Winches scare me. I don't wheel much and I've never used mine. If I had to do it again, I would purchase a set of Maxxtrax instead of my winch. But I did learn a little bit about safety here. Even if it was off topic.
As far as AEV outsourcing to China. I'm pretty sure they have stated it was because nobody in the USA made wheels in the USA anymore. But if Trailready was infact making wheels in the USA, that would explain any arguments they were having. I think the rest of their stuff is still made in USA, but I could be wrong. I would surely think that things like the new boran steel pieces are made here since it is pretty new technology they are using.
Their explanation was about as clear as mud in this thread.
TrailReady addresses and calls out AEV’s explanation in post #36 in that same thread.
Straight from the sources.TR wheels still builds their forgings here in the USA through Weld Racing, which carries quite the name and reputation in drag racing wheels.
AEV had a lot of issues with chinese wheels cracking once they chose to move their manufacturing to China. There is actually a member here who has 3 AEV wheels that are cracked. It’s importsnt to not that therr are not that many “hardcore,” wheelers here. So it’s not like their wheels are cracking from hardcore rock crawling...
I highlighted it all here.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/beadlock-wheels-that-are-made-in-the-usa.16780/
Thanks for the correction.No mention of AEV in that Pirate thread. But I did see the guy from TrailReady call out Raceline. The 2nd thread with the link over to the AEV forums clearly has Dave Harriton explaining why they made the AEV wheels in China. No arguement about that or that AEV has had some issues with wheels cracking. Which is really sad for a $250 wheel when Quadratec sells similar made in china wheels for $100.
Thanks for the correction.
I was not aware that AEV was wanting TR to build their cast wheels..Unless TR was unable to handle the quantity of wheels AEV needed
I was not aware that AEV was wanting TR to build their cast wheels..
TR was having their wheels cast in the USA but not in house. They went to someone who works on casting wheels everyday. So they couldn't have cast wheels for AEV. Now did AEV talk to the casting manufacture that TR was using? Thats the real question. And I doubt TR would allow their source to cast wheels for the, “competition.”TR couldn't produce the volume Dave was looking for
Wonder if they talked to Branik Motorsports/Branik Inc?I was just surprised to see that someone is making wheels in the USA when AEV said they couldn't find anyone to build a wheel for them
... did AEV talk to the casting manufacture that TR was using? Thats the real question. And I doubt TR would allow their source to cast wheels for the, “competition.”