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- For nearly 60 years, Preford has been building ranch equipment for America's ranchers. - Right here in Mount Pleasant, Texas. - We really don't know a whole lot of difference. I mean, just born and raised in it. I am actually third generation in the business. - 2024 was a very difficult year for us. No one was binding the border, as we all know. As we approached customers, they were getting better prices from across the border. - We've been somewhat reluctant on growth because you just don't know where everything's gonna be going. Is there a future? Is there any hope for a future? I've got five kids myself. I have four boys and a girl. What kind of future is there? - The day after the election, the phone's picked up. Business picked up. Everybody's mood in the whole country picked up. - The moment that the tariffs went into effect, we knew finally someone cared about leveling the playing field. Other countries do not have the rules and regulations and the laws that they have to follow. So they're able to bring goods in here at an unfair level. The moment those tariffs came into place, we had instantly a level playing field, and now we can compete. - Getting fair trade. Well, it's not been fair. Empty trucks going out, loaded trucks coming in. - When the economy's down, of course, we're very concerned. It's not just about steel. It's about 1,000 families that we're feeding right here in Mount Pleasant, Texas. If we don't thrive, they don't survive either. So it affects all of us. Never mind our customers that we're shipping product to. They have to have good prices. They have to have product. They have to have a reliable supply chain. Without American manufacturing, all companies in America are at risk because we're held hostage by the prices of the overseas folks bringing cheap goods into this area. - But with Trump in there, you actually have hope for the future. So now it's kind of like, okay, let's go, let's grow. Let's keep going and keep building what we are. - Manufacturing brings pride back to America. That's who we are. We are excellent at manufacturing. And if you will let this manufacturing beast be unleashed without the constraints of all the outside, unfair influences, you will see America thrive like it's never thrived before. - God put us exactly where we're at to do exactly what we're doing. There's nothing more American than mama, apple, pie, baseball, and ranch equipment. - Thank you, President Trump, for everything that you're doing. And thank you, you, for unleashing us to be able to make manufacturing great again.

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