Haven't priced steel for a while now. How is it? I use a 20' of .065" wall square tubing as a guideline. Anyone bought any lately, and how much is it? When I was in business, it hovered around $6, but a few months ago, it was around $9. I need to make some fence and gates.
Steve
It was actually down a little just before Xmas, don't know how things are now.
Um, 20' of what size .065" wall square steel tubing? It makes rather a big difference 1/2", 3/4", 1", etc. big jumps in total steel weight.
DOH. One inch.
Steve
It probably depends on whether your vendor spent $7 or $4 for the inventory he has.
An excellent time to shop around.
I'd call around. Small timers might not turn their inventory as often as larger sellers.
Wes
Just now got a quote from Allied Iron.
--Winston
Hmmm, thanks Ned. I'm paying more than you; I figured it'd be about the same across the country.
Jon
I just bought 500' of DOM tubing for $4.65'. Last year I paid $5.40'.
I bought a bit over ten tons at an auction this summer for $200. Starting to look like I did O.K.
Karl
Bet you did. Sell it all at rip off scrap price and you still win.
Glad you got some good stuff from the sounds of it. Mart> >
Did it start an tornadoes, Karl? You suck, bigtime! I think I paid $1 a foot for 5/8 sq. 0.093 wall a few years ago.
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Karl,
You still suck!
Wes
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Considering that the *scrap* price last time I recycled any was $220/ton, I'd say you did a lot better than just "O.K." Even if it's *all* scrap, you pocket an easy two grand.
California its $187/ton
In some places.
It tends to be wildly different all over the country/state/county/city
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