Where did all the Made in USA tractors go?

getut · Sep 27, 2005

Poof. New world record for shortest lived post. I respond to someones post that gets deleted and it takes mine with it. Total post life less than a second.

BEAT THAT JUNKMAN!!!!!!! I'm da man!!!!!!!!

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MossRoad · Sep 27, 2005

What are you talkng about?

jwnge · Sep 27, 2005

WE all talk about America, but we are really The "UNITED STATES" of America, so when we talk about American products, we need to say we are talking about our United States products. There are a lot of countrys in America, north and south /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif JohnJ

cowboydoc · Sep 27, 2005

It seems that about the only thing you can buy that is truly "made" in the USA is commodities like crops and beef. 

The compacts yes this is true. But the 7000-9000 series JD tractors, all the combines, planters, plows, discs, etc. are still 100% made in the USA from Deere.

PitbullMidwest · Sep 27, 2005

( I have to assume that Kubota is not lying. They claim that they manufacture AND assemble in Georgia. Manufacture means to process a raw material into a finished product )

The company I work for used to make computer monitors and labeled them as "Manufactured in the USA". A lawyer from San Francisco bought one, took it a part and sued us because it contained circuit boards from overseas. He won because the judge ruled that "Manufactured in the USA" implied that the entire product was domestic and was deseptive advertising. All units in the field had to be recalled and repackaged as "Manufactured and assembled in the USA from foreign and domestic parts" and all know customers had to be notified. The expense of the lawsuit was a leading factor in closing the plant.

My guess is that Kubota manufactures and assembles in the USA from foreign and domestic parts.