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re: Detroit Axle says it could close within weeks due to 'crippling' tariff policy.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:33 am to Lsut81
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:33 am to Lsut81
Exactly. It reminds me of a sports team who acts like they are the only team in the world who has to deal with injuries forgetting that every other team also has to deal with injuries
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Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:56 am to Bunk Moreland
Sounds like the company should be called Beijing Axle
I hate companies that use names like that to imply it’s American products
I hate companies that use names like that to imply it’s American products
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:04 am to deltaland
Bunk didn’t seem to care when COVID shutdowns in lib states put thousands of businesses out of business
Trump’s economic policy will be studied for generations as the thing that saved America
Trump’s economic policy will be studied for generations as the thing that saved America
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:13 am to Bunk Moreland
I doubt Wal Mart or Dollar Tree will let themselves to close due to crippling tariffs. Much of their stuff comes from China now. No more Sam Walton's Made in the USA policy.
Learn to survive.
Learn to survive.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:25 am to Barbados
I work in the retail aftermarket and buy CVs… there are no full line US CV axle manufacturers in the US… of the the major players capable of full line coverage almost all are Chinese owned (even if they moved production from mainland China to Mexico, Thailand, etc…). Buy from wherever you want, it’s all Chinese. I wish I could buy American….
Luckily I work at a company that doesn’t live on razor wire margins, saving us from massive layoffs and other turmoil, and has the weight to have favorable VAs.
Lastly, if you are in the import business and you don’t demand the manufacturer absorb as much as the tariff as possible, you probably aren’t very good at your job. Tariffs are paid by the manufacturer, the retailers, and the customers, all to varying degrees by product. Everyone gets a piece at the end, but the end customer is rarely ever paying all the tariff.
Luckily I work at a company that doesn’t live on razor wire margins, saving us from massive layoffs and other turmoil, and has the weight to have favorable VAs.
Lastly, if you are in the import business and you don’t demand the manufacturer absorb as much as the tariff as possible, you probably aren’t very good at your job. Tariffs are paid by the manufacturer, the retailers, and the customers, all to varying degrees by product. Everyone gets a piece at the end, but the end customer is rarely ever paying all the tariff.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:26 am to Barbados
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Next time source from the USA
Things workers say...
Not business owners.
This post was edited on 6/10/25 at 10:27 am
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:27 am to Bunk Moreland
Sounds like instead of "Detroit Axle" they should rename to "Temu Axle".
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:28 am to Bunk Moreland
Oh no the harbor freight of car parts might go.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:28 am to TenWheelsForJesus
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If 2.5 months of an "economic downturn" destroys your national business, you were not a strong company to begin with.
A working class populist view of the world.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:28 am to Bunk Moreland
I have zero sympathy with companies or individuals suffering under tariffs. You engaged in international trade over vast oceans with a hostile communist country and expect everything to work out for you?
I trade in the stock market and don't cry when a trade burns me.
I trade in the stock market and don't cry when a trade burns me.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:33 am to Bunk Moreland
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I mainly posted it because you guys seem to have in your heads there is no real-world impact to whatever Trump's retarded plan is. A thriving company with 500 employees is going to be ground to dust because of government intervention in markets.
A company with 500 employees who’s reliant on the de minimus exception? I’d bet their accountants are currently scrambling to get their effects in order before the IRS arrives.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:34 am to Man4others
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I have zero sympathy with companies or individuals suffering under tariffs
Y'all have embraced Bernie Sanders populist economics..
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:41 am to Barbados
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Next time source from the USA
While I get that sentiment, it’s not that easy. SJB901Tiger is right. When it comes to axles, wheels, and many other steel and aluminum products there is no manufacturing in the US. Our distribution company has had to increase cost to dealer on average about 12% depending on supplier. We’ve eaten part of it, and the manufacturer has eaten part of it leaving 12% for the dealerships to take. The dealership will either pass all of it on to the consumer or they may choose to eat a few percentage points as well.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:45 am to Bunk Moreland
I have purchased rotors and brake sets from Detroit Axel. The products are average at best. The one thing you will not see on the Detroit Axel website is where their products are manufactured and that is because they are all manufactured or remanufactured in China.
Most home grease monkey's such as myself would pay a few extra bucks to get a part that is produced in the United States, which is hard to do these days. Even Canada or Hencho en Mexico is more desirable than China.
Detroit Axel is basically a large scale drop shipper that chose profits over people long ago when they decided to source all their products from China.
Good riddance to Detroit Axle.
Most home grease monkey's such as myself would pay a few extra bucks to get a part that is produced in the United States, which is hard to do these days. Even Canada or Hencho en Mexico is more desirable than China.
Detroit Axel is basically a large scale drop shipper that chose profits over people long ago when they decided to source all their products from China.
Good riddance to Detroit Axle.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:46 am to Bunk Moreland
Lol what a joke.
They are most likely closing due to poor sales and poor business management not tarrifs
Tarrifs haven't even hit yet how could they be affected
They are most likely closing due to poor sales and poor business management not tarrifs
Tarrifs haven't even hit yet how could they be affected
Posted on 6/10/25 at 11:31 am to Bunk Moreland
Bump
Posted on 6/10/25 at 12:39 pm to AUJACK
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Most home grease monkey's such as myself would pay a few extra bucks to get a part that is produced in the United States,
Reality doesn’t match that. You may be willing to but most people aren’t.
Are you wearing clothes and shoes made in the US?
Posted on 6/10/25 at 6:08 pm to Flats
"Are you wearing clothes and shoes made in the US? "
I do try to find clothes that are made in the U.S. that are at a reasonable price point and do choose those when available, but I purposely avoid purchasing clothing of any sort specifically made in China. Clothing is easy to find that is made in other countries that do not want to destroy the United States. The same goes for all other purchases if possible.
I do try to find clothes that are made in the U.S. that are at a reasonable price point and do choose those when available, but I purposely avoid purchasing clothing of any sort specifically made in China. Clothing is easy to find that is made in other countries that do not want to destroy the United States. The same goes for all other purchases if possible.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 6:27 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Bunk Moreland
I thank god often that my parents taught me practical principles, and love for god, family, and taking care of family/hard work.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 6:28 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Next time source from the USA
Things workers say...
Not business owners.
You would know nothing about this
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