imported rototillers etc

[nomad]

Now, the wisdom tells we will ramble?
OK, here are some differences between the knowledge and the wisdom:

Knowledge: A thing ALL SCHOLARS claim to have
Wisdom : A thing ALL PEOPLE claim to have

Knowledge: A thing that can have only zero or positive value
Wisdom : A thing that can have positive value as well as negative value (for ex., when a clever, intelligent person used his brain to steal money we can say he has a wisdom in negative direction)

I can tell more... but, I guess my this scientific fine art I made a few years ago can tell more... rambling the knowledge and wisdom in an infinite loop. Making it required a knowledge of knotting and selling such a small (less than 1 sq ft) at an international art gallery for $2,000 required wisdom. Hope you learned now the difference between the knowledge and wisdom that I have been educating people since my age of 14, the time of driving the tractor in the nights to pull the plows in rocky fields. Ps: by the way, is drinking milk of "Grizzly" an inborn wisdom or a gifted wisdom educated by a nomad? You can't tell that you don't have such a "knowledge."

 

[MossRoad]

Can we get back to the original topic now? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

What was it? Oh yeah,

<font color="blue">Does anyone know what %age of imported tillers come from Italy? If its all or high then how do they compare to each other? Is it the case that there are a few companies making the various brands to spec? (rather like MTD does w/ mowers & tractors) How would the imports compare to domestic models?

I'm in the process of looking around for a tiller and it appears that most of whats on the market are Italian (at least as much as I can determine). So, why would you import a tiller? Is it b/c of price, quality or features...or all of the above? How is it to get parts for the imports?
jimg </font>

Thanks in advance! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Egon]

MossRoad:

A reply perhaps not specifically answering the questions but anyway.

The Itialians manufacture many high quality items for a variety of industries. Some of us seem to downgrade the technical competency of the Itialians. Why I don't know but can make a guess which can't be posted.

As with most items quality and cost are directly related.

Egon

 

[HayDR]

Agric- Spain
Agritor- Spain
BADALINI- Italy
Befco/Rotomec- Italy
BREVIGLIERI- Italy
Bush Hog- Maletti- Italy and Maletti componants on HD models
CCM- Turkey
Caroni- Italy
Celli- Italy
Comeb/ Multivator- Italy
DeLMarino- Italy
FALC- Italy
First Choice- Italy
Gearmore- Italy
Howard- Spain & Italy
JD- Italy & Spain
King Kutter- China, Spain, Italy & Indian components
Krone- Germany
Kuhn- France
LandPride-Assembled in USA- Italian & Chinese components
Maschio- Italy
Maletti- Italy makes NH, Kubota,Woods, BH & Others
Muratori- Italy
Pallidino- Italy
Rhino- Italy
Sicma- Italy
Sovema- Italy

There are a hundred other MFG & private labels but these are a few of the most popular tillers sold in the USA.

 

[jimg]

Wow, about 80% Italian in whole or part. Thanx, this is exactly what I was looking for!

 

[nomad]

Hearing that Italians (and others) are fearing Chinese much especially this year after much price increase in raw materials especially in the steel prices. All users should better adjust themselves according to sudden change in the world implement market this year. Don't say that Chinese items are junks - China items have a broad range of quality from the lowest to the higher quality in the world and their world quality items are cheaper than anywhere. Them China have much more developed technology than Italy and any other country in Europe. Remember that China is now the 3rd country in the world who sent man to the space.

Also, see Landpride you agree in their good quality - that they have Chinese components. I can foresee Landpride will be buying Chinese implements this year more and more. Not only Landpride, but also many companies will be buying from Chinese MFGs, well, unless so-called global-free-market supporters change their colors and become iron-curtain-market supporters this year and form groups to block Chinese. They just change their colors too much.

 

[MossRoad]

Egon, I've got a guess, too. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I am surprised by the number of Italian tillers. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

CCI, thanks for the information. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Egon]

There are those who will say the most advaced technical college in the world resides in India.

Egon

 

[nomad]

India and Pakistan = 1 billion pop. and their technology levels have gone really up in last years due to some top world scholars from there. Add China (1.5 billion now?) - Then, a total of 2.5 billion, almost half of the world population there in this region. And, this region is running really fast on the technology road and their cumulative labor costs (not individual labor cost, a cost which isn't different than the world average) are really low and this "low cumulative labor cost" is making things, products there cheaper. Material cost? In fact, there is no such a thing like material cost even though it's not being taught at the schools/universities. All production costs on the earth are a summation of labor costs only if we look at from a bigger, global picture. Materials are for free on the lands. Now, I put my nose into the field of economists too /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue"> Now, I put my nose into the field of economists too </font>

Hee hee. Good one, Nomad /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I never thought of it in terms of labor cost only. But the question still remains...

Why are so many tillers that are made in Italy as compared to the rest of the world imported to the USA?