If boomers are gone; what is made in Georgia?

[jonyyuma]

Sure the Tractor plants were good jobs. Still remember when IH switched picker motors over for Diesels built in Mexico. Don't worry about job, "we won't buy much else from mexico."When the Mem. plant locked-up in 81, they had built a complete foundry and assy plant in mexico....Doggone..

 

[Egon]

Investment Guide - Energy

Seems there is a lot of Oil involment in Gergia.

 

[wawajake]

At first I thought this thread was about the baby boomers being gone in Georgia, and that left no one to make anything ............I stand corrected
whew!!! That demographic is rather important to any state , we are probablby the only ones left that remember how to make things in North America. :thumbsup:

 

[WilliamBos]

Thumbs up for Yamaha, as they are moving the ATV plants back to the USA. Newnan, Georgia built some Grizzly/Kodiaks, now they will all be built there. I hope this is the beginning of a turnaround.

 

[wrenchguy]

Corrected:
If boomers are gone; what is assembled in Georgia?

Boomers came in basically complete from Japan. The workers in Georgia added hood, fenders, tires, steering wheel, wiring and rops etc.

They were basically glorified bike assemblers at Wal Mart. You know, open the box and add the seat and steering wheel and send it on its way.

And people wonder why we no longer have jobs in the US...we are on a race towards the bottom.

Yes,the smaller "kit" tractors such as the TC18 and the comparable later versions as well as the Indian produced TT line and later versions were partially assmebled in crates.

However,the bulk of the production in the plant was assembly of the Class II and Class III platforms. These were not "some assembly required" units. They started as seperate engines,drivelines and front axles and were assembled from several hundred individual parts.

 

[jinman]

They were basically glorified bike assemblers at Wal Mart. You know, open the box and add the seat and steering wheel and send it on its way.

That is absolutely a horrible thing to say about the workers at the Georgia plant. I don't think it is anywhere near the reality. They were highly skilled people who installed, tested, and produced consistently superior products. Many of them contributed to R&D efforts. Those folks lost their jobs when the plant closed. Despite that, because of the love of the tractor line and their dedication, several of the techs have given free advice on TBN. They get nothing for this advice. I fear your words, whether intentional or just a blunder, have driven away one of the top contributors, especially with the Boomer 8N technical problems related to design features they had no control over. They would tell you what your dealer didn't know or wouldn't admit.

Those people at the Georgia plant were my heros. They helped build the reputation of a quality Boomer line. At a time when the line of CUTs was fully developed with cabs and features we wanted, they had the rug pulled from under them. The assmebly plant closed because Shibaura would not produce cheaper parts to supply to CNH. Not because of anything the Dublin folks did. Must they also suffer the indignity of having their skills maligned as nothing more than low wage bicycle assemblers. SERIOUSLY?!!:smiley_aafz: Shame on you!

 

[Beltzington]

I believe Deere has a plant in Aiken, SC, also.

No, plant in Aiken, very nice Dealership though. Deere has two factories just west of Augusta in Grovetown, GA. Build CUTS through the 5xxx models.

 

[wny770]

That is absolutely a horrible thing to say about the workers at the Georgia plant. I don't think it is anywhere near the reality. They were highly skilled people who installed, tested, and produced consistently superior products. Many of them contributed to R&D efforts. Those folks lost their jobs when the plant closed. Despite that, because of the love of the tractor line and their dedication, several of the techs have given free advice on TBN. They get nothing for this advice. I fear your words, whether intentional or just a blunder, have driven away one of the top contributors, especially with the Boomer 8N technical problems related to design features they had no control over. They would tell you what your dealer didn't know or wouldn't admit.

Those people at the Georgia plant were my heros. They helped build the reputation of a quality Boomer line. At a time when the line of CUTs was fully developed with cabs and features we wanted, they had the rug pulled from under them. The assmebly plant closed because Shibaura would not produce cheaper parts to supply to CNH. Not because of anything the Dublin folks did. Must they also suffer the indignity of having their skills maligned as nothing more than low wage bicycle assemblers. SERIOUSLY?!!:smiley_aafz: Shame on you!

Well said.

 

[Caliche]

That is absolutely a horrible thing to say about the workers at the Georgia plant. I don't think it is anywhere near the reality. They were highly skilled people who installed, tested, and produced consistently superior products. Many of them contributed to R&D efforts. Those folks lost their jobs when the plant closed. Despite that, because of the love of the tractor line and their dedication, several of the techs have given free advice on TBN. They get nothing for this advice. I fear your words, whether intentional or just a blunder, have driven away one of the top contributors, especially with the Boomer 8N technical problems related to design features they had no control over. They would tell you what your dealer didn't know or wouldn't admit.

Those people at the Georgia plant were my heros. They helped build the reputation of a quality Boomer line. At a time when the line of CUTs was fully developed with cabs and features we wanted, they had the rug pulled from under them. The assmebly plant closed because Shibaura would not produce cheaper parts to supply to CNH. Not because of anything the Dublin folks did. Must they also suffer the indignity of having their skills maligned as nothing more than low wage bicycle assemblers. SERIOUSLY?!!:smiley_aafz: Shame on you!

Every once and a while, you can be alright.

 

[sweep]

That is absolutely a horrible thing to say about the workers at the Georgia plant. I don't think it is anywhere near the reality. They were highly skilled people who installed, tested, and produced consistently superior products. Those people at the Georgia plant were my heros. They helped build the reputation of a quality Boomer line Shame on you!

Jinman
You took my statements out of context as you failed to read the last line of my post or ignored it.

I was not denigrating the NH employees but bemoaning the situation we have put American workers in today and I was refering to the devestating, increasingly trend in American manufacturing of America being nothing more than a "end line assembly point". And that is fact. To believe otherwise is putting your head in the sand. It is happening in nearly every industry. As the other poster stated when the current "boomers" are dead we will lose the bulk of what manufacturing know how we had.

NO ONE IS MORE PRO AMERICAN WORKER OUT THERE THAN ME!!. I guarantee that.

We have the most productive, educated and hardest working workers of any country in the world.

I was a lifelong staunch Republican but left the party under the Bush years when I saw 5 million manufacturing jobs lost pre recession 2001-2005. I was literally labeled a commie in my old Republican circles when I dared question the corporate free trade "Uber Alles" mentality when our manufacturing and technological base was being parted out enmass to other countries over the last 10-12 years without a concern to long term ramifications to our country and obviously no loyalty to the American workers.

Actualy I plagiarzed the NH employees being nothing but "Wal Mart bike assemblers" from a similar comment a Boeing machinist union spokesperson made when he was refering to his own Boeing workers this way. He was not denigrating them but stating fact of where our manufacturing is going in the US. Was I being a little liberal in my comment? Sure. I know workers in that plant had hard jobs and contributed much.

I work with employees every day in my job. White collar, blue collar, skilled, unskilled. I know exactly how hard they work and have nothing but praise for them.

BTW; Look at the picture below to see what the Boeing union head was refering to. The only parts of the new Boeing 787 made in America is the tail fin and the wing fairings...that's it....(see the reddish areas)