[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’ve always liked Cat equipment. The coal company I once worked for was all Caterpillar in our rolling stock but Manitowoc for primary excavators. Even then, the Manitowocs were Cat powered. Parts were unbelievably expensive and engine life was strictly 12,000 hours for an overhaul.

[mimaw]

I’m tired of all the whining in this country that we are losing our manufacturing base. If our manufacturers are not laden with unreasonable labor demands and government restrictions and confiscatory taxes and if they actually produce something the rest of the world wants to buy no one can match us.