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I agree that the Chinese manufacturers will be a force in the future but it will be a while before they can break into the market in the US. They've been trying for at least ten years and have next to no market presence in the smaller truck segment.
Big trucks are a totally different market than the typical Class IV or Class V vanilla spec'ed truck. Most end users of bigger trucks of 20,000# capacity and up are much more concerned with quality, reliability and experience than a company that buys a 5000# cushion truck.
  • Posted 21 Dec 2012 22:53
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