patrick_g
Elite Member
My DeWalt tools are ALL Chinese made. Delta is Chinese. Just today I was puttering in the shop and found an invoice for repair parts sent to me by Delta for free to fix an engineering/manufacturing defect in their infinitely variable speed bench top drill press my wife won as a door prize. All the parts had COOL (Country Of Origin Labeling) and all the parts were Chinese. Even when I have tried to buy American (and was not fully informed) I failed. My Dodge 1 ton dually with Cumins diesel was HECHO EN MEXICO!
Even if your tractor is assembled in the US it is likely (darned good chance) from large sub assemblies imported from overseas. It is cheaper to ship tractors disassembled as they take up less volume. So big deal... your tractor was bolted together from a few crates of foreign built subassemblies, is that made in the USA. Not in my book.
So, how do you buy American? Even a car built in Detroit is chock-a-block with foreign built parts and assemblies.
I don't think it is prudent or practical, if possible, these days to ONLY buy American.
What do you think?
Pat
Even if your tractor is assembled in the US it is likely (darned good chance) from large sub assemblies imported from overseas. It is cheaper to ship tractors disassembled as they take up less volume. So big deal... your tractor was bolted together from a few crates of foreign built subassemblies, is that made in the USA. Not in my book.
So, how do you buy American? Even a car built in Detroit is chock-a-block with foreign built parts and assemblies.
I don't think it is prudent or practical, if possible, these days to ONLY buy American.
What do you think?
Pat