Originally Posted By: James M
When I was at IH engineering management randomly pulled an assembled vehicle out of the recently built and, as I remember it, found over 100 flaws due to shoddy manufacturing.
The Japanese were routinely kicking butt back then and this has increased.


I know one of the engineers that assisted in the disassembly and shipment of the East Moline foundry to Mexico. IH (at least I think it was IH) opted to do that rather than reopen it and have to deal with the union. Big surprise.

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.