigger. Sno-Pro, CargoPro and Stealth are just a few names that they produce. In 2010, they broke ground on a new 70,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Winslow, ME. They have over 200 employees at the Winslow opera tions. It was time to move west and Bonner, Montana was their next stop. A factory that makes livestock and horse trailers. Next up in 2014 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 180 jobs and a 58,000 square foot facility. Big growth in the Mid-West. Just

By: Mark Chinnock

Back in 2007 there was a gentleman named Greg Morin who was trying to get his start in Landscaping. Greg had a brother Tim who worked for the Lewiston Police Department. Also in 2007, Tim broke his ankle on the job and in the same year lost his K9 part ner. The two decide to team up and expand Greg’s Landscaping business. They decided to purchase Shaker Hill Nursery in Poland. They have worked incredibly hard over the years and diversified into what we know now as Shaker Hill Outdoors. Their inventory contains everything from snowmobil ing gear and accessories, ice-fishing gear to kayaks, bait and tackle shop and of course landscaping materials & a nursery. A quick Google of Shaker Hill Out doors shows their dedication to the sport. Folks from all around Maine

both newbies and seasoned riders rave about their knowledge of snow mobiles, gear and the sport in gen eral. Riders throughout Central Maine know that the Morin brothers are there with a helping hand day or night in the case of a breakdown. Tim and Greg have become fixtures in the snowmobiling community. Whether in their store, at the Maine Snowmobile Show or on the trail, the boys are there. Both groom and store equipment and drags at their houses. Greg is the Trailmaster for the Hillside Riders and Tim heads up the fundrais ing and the building committee. They are also members of the Poland Snow Travelers. Their involvement in these clubs and the MSA are immeasurable. Please join us in congratulating Shaker Hill Outdoors as the 2022 MSA Supporting Business of the Year!

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