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- SE Michigan in the middle of nowhere
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- Kubota M9000 HDCC3 M9000 HDC
I have a Champion (yes it's imported) but it's 100% dependable. Got it from Generators Plus.
Reminds me of an interesting story.. Back when I took my T&D apprentiship, I was buying precision tools for my tool box and the only 'quality measuring tools were either LS Starrett or Brown and Sharpe, quality American made tools for a price of course. The outfit I was purchasing them at also carried Mitutoyo but they were consider crude and cheap and only good for crude measuring. Fast forward to today and they are considered the premier precision tool makers in the world, Surpassing LSS and B&S.Soon we will be driving Chinese cars. Go ahead and scoff, but years ago we scoffed at Korean cars and in the 60s Made in Japan was synonymous with "Piece of Crap"
Now I'm looking for a 9k-10k portable generator for emergency use and don't know who to trust. Even Generac and Honda make them in China.
You must be hard on them….be patient, at some point you'll find the smoke in your DeWalt cordless tools. I've roasted no less than 3 DeWalt XRP drills over the years and repair cost made them prime landfill candidates.
I have zero issues using the HF wannabe cordless tools at 1/3 the cost.
You must be hard on them….
I have maybe 4 sets of Dewalt and a few milwaukee. Only 1 Dewalt hammer drill failed after maybe 10 years hard use. All others still going strong. These were used daily up until I retired and canned employees.
yupReminds me of an interesting story.. Back when I took my T&D apprentiship, I was buying precision tools for my tool box and the only 'quality measuring tools were either LS Starrett or Brown and Sharpe, quality American made tools for a price of course. The outfit I was purchasing them at also carried Mitutoyo but they were consider crude and cheap and only good for crude measuring. Fast forward to today and they are considered the premier precision tool makers in the world, Surpassing LSS and B&S.
One thing about the Japanese and soon the Chinese is, they constantly improve on a product but keep the price point reasonable.
I own a couple sets of Mitutoyo digital calipers and their digital bore gage and the quality is at least equal to anything out there and maybe better.
Guess it's all about 'World Class Manufacturing'...