US made floor jack

[KiwiBro]

Good on you for paying more for locally produced quality. There by the grace of every forward-thinking, patriotic consumer, goes local manufacturing. Good onya.

Here, we don't have too many local manufacturers left, and most of my tools I prefer to buy second hand at auctions, etc. Take spanner and socket sets for example. Good new ones these days can be horrendous $, but great ones from yesteryear are sold for bugger-all $ by people who wouldn't know quality if it bit them in the backside. They are usually selling off Grandad's tools after he passes away, or the like, and it never seems to dawn on many of them how the tools have outlasted their Grandad, because they are quality tools. Meanwhile, in their garage is a shiny set of new Chinese crap tools that will be in the landfill within 5 years.

 

[Scooby074]

U.S. Jack does sell US made floor jacks. They are a old Weaver design, very good jacks and are sold to the DOD...

Do they sell a "Normal" short floor jack that is made in USA? In their catalog all they show are long jacks starting at 4 ton being made in USA? Maybe its special order to DOD?http://www.usjack.com/products/24 page FLOOR JACKS.pdf

 

[CGK]

Do they sell a "Normal" short floor jack that is made in USA? In their catalog all they show are long jacks starting at 4 ton being made in USA? Maybe its special order to DOD?http://www.usjack.com/products/24 page FLOOR JACKS.pdf

Just the long frame jacks.

 

[Mace Canute]

Good on you for paying more for locally produced quality. There by the grace of every forward-thinking, patriotic consumer, goes local manufacturing. Good onya.

Here, we don't have too many local manufacturers left, and most of my tools I prefer to buy second hand at auctions, etc. Take spanner and socket sets for example. Good new ones these days can be horrendous $, but great ones from yesteryear are sold for bugger-all $ by people who wouldn't know quality if it bit them in the backside. They are usually selling off Grandad's tools after he passes away, or the like, and it never seems to dawn on many of them how the tools have outlasted their Grandad, because they are quality tools. Meanwhile, in their garage is a shiny set of new Chinese crap tools that will be in the landfill within 5 years.

I've read one guy's post about how he was gifted a brand name high quality socket set from a neighbour. Seems the neighbour saw one of those cheap Chinese made multicoloured socket sets and was so impressed by all the shiny colours he bought it and decided he didn't need his old set which he had inherited.

 

[paine]

Good on you for paying more for locally produced quality. There by the grace of every forward-thinking, patriotic consumer, goes local manufacturing. Good onya. Here, we don't have too many local manufacturers left, and most of my tools I prefer to buy second hand at auctions, etc. Take spanner and socket sets for example. Good new ones these days can be horrendous $, but great ones from yesteryear are sold for bugger-all $ by people who wouldn't know quality if it bit them in the backside. They are usually selling off Grandad's tools after he passes away, or the like, and it never seems to dawn on many of them how the tools have outlasted their Grandad, because they are quality tools. Meanwhile, in their garage is a shiny set of new Chinese crap tools that will be in the landfill within 5 years.

What he said!

I get sick when I go into a store and look at the tool section these days. Even craftsmen is now mostly Chinese made junk. I have spend a ton of money on the tool trucks just because most of their stuff is still USA made!