Ask the competitors where their drivers are made. Pretty good chance they come from China.
2017 Update. Our first competitor in Montana started using the same power cell as us but then quickly changed to the Chinese cells to save money. Now all of the new competition has been using the same Chinese originating drivers and tools and they have been failing miserably. A tough lesson learned for the customers who depended on these tools. The Eterra tools are 100% USA made in California using select USA steel and Eterra has never had one failure. You can take that to the bank. Here are actual customer photos of the Chinese manufactured copies of the Eterra drivers. According the the manufacturer, all of them are failing and they don't know why. WE DO! That is why ours don't fail. By the time all of these manufacturers clean up this mess with their customers, most of them will be out of business. When you see a driver head that looks like this, you can tell it is NOT made by Eterra.
Some people have asked why the Washington based Breaker Post driver is not the same depth or as cheap as the others. Without teaching our competitors too much of what is wrong with their design. We know skid steers and how to build attachments. The closer the attachment is to the mount plate, the more down pressure you can place on the post. Apply power and you get a more effective impact with the same rated driver.
Here's our observation about our competitors Chinese drivers. Parts and support are a nightmare. Most of the companies that pop up, quickly go away when they have issues because the drivers are impossible to support. They never meet the specifications that they claim. For proof, just measure the diameter of the drivers built offshore. They use an output shaft on their bigger units that are the same size as our smaller drivers. That is not a coincidence. They simply don't deliver the power that they claim. If you are shopping around, it is important to ask these questions. Finally check out the warranties. We provide a no nonsense TWO year warranty backed by one of the most successful skid steer attachment companies found anywhere. If they provide a warranty they will be covering it for an Asian manufacturer that is happy to dump the products on you and let you deal with it. How about parts? We stock parts in Washington and in California. Where will you buy parts for your Chinese post driver? Stick with the original American Post Driver. It's the real deal.
Another thing you will notice is that theirs uses a non-isolated capture system. This makes their attachment a lot harder on your machine pins and quick attach. The few dollars you save are really going to cost you in the long run. Right now, there are two and maybe three companies dumping Chinese drivers onto the US and Canadian market as well as Australia. We mastered this technology over a decade ago. They just tried to copy and cheapen it. In this case, you really will get what you pay for and boy is it going to cost you.
