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Originally Posted by tempetom
I wish I was still in the engineering business because I'd like to see whether we could get latches investment cast in a higher volume. I'm sure with the lower cost Chinese vendors, tooling costs must have come down over the years
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That has to be the worse idea. This is why our economy is in the toliet. Just send it to china and save a buck eh? I worked for a machine shop that you all probably know, Trenz manufacturing . We made billet grills and other crap. Anyway, we got bought out by Lund and they had this great idea of hiring an engineer to "help create a better work flow and efficiency". Well his idea was to start sending our grill designs out to China to be mass produced. WRONG idea. Out of the 5 pallets of grills 3-4 of them went back. They were all junk. Powder coating flaking, bent bars, etc. Well 6 months of this goes on and and now no more Trenz. Sad, i know, but that just goes to show the type of quality you get.
I dont know about you others, but only American parts on my American TUNDRA. Yea they might be 10 bucks more a set but were helping keep our economy strong and have a well machined, best fitting product.
Sorry for the novel.
Josh