Curt fifth Wheel Hitches
Going from a short bed with a Pullrite Super Glide to a long bed where we don't require a slide hitch. Does anyone have any comments regarding the Curt Hitch, good , bad or otherwise? Any first hadn...
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boshog wrote:spud1957 wrote:
I'll post a response from Curt to clear up the confusion.Thank you for your recent inquiry. No, the 5th wheel hitches are built overseas. The receiver hitches are built in WI.
Best Regards,
Lyndon Cartman
Technical Services Associate
"Overseas", they carefully avoided saying China did they.
You can't discount quality just because something is made in China. It's not the place something was made, but the specifications and quality control processes that make the difference. The Chinese make all sorts of high quality items including Jet Engines, MiG fighters, etc. Many "name brand" American products have been made there too. Where you get into quality issues is when they start marketing "knock-off" products with little to no quality control.
If Curt, B&W, Andersen, Reese, etc., outsourced the manufacturing to China I would not have concerns about the quality. i wouldn't like the loss of American jobs, but that has little if nothing to do with the quality of the product.
On the other hand (I almost used "that said" :)), if I saw a chinese made hitch that looked like one of the well-known American versions but was painted some hideous color and branded "Happy's Hitches" or some such I would have serious concerns about the quality.
