Caterpillar Threatens to Leave Ill. Over High Taxes...

[megimoo]

they should go to Wisconsin :D

Chances are they'll go to China !

[Apocalypse]

Chances are they'll go to China !

Maybe some of the manufacturing, but they will want to stay here in the states HQ wise as they don't want to lose out to John Deere in the process. In addition, they still build lots of mining trucks, and those are mighty large to load onto a boat and ship over here.

On that note, JD is located in Ill. as well. Wonder if they are looking for a new home?

[Novaheart]

they should go to Wisconsin :D

Hyundai and some other companies make heavy equipment too. Toyota is the world's largest maker of forklifts.

I'd be willing to bet that Caterpillar's single largest customer is the American taxpayer, so maybe they should be careful how they phrase things.

[Apocalypse]

Chances are they'll go to China !

Did a little looking, and they have in a bit.

Originally Posted by Rockntractor View Post
They are discontinuing their truck engines because of the governments new pollution regs for diesels.

This got me looking.

Caterpillar Announces Major Investment in China With Plans to ...
Caterpillar core products manufactured in China include hydraulic excavators, track-type tractors, motor graders and paving products, large diesel engines used ...
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...llar-announces... - Cached

Granted its for boats and generators, but they are moving a lot to China.

[Rockntractor]

Did a little looking, and they have in a bit.



This got me looking.

Caterpillar Announces Major Investment in China With Plans to ...
Caterpillar core products manufactured in China include hydraulic excavators, track-type tractors, motor graders and paving products, large diesel engines used ...
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...llar-announces... - Cached

Granted its for boats and generators, but they are moving a lot to China.

There were some pretty good small diesel engine for generators, tillers, air compressors, etc... coming from china at great prices but our new regs pretty much dried that up too, they did the same to small Japanese diesel engines, that is why you don't see diesels in Toyota's anymore.
Carbon is not a pollutant!!!

[megimoo]

Maybe some of the manufacturing, but they will want to stay here in the states HQ wise as they don't want to lose out to John Deere in the process. In addition, they still build lots of mining trucks, and those are mighty large to load onto a boat and ship over here.

On that note, JD is located in Ill. as well. Wonder if they are looking for a new home?

Next up John Deere .These political critters are dumber than dirt .The raise taxes to the moon and then company's look around for a new place to live.In the end the Politicians loose hundreds of millions in taxes to make a few bucks..dumb shits ..

[Rockntractor]

Next up John Deere .These political critters are dumber than dirt .The raise taxes to the moon and then company's look around for a new place to live.In the end the Politicians loose hundreds of millions in taxes to make a few bucks..dumb shits ..

A good portion of John Deere diesel engines are already Chinese.

[Constitutionally Speaking]

yep...works the same on a national level when a company moves it's headquarters overseas

Factories also.

[megimoo]

A good portion of John Deere diesel engines are already Chinese.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U

[Rockntractor]

We need to start packing these shipping containers from China with progressives, environmentalists and Democrat politicians and send them to China.