bad Uncle Monkey - SK Events The Busted Knuckle Chronicles Made with pride in the Had he had the real thing he would have USA - made in Canada for missed being scorned by "real" bikers. my readers north of the 49. It is rally call that is long I support the aftermarket. Yes there are some over due in North America. things that are better from the factory but many things bar and shield come from over For years manufacturing seas. There are many aftermarket products has been slowly moving made just down the street from us in locally across the ocean to be owned shops and companies that exceed made in Asia. Cheaper anything the factory can offer. labour, less restrictions, more technologically Where things get fuzzy is when we get lazy advanced in computers and think just because something is Canada/ drained away many manufacturing jobs here USA made it is better. This point was drove in North America. home to me last week when I was putting together BBQ's at work. Even with shipping the items half way around the world and across country by truck it was The American company had been making still cheaper to have items made overseas. their grills overseas for the last few years and As the recession gripped the world we are with the disdain for Made in China they were starting to release that losing these jobs to promoting that this year their BBQ were being cheaper workforces created unemployment built with pride here in North America. here at home. In a day I had assembled two identical BBQ, Made in the USA/Canada makes sense. We one from China and one from the US. The have a more then capable workforce, the raw difference in quality was overwhelming, and materials and the know how to manufacture not in a good way. The two identical BBQ right here in our own back yard. couldn't be farther apart in fit and finish.
For years we have taken comfort in the idea that domestically manufactured goods were superior to the cheaper imports. We only have to walk into a discount dollar store to see the cheaply made items, the Amazing Man-Spider, Abble computers, Suny stereos. For motorcycles it is hard to compare the Harley Davidson to the chrome dipped plastics from Japan. Harley Davidson has started an ad campaign in Turkey to encourage builders and customers to only use genuine Harley parts, anything less is a cheap knock off. They illustrated this by showing a biker with a blow up doll on the back of his bike.
Where the US had a stamped steel box I had to put together for the smoker China had an assembled box with the company name and logo laser engraved. Where one had sanded smooth edges the US has unfinished sharp edges. The protective film was peeled back where pieces fit together; the American had bolted right over...into the fire pit. Over half of the bolts were missing or loose on the US on, a BBQ proudly inspected by Jacob T to meet strict USA quality. These differences don't even go into the thinner stainless steel, the lighter cast grills, the..well you get the idea. Oh and the US model cost $500 more for the same grill.
Page 31 April 4, 2013 If we want to restore people’s belief that we can make a superior product then we have to deliver on manufacturing that superior product. Take pride in our workmanship. Stand up for a quality product. Learn and study our counterparts overseas and apply what we learn to our own factories. Because if a worker making $5 a week takes more pride in his workmanship then we do, what hope do we have. -bad Uncle Monkey Who’s Your Daddy – Cabaret Date: May 10th Time: 8 pm – till midnight Band: Slow Motion Walter Location: German Club Contact: tickets available from a Prairie Gopher or contact, Craig Romanyk (Fatbob) (306) 537–1788 email cromanyk@rawlco.com Who’s Your Daddy- Ride for Prostate Cancer Date: June 8th Registration: 9 am till noon – ride will leave between 11 am and noon Location: Prairie Harley BBQ to follow at the German Club Contact: Craig Romanyk (Fatbob) (306) 537–1788 email cromanyk@rawlco.com
Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up.