likely partly due to markup policy variations, but there are a number of different makers of most rubber parts, some better quality than others [most here will agree that Steele Rubber makes the best quality rubber parts] - many other things are more likely to be all from one supplier, primarily "offshore"

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics