Who's Hoarding The Tires?
#11
08-23-2021 | 07:47 PM
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I checked with https://mygarageventura.com/ and they had a lot of tires. That's where I got mine 2 weeks ago.
#12
08-24-2021 | 10:38 AM
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I checked with https://mygarageventura.com/ and they had a lot of tires. That's where I got mine 2 weeks ago.
#15
08-24-2021 | 03:04 PM
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This article does a good job of breaking down the problem even though it is a few months old.
"Natural rubber is traditionally shipped to tire and auto component makers by ships. Michelin Tire has resorted to air freight shipments as a workaround.
Thailand and Vietnam are nations that typically feature large natural rubber suppliers."
Then there's this.
"A supply-chain crisis has been brewing off the coast of Southern California for many months as massive freighters wait for dock space to open up. California ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach account for about one-third of US imports. "
"Some of the container ships have been waiting off the shore for weeks, pushing back delivery dates and driving up the cost of transportation. Of the ships waiting to dock, half of them are what Marine Exchange calls "mega-container ships" or ships with the carrying capacity of 10,000 TEUs."
So there seems to be lots of moving parts to this problem but one thing that looks certain is that this problem of supply and demand isn't going away anytime soon and is certainly going to fan the flames of inflation.
"Natural rubber is traditionally shipped to tire and auto component makers by ships. Michelin Tire has resorted to air freight shipments as a workaround.
Thailand and Vietnam are nations that typically feature large natural rubber suppliers."
Then there's this.
"A supply-chain crisis has been brewing off the coast of Southern California for many months as massive freighters wait for dock space to open up. California ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach account for about one-third of US imports. "
"Some of the container ships have been waiting off the shore for weeks, pushing back delivery dates and driving up the cost of transportation. Of the ships waiting to dock, half of them are what Marine Exchange calls "mega-container ships" or ships with the carrying capacity of 10,000 TEUs."
So there seems to be lots of moving parts to this problem but one thing that looks certain is that this problem of supply and demand isn't going away anytime soon and is certainly going to fan the flames of inflation.
I wonder what happened to the massive port Mexico was supposed to be building to compete with Long Beach.
#16
08-24-2021 | 03:12 PM
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#17
08-24-2021 | 09:35 PM
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From: SoCal.....I'm only here for the weather
#18
08-24-2021 | 10:51 PM
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From: Upstate NY
My wife is a manger of a large retail clothing store in the mall. She is well paid for her job, Id call it an 'honest' upper middle class salary for a hard working manager. She was getting paid 200 more a week from her COVID shutdown than she did when she was working. 200 bucks MORE to just sit home. My wife has an amazing work ethic and was going stir crazy during quarantine. She gladly gave up the extra 200 a week so she could get back to work. Not many Americans are like that. Honestly, you cant blame them. Why work when you can sit at home and watch cartoons in your underpants and still make as much money?
#20
08-25-2021 | 11:50 AM
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Do you have a photo of your rear tire with the edges worn from the road?