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Originally Posted by TreeSpecialist  Curiously enough, Homelite made some of the first (if not the first) motorized chainsaws and now their stuff is junk......
And yes, Mac's used to be a good saw but then again, Stihl's used to be better when they were made in West Germany. Now they're being made in places like West Virginia and a new plant is under construction - heard it from my Stihl rep - in China!
He also said the Chinese Stihls will be for use in China and the region........ so look out Australia and New Zealand.....  |
Yeah, and I assure you like every other manf that went to China they DO NOT PASS ON ANY SAVINGS just make more profit. It's disgusting, and corrupt.
I had Aussie made original Oliver steel capped boots. They wore out after nearly 2 years. I bought new boots not so long ago ... and guess what, Oliver now made in China
(what isn't). Straight away I noticed the finish not so good, the leather not so good and here's the best part no BULLSHIT, i found them less comfortable and when I pulled the 1mm thick pathetic inner sole out I was shocked. These are work boots for workers on their feet all day.
I pulled the 2 year old well compacted inner sole out of the old boot and it was like 3x thicker, and swapped them over.
But guess what, the boot still cost $160 the same as when made in Australia .... and now maybe 6 months to 8 months later already the leather worn out on the steel caps, coz they are CHINESE JUNK.
The sadder part is that the people who sell this crap dont give a shit, the last thing they care about is the boot and the first thing is their profit.