Gravel Maker
1/2 ton status
And to tell the truth I was at a loss for words.......
If you don't see the benefit of buying American Made products I'm not sure you would understand the explaination as to why that is important.
To put it in a nutshell, you or your neighbor makes something and sells it, the money spent making it is spent here (USA) and the profit is spent here too and you or your neighbor have a job from making it.
The product produced overseas may be of equal quality and price but that is rarely the case because the company that takes their manufacturing overseas is is doing it to make it for less and that also usually means they are making it as cheaply as they can which results in lower standards, lighter materials, cheaper steel, ect....
The company that makes the products in the USA is usually doing it to maintain higher standards and have better oversight on quality. Of course there are exceptions to this but it is generally true.
To be honest, I don't know of any brake brackets or fabricated covers being made overseas but I do know of lots of other parts wheelers use that are and the quality and strength just don't measure up.
Anyway, rant over, sometimes I just need to get it out of my system.......
But I am happy to see CK5 mostly deals with products made in North America, made by companies that spend the money here and employ people here.......I really don't have anything against Canadian or Austrailian made products, those countries require a real wage to be paid so its not artificial competition........Just keep the Indian & Chinese stuff over there, those products cost us jobs........
If you don't see the benefit of buying American Made products I'm not sure you would understand the explaination as to why that is important.
To put it in a nutshell, you or your neighbor makes something and sells it, the money spent making it is spent here (USA) and the profit is spent here too and you or your neighbor have a job from making it.
The product produced overseas may be of equal quality and price but that is rarely the case because the company that takes their manufacturing overseas is is doing it to make it for less and that also usually means they are making it as cheaply as they can which results in lower standards, lighter materials, cheaper steel, ect....
The company that makes the products in the USA is usually doing it to maintain higher standards and have better oversight on quality. Of course there are exceptions to this but it is generally true.
To be honest, I don't know of any brake brackets or fabricated covers being made overseas but I do know of lots of other parts wheelers use that are and the quality and strength just don't measure up.
Anyway, rant over, sometimes I just need to get it out of my system.......
But I am happy to see CK5 mostly deals with products made in North America, made by companies that spend the money here and employ people here.......I really don't have anything against Canadian or Austrailian made products, those countries require a real wage to be paid so its not artificial competition........Just keep the Indian & Chinese stuff over there, those products cost us jobs........
I buy nothing but "American made" on my rig! 
