Tool Truck Prices

[Andrew Button]

Provided its not a rebranded chinese product, how much more willing would you be to pay for a given tool that was made with American labor and ingenuity that comes off a tool truck ? I think the trucks have the advantage in the marketplace because the average store shopper wants the cheaper product, regardless of cost and origin. Where as a pro needs a better tool, not a cheaper one. I make it a point to buy American tools when I can, drive American cars, and support American industry when I can. Am I willing to pay twice as much for the right product, yes. Am I always given the choice, no. The hardworking red blooded Americans in the country working on cars and trucks should be supporting their fellow industry men that are making American tools, the best tool on the planet, for for the best and most hardworking crew on the planet and not complain about prices.

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[Mike]

You’re broaching two discussions here and I’ll attempt to straddle them both.

First of all, I’ve got a good 40k in Snap-On tools and I love that they’re mostly American-made and superior. It’s a great bonus that spending money with Snap-On is the support of American labor, which is one of the many reasons to buy their tool storage units. It being an American company makes it more justifiable to spend the high cost, being that I’m fortunate enough to afford it.

That being said, I don’t support the American auto industry for multitude of reasons. Americans may be able to make good tools, but we are the worldwide specialists in making profit-driven junkmobiles. Most of America’s classics are from before my time and I’m jealous that you had the chance to live for some of our best automotive triumphs. Sadly my experience of domestic cars centers around 1989, which is the same year that Henry “Smokey” Yunick renounced his relationship with GM due to his disgust with the complete product line at that time. Chrysler and Ford were in the same boat and I can’t express in words how much I wish our automotive effort could even compare to our tools.

Snap-On is one of the last bastions of quality American manufacturing, and even they are willing to use the Snap-On brand on China stuff instead of at least restricting it to the Blue-Point brand. Quality American manufacturing is over. The Ruling class bankers in this country have decided that having the world’s money is more important than a superior manufacturing base. I can’t say I agree with that, but my shoes will never be shiny enough to say otherwise.

[Johnathon Balderas]

Well said I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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