Yeah, right,  he knows that can’t happen when their profit margins are 6-8%.  He’s just playing the long game here to get more U.S. manufacturing.  I bet he backs off and gives them 2-3 years - you can’t move manufacturing overnight.

My 2019 F350 XLT Crew Cab Dually long bed has a removable tailgate that is easy to unplug, release the cables and lift off (clumsily). The only additional items in the glove box were plug stubs to plug in where the cords were unplugged to prevent contamination. Maybe your truck has a much fancier tailgate that mine. 

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We bought our new 2025 F350 DRW with the camper package specifically so we could mount a truck camper.  When we picked up the truck from the dealer three weeks ago, the slide-in camper data sheet was in the glove box but there was no tailgate removal kit anywhere in the truck.  The parts department at the dealer says the kit is not an orderable item and the salesperson says they will try to find a kit in another truck.  We cannot mount the camper without removing the tailgate so this is not something we can just live without and so far, no one has been able to locate one.    I've seen other discussion threads on this same topic and people have posted photos and part numbers for a kit for prior years, but I haven't seen any postings specifically about the 2025 SD.  Can anyone provide a P/N and possibly a photo of what this looks like for the 2025 so we can pass the info along to our dealer?    Editing my original post to add that this truck is a Platinum trim level with full power tailgate.  

Interesting that the president warned the CEOs of Ford, GM and Stellantis to not raise prices due to the new Tariffs..          

Exactly. Hyundai just announced a $6B steel mill in Louisiana to support their assembly plants down south. 

Which is what Trump is trying to achieve with the Tariffs. Honda and Hyundai are already making similar moves.

They’ll just move Tacoma production back to San Antonio where it was before.

For now, but tariffs on Canada/Mexican produced parts will begin once Customs figures out how to do it.   This a quote from a Detroit News article (paywall):   "Duties on auto parts, which will have significant impacts on domestic production, will take effect sometime before May 3. No firmer date has been announced."

Next to Tesla and Rivian, Ford is the brand that's gonna come off the best from all of this. I will say, Toyota might be screwed. A brand for value conscious consumers and some of their most popular products like the Tacoma and RAV4 4 are about to get slammed.   I could genuinely see this benefiting the ranger quite a bit. It's already closed the gap with Tacoma, it's a better truck by far, it's gradually developing a better reputation for reliability than the Toyota, and now it's gonna be significantly cheaper as well. If I was in the market for a midsized truck, I wouldn't even look at a Tacoma now, ranger all day.