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The New Pricing Paradigm in Heavy-Duty Truck Parts and Brake Drums

The New Pricing Paradigm in Heavy-Duty Truck Parts and Brake Drums

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Multiple Tariffs and Trade Duties Driving Unprecedented Price Increases in Heavy-Duty Truck Parts The U.S. commercial vehicle industry faces an unprecedented pricing challenge in 2025. A combination of existing Section 301 tariffs, newly implemented Fentanyl and Reciprocal tariffs, and specific antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) on brake drums from China and Turkey are creating…

DANGER: Selling Brake Parts with No Brand

DANGER: Selling Brake Parts with No Brand

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Now that there is generally a healthy inventory and capacity of brake parts around the world, warehouse distributors (WD’s) and truck/trailer dealers are looking to find ways of reducing product costs to gain more of a competitive edge in the market.  One way that we’ve seen WD’s and dealers reducing product costs is by purchasing brake…

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DuraBrake Hybrid Drum vs Competitors’ Severe Value Drum

DuraBrake Hybrid Drum vs Competitors’ Severe Value Drum

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Given the competitive nature of brake drums, one of the levers to reduce cost is to reduce the weight of the drum. It saves both on material costs, the most significant cost in a drum, and freight costs. However, we all know the primary role of a brake drum (or brake rotor) is to be…

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U.S. Made Drums and Rotors vs Overseas Made Drums and Rotors

U.S. Made Drums and Rotors vs Overseas Made Drums and Rotors

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Most heavy-duty dealers and distributors carry both a domestic line and an imported line of drums and rotors, but what’s the difference?   In our opinion, the products made overseas, and those made domestically are essentially the same.  Our products typically test the same as US-made products and sometimes better. There are, however, some overseas manufacturers that do make…

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DuraBrake Launches Customer Portal

DuraBrake Launches Customer Portal

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DuraBrake has released its new customer portal to support customer ease in ordering DuraBrake brake drums, steel-shell drums, air disc brake rotors, calipers, and brake pads.  The customer portal will allow existing independent and buying group customers to log in to find detailed part information and current pricing and also order products.  To access the portal, please…

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