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Trashcan sized exhaust tips, tow mirrors fully deployed at all times, lights on the wheels and in the wheel wells, lots of tire tread beyond the body of the truck, blacked out windows usually with some window stickers of some tuning shop and references to Cummins or Stroke.

Sure. Why wouldn’t they? Most of the bro-dozers have really expensive fancy adjustable ball mounts with the 2’ of drop.

Seems safe.

What’s the tongue weight of the food trailer?

If he only had a lift so he could get up there and rework the ceiling lights…

Screw a five gallon bucket to the wall through the bottom of it. Use a lid to keep it clean inside.

Have you considered buying a bunch of 2x4s and building wood cribbing under each tire?

Dewalt is owned by a US company, not sure if they assemble any power tools in NA now or not. Heck even HF is a USA company that takes a ton of **** for being Chinese junk (some of it is, some of it is really good especially for the price and not Chinese). There are some tradespeople who will...

Many times the COO (and ownership of the brand) is very important with tradespeople from the clothes they wear to the truck they drive to tools they use. This is where the paradox comes in with Milwaukee Tools. “I ain’t gonna use SK now that it’s owned by the commies” but they’ll gladly load up...

They could sell the brand names to a foreign company that would then sell the tools to you. They’re in business to sell tools all around the world, make money and provide returns for shareholders, not all of whom are US citizens.

TTI is HQ’d in Hong Kong which, checks notes, is not Taiwan.

Use some square or rectangular tubing to make a “box” by welding some scraps across one open end to be the bottom (leave openings for rain and debris to fall through. At the top you can cut some notches for the hooks. Easy enough to add some pieces and a padlock for some extra security. To keep...

Sure, why not? The screw head will probably strip before the handle breaks. That was one nice thing about the old acetate handled Craftsman screwdrivers, a box end wrench can be slipped over the handle for a little extra leverage.

I could use a nicer scan tool.

Almost every large business is ran by people who don’t give two nickels about the product being made and sold. They’re not enthusiasts, they’re business managers who run big businesses. To them it’s all the same- numbers on spreadsheets and graphs and charts.