nice bikes! the company I work for makes the wire harness for Harley Davidsons, well we DID before the company was bought out and the wire harnesses were sent to Mexico to be made.
Now if you will excuse me I must listen to the Sabbath! 🤘
nice bikes! the company I work for makes the wire harness for Harley Davidsons, well we DID before the company was bought out and the wire harnesses were sent to Mexico to be made.
Now if you will excuse me I must listen to the Sabbath! 🤘
Ahhhhh. That's a sort of sad commentary on manufacturing in the US. The most American built product is a Toyota, I believe...
I had forgotten how intense that original black and white video was. Amazing thing.
Lol...Most american product.
At least Zippo lighters are still made in Pennsylvania. :)
After all the bitching and trade protections that HD caused they are now over 30% manufactured in Asia. They still talk a mean American game, though.
Everything is going off-site through cheaper labour and environmental laws making manufacturing cheaper. I worked at a GM auto plant for 25 years and saw the slow demise of the industry. Now Ford, GM-Holden, Toyota and Mitsubishi are no longer manufacturing here. It's not just cars though, many other industries too.
That's progress for you.
I honestly think it could have been done right, but instead it was done cheapest. It makes me particularly sad that Holden isn't there. That's some sad business.
So many years of history went begging when GM-Holden wound up. I started there in 88 as an 18 year old with 5500 people there...Now, the factory is empty. A bit sad. Faith's grandmother used to work in the canteen there in the 50's...She's 98 now, sharp as a tack. Her grandfather worked there too. Most people in South Australia know someone who worked there, or worked there themselves. Sad really. Thanks progress.
Yeah. When I was born a family farm in our area was 960 acres. When I left the area 40 years later it was over 3000. A lot of people don't live there anymore.
A sad indictment of manufacturing in many countries these days...Outsourcing.
I'm not so convinced that outsourcing is bad by itself. What is bad is no replacement for the skilled jobs.
Tesla is giving it a run. They make their big stuff right on site, and move parts around. I have a good friend at Gigafactory Nevada. Automation is a huge part of it, but they make almost every thing in house.
I watched a mega-factories doco the other day on the Tesla plant. Pretty interesting for a bloke who used to manufacture cars. Not a lot of people in sight though.
Matthew is a maintenance guy. Goes to work 2 hours before the start of shift when there are like 10 people in the whole place. Said it's spooky as hell with all the carts and trucks supplying for the day and no human sound.
He has a company app on his phone. Every pillar in the place has a number designation so when he needs something delivered he uses the app and it shows up in a few minutes at the right pillar.
Tesla do it well, no doubt...Kind of like the Lego factory too...Pretty impressive set up. I guess factories need to be these days.
There are a lot of jobs outside the factory. Tesla has two parts warehouses and two office buildings in Reno (Sparks) that are really busy, too. Rentals in the area are just crazy with all the good paying jobs. Reno is FULL.
My buddy is looking at retirement grade properties (he's about 10 years away). He grew up in the general area, so wants to be away from the throngs but near doctors and such. He thinks he'll end up south of Carson City. Pretty country.
Auto plants and big factories are often good for the general area. When Holden closed 20,000 jobs in the area went with them, in addition to the 5,500 at the plant. They scaled the workforce down over time but for the peripheral suppliers and businesses...It was crippling.