"Made in China"
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It's made of stuff from everywhere....
Know were engines come from?
Body panels and ROPS?
Might have a just a little bit of US labor in it.........
Know were engines come from?
Body panels and ROPS?
Might have a just a little bit of US labor in it.........
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I can't stand the thought of how much we get from that dadgummed country.
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Trouble is it's hard to make stuff in this country. Not just cost it's all the ** you have to go through. Example, the keystone pipeline.
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My sister worked for John Deere in the World Headquarters and she has traveled the world going to Deere plants. From Germany to India to China. She spent three years in Germany in the 90's. They are truly a global company.
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I'll bet that in the future "Made in China" will become an indication of reasonable quality, and the next indicator of imperfect goods will be something like "Made in Indonesia" or "Made in Thailand."
I am old so I clearly remember when Japan and Korea were the hated and maligned producers of imported "junk" to the USA.
Also, have you noticed that the fasteners used in Deere assembly are metric? The only countries not in the metric loop are the USA, Liberia, and Myanmar.
Speaking of Liberia, one of my Navy shipmates from years back chartered a medical school in Liberia, granted himself an MD degree from it, and now practices in the US.
edit: If I seem like an old man rambling, it is because I am.
I am old so I clearly remember when Japan and Korea were the hated and maligned producers of imported "junk" to the USA.
Also, have you noticed that the fasteners used in Deere assembly are metric? The only countries not in the metric loop are the USA, Liberia, and Myanmar.
Speaking of Liberia, one of my Navy shipmates from years back chartered a medical school in Liberia, granted himself an MD degree from it, and now practices in the US.
edit: If I seem like an old man rambling, it is because I am.
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Would you go to him for treatment?
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I thought I heard, at least at one time, the body panels were made in South Carolina?
Being made in China or any other country doesn't guarantee something is junk. I've owned and currently own several items made there that are great, the loader mounts pictured being one of those things. Well, 2 if you count them separately 
but that's splittin hairs.
The key is how much the company issuing the manufacturing contract cares about quality. Cheap home appliance? They don't care if it lasts years, it just has to hopefully last past the warranty period. Loader mounts on our tractors? Not likely to break in the first place BUT you can still tell they're a quality item. Especially with Chinese stuff, if they're told to make it cheap it will be CHEAP but you'll have rough castings, compoments that don't line up the way they should, holes drilled off-center, all that bs.
Now that being said, if I could buy everything made right here in our country for a reasonable cost I would. But as mentioned, small companies that do that sometimes can't keep their costs down low enough to even be remotely competitive especially with all the ambulance chasers doing their thing.
but that's splittin hairs.The key is how much the company issuing the manufacturing contract cares about quality. Cheap home appliance? They don't care if it lasts years, it just has to hopefully last past the warranty period. Loader mounts on our tractors? Not likely to break in the first place BUT you can still tell they're a quality item. Especially with Chinese stuff, if they're told to make it cheap it will be CHEAP but you'll have rough castings, compoments that don't line up the way they should, holes drilled off-center, all that bs.
Now that being said, if I could buy everything made right here in our country for a reasonable cost I would. But as mentioned, small companies that do that sometimes can't keep their costs down low enough to even be remotely competitive especially with all the ambulance chasers doing their thing.
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No, but how many people ask their doctors where they got their degree and training? Much less, where they ranked in their graduating class? In the Navy we had a pretty significant percentage of Mexico and Carribbean degreed folks. Once you put on the Medical Corps uniform and insignia, the patients didn't know whether you were foreign or US trained, or whether you were a D.O or an M.D or a M.B.B.S.
Disclaimer: There are many, many excellent Medical Schools and training programs located in other countries. I just threw in the Liberia story because I was reminded of it when I googled metric system and Liberia popped up.
My 1025R has side panels, hood, and warning triangle that are labelled "Made in U.S.A." The triangle is attached to a seat that says "Made in India."
Does Deere have its own plants in China, or do they contract out?
The transaxles used at the Augusta facility (1-4 series) are manufactured in South Carolina but I'm not sure if that's by Deere or someone else.
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Indonesia is already making some very good quality guitars for major guitar companies. I suspect the same thing will happen to China that happens everywhere. At first, labor is cheap. Then as that society prospers, labor costs go up and they price their selves out of the market. Industry then moves on to other places for cheap labor and the cycle repeats.
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Someone else. Transaxle Manufacturing of America (TMA) company, located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, just across the state line from Charlotte, NC.
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I would "Like" this 1000 times if I could.
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