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Written by Joseph Elfelt on 2025-01-22 at 14:59

I recently ordered a wood chipper attachment for our tractor. The one I decided to get is made in Canada and I am buying direct from the manufacturer. Orders are backed up a bit so they do not expect to ship one to me until sometime in the first part of February. The company made it clear that if a tariff is imposed before the chipper heading to me crosses the border into the USA then I will have two choices.

Option 1: I pay the tariff and the chipper continues on its way to me.

Option 2: I decline to pay the tariff in which case the company refunds 100% of my down payment and cancels the order.

[#]Tariff #Canada

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Written by me_valentijn on 2025-01-22 at 15:36

@mappingsupport

But ... Trump promised that Canada would be paying the tariffs! 😂

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Written by Joseph Elfelt on 2025-01-22 at 15:40

@me_valentijn Obviously the chipper company did not get the word.

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Written by Douglas on 2025-01-22 at 15:57

@mappingsupport if it's under $10k it might be worth it to run across the border and pick it up and then bring it back?

Otherwise watch Ritchie Bros auctions and likely a good used one will show up at a reasonable price. My dad has bought a bunch of implements that way over the years including several brand new implements still in their original crates at about a tenth the price of retail.

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Written by Joseph Elfelt on 2025-01-22 at 16:13

@douglasvb Yeah, cost is under 10k. I guess I could have the company ship to a freight dock across the border from WA and then drive our truck there. I do have a passport. But I can picture running into trouble with the border agents over the tariff thing trying to get back into the USA.

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Written by Douglas on 2025-01-22 at 16:19

@mappingsupport I could see this turning into a smokey and the bandit situation. Or maybe like that one Cheech and Chong movie.

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Written by Joseph Elfelt on 2025-01-22 at 16:23

@douglasvb Not quite sure who I could outrun in a manual shift 1990 F-250.

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Written by Colin Warren on 2025-01-22 at 17:24

@mappingsupport My spouse is a small-business handweaver, and sometimes sources the yarn for projects from Canada—we’ve been talking through the same conundrum the last couple of days and she’s rushing to put together an order and trying to think about storage. Absolutely, completely, absurdly ridiculous situation

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