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Anybody try the new 435 ZHS yet?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 5640" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>I pesonally don't think it's fair for Bobcat to be able to say legally , "Bobcat is made in the USA" , Ingersol moved there corporate head quarters to the Bahamas a few years back , they to me are not an American company , they are Bahamian company with a plant in the USA ,I would guess that tax breaks and different corporate laws was the reason for that ------ the skidsteers and some excavators are only assemblied here using a majority of foreign components , I believe the number is 30% of the products parts have to come from this country is say " made in " on it , some of the excavators are made by other companies and Bobcats name is put on them , one that pops up in my mind is the 442 it is really a Terex with a few changes made here and there ,the same parts are bought cheaper from Terex then the local Bobcat dealer as I'd guess Bobcat has to profit some on them with a mark up , -------- I read some where that 90% of all excavators come from a 200 mile radius of a point in Japan , Mitsubitzi is Catapillar , Hitachi is John Deere , Sumatoma is Link Belt and on and on ,same machines different paint and decals , to me there is a big difference in made in the USA or asemblied in the USA and where the money goes , if it were my call the import tarriff would be so high on machines that more companies would build machine here and the money would stay here ------ no better way to spoil a party than to talk politics , as every one has an opioion and they all stink</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fishfiles, post: 5640, member: 782"] I pesonally don't think it's fair for Bobcat to be able to say legally , "Bobcat is made in the USA" , Ingersol moved there corporate head quarters to the Bahamas a few years back , they to me are not an American company , they are Bahamian company with a plant in the USA ,I would guess that tax breaks and different corporate laws was the reason for that ------ the skidsteers and some excavators are only assemblied here using a majority of foreign components , I believe the number is 30% of the products parts have to come from this country is say " made in " on it , some of the excavators are made by other companies and Bobcats name is put on them , one that pops up in my mind is the 442 it is really a Terex with a few changes made here and there ,the same parts are bought cheaper from Terex then the local Bobcat dealer as I'd guess Bobcat has to profit some on them with a mark up , -------- I read some where that 90% of all excavators come from a 200 mile radius of a point in Japan , Mitsubitzi is Catapillar , Hitachi is John Deere , Sumatoma is Link Belt and on and on ,same machines different paint and decals , to me there is a big difference in made in the USA or asemblied in the USA and where the money goes , if it were my call the import tarriff would be so high on machines that more companies would build machine here and the money would stay here ------ no better way to spoil a party than to talk politics , as every one has an opioion and they all stink [/QUOTE]
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