More parts back ordered

Oh, oh, bad news for driveshaft twisters. Aside from u-joints, in all my years, I never abused a driveshaft.

 

Fake news.

 

Name brand or Chinese junk?

 

FedEx uses the Covid excuse to not honor their overnight promise
I had a new water heater for the truck overnighted from Houston, took 4 days, it sat in Dallas 3 days, think they waited till the had a trailer load to send to OKC
Buster Brown does better but don’t count on 10 am delivery.
USPS was 5 days from Austin.

 

Beggars can’t be choosers, if you blow one out and no one has ANY, then one guy does but it’s a Korean tire, you’ve got 2 choices.
Take blown out tire off, leaving rim on (empty trailer/truck) and riding without loads, or put the other tire on and go about your business.
And I’ve used some “Chinese Junk” tires and got better service then Bridgestones, last set of them never wore right, Dipping and pitting.
Had Continentals put on steer once, and had a blow out on first trip with it.
Tried Yokohama’s, didn’t like them on steers.
Had Dunlop’s, one of them split around the bead half way around on the inside of the rim, just happened to see that when I was greasing the truck.
I run Ironman I208s on drives, Synergy AP400 on trailers, and steers on one truck has Bridgestone r284s, (cascadia) and Michelin’s on the KW

 

How did this turn into a tire thread?

 

Here's a Conspiracy theory for ya'll to think about ... did you ever stop to think about this..... Manufacturers took mental notes when the toliet paper issue started last year & how stupid some people act when they can't get something... so they decided to use the covid excuses to create their own storages to raise prices along with demand ?????
Look at the Grocery store shelves now and food prices right now
I promise you there is no storage of any foods right now .. but a can of soup that use to cost .98 now cost 1.98... and for what legitimate reason ?
A water pump for a motor that cost 180.00 a year ago now costs 450 and you wait 30 days or they tell you they have no idea when or if you can get 1 so then you are willing to pay 600.00 for it .... ????

 

1st, I totally agree with you on your "toilet paper" conspiracy, I don't think it translates to driveshafts, though. What I think is happening, is more and more American companies that USED to make these things, are going ka-putt, and we're relying on overseas to pick up the slack, and therein lies the trouble. These "commie driveshafts", and other needed goods, could be sitting in a container in some God forsaken port, and nobody to haul it. We're in a heap o' trouble.
I agree, toilet paper shortage my axx. I hauled TP out of Green Bay, and I've personally seen, literally MOUNTAINS of TP.
Food too, people are pigs, I've personally been to food warehouses that could feed a small country for years and the absolute bottom line in all this, there are simply too many greedy people in the world today, perhaps out of necessity. I've long maintained, why sell them parts when we need to sell new trucks, not fix the old ones. THERE'S your conspiracy for ya'.

 

I won't disagree with parts sitting in containers in BFE.. I kinda laugh to.myself when I hear people say they won't by Chinese junk .. because their is more products than not that might not be 100% China made but have alot of China parts in them....Hell I myself say that too

 

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