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2022 Brake Drum & Rotor Pricing Update

2022 Brake Drum & Rotor Pricing Update

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As we saw our standard cast brake drum (our part number16792X) price increase by approximately 100% over the year, we wondered how much higher it could go?  In January, we thought maybe we saw some pricing stability.  Fast forward a few months later to March, and pricing is moving upwards again.  Let’s look at why: Meritor – In January,…

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Brake Drums Soon to be Worth More Than Gold…

Brake Drums Soon to be Worth More Than Gold…

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In our last newsletter, we published about the cause of supply issues on a national scale and more specifically with heavy duty aftermarket parts, brake drums and rotors (which is what we know best). In the previous article about truck and trailer backlogs, we showed the demand for heavy duty parts is strong on the…

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Brake Drum Chaos

Brake Drum Chaos

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As many of you have probably noticed, there is a lot of movement in availability and pricing in heavy-duty truck parts and it might not get better for a while…. This article is more specific to brake parts (and more especially brake drums and rotors) because that is what we know, but we think that…

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Tariff, Tariff and More Tariff???

Tariff, Tariff and More Tariff???

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Three significant issues for the next few months are: Whether the Fed will tighten for the fourth time this year at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, and how hawkish it sounds How aggressively President Trump pursues his trade war agenda The amount that China will invest to stimulate its economy. $175 billion has…

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Will Tariff War Affect Truck & Parts Prices?

Will Tariff War Affect Truck & Parts Prices?

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Tariffs in general are not good for globalization. Tariffs take away the opportunity of benefiting from the global economy and their advantages. Tariffs are also a weapon to fight back when Governments artificially reduce prices to capture market share. Solution always lies in neutralizing the unfair practices to bring back the economies of countries hurt…

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