>It's not going to matter if you buy a jack from Sears, Matco Tool, Wal Mart >or Harbor Freight, they'll all have been made in China and most likely in >the same factory. >Sometimes you just don't get any choices. For those with money to throw down ANOTHER rathole (as if a Vanagon isn't rathole enough), you can always spring for a Milwaukee floor jack. They're actually made in the US still, I hear. Pretty good selection of jacks here, too: http://www.hyjacks.com/index.html They have better than "the usual crap" jacks. Yet another product niche that has developed a wide gulf between the "good but expensive" and the "cheap but low quality". John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger" |
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