sberry
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I havnt bought any in so long I don't have a clue, what is plate and angle now.
Steel prices
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Best I can offer is Oregon price on .120 wall 2" square tube, just checked here a few days ago - comes in at just under a buck a pound from Ram Steelco, Salem. Price basically hasn't moved since my last order about 8 months ago... Steve
Whoops, glad I didn't order it. Even better and easier, 3/16.
So, this is the job, my rusted old truck bed. I am going to have them shear 7 strips, I will cut a couple inches off each end and lay it right over the bad spot and draw around it, then follow the line with the plasma and basically put in a plug, weld the seams up.
The old bed is welded 100% around the outside. I wont have to remove any of it. After I cut the plug can dress up the beams
So, this is the job, my rusted old truck bed. I am going to have them shear 7 strips, I will cut a couple inches off each end and lay it right over the bad spot and draw around it, then follow the line with the plasma and basically put in a plug, weld the seams up.
The old bed is welded 100% around the outside. I wont have to remove any of it. After I cut the plug can dress up the beams
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f150skidoo
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I ordered around 1500 pound of sheet steel last week and the order worked out to $0.65 a lb for the in stock items and the special order plate was $0.73 a lb.
Macrosloth
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$1.12 -$1.17 CAD ($0.80 - 0.85 USD.) per lb. were the prices quoted to me the other day for mild steel flat bar and square tube.
What supplier?
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sberry I’ll find out what our monthly contract pricing is in the morning.
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sberry we are paying about $0.425/lb for Hot Rolled Pickled and Oiled (plate) landed on our dock.
Cold Roll $0.4745/lb landed.
12-18 ga 304-2B Stainless +/-1.65/lb landed.
>20 ga 304-2B Stainless +/-1.80/lb landed.
5052-H32 Aluminum +/-$1.85/lb landed.
6061-T6 Aluminum +/-$3.60 (just picked up a 5/8 x 17 x 18 drop for $2.7561/lb) for a fellow GJ fabrication project.
Our material Price Guide we operate to monthly expired yesterday and the new one will be released Monday (I hope). Indicators are saying HRP&O, CRS, Galvanneal, and Pre-Plate material in general are stable.
Aluminum is trending down slightly. And Stainless is a wild card...any Stainless thicker than 12 ga we are calling to get a quote unless there is no time for an accurate quote we are winging it at $2.00/lb landed.
However with the Covid Issue so fresh in the economy Mondays new Price Guide may yield a few surprises. If I get the update Monday I'll update this too.
On a side note I just ordered 1989 lb of AR500 plate, 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick for $1348.41 or $0.6779/lb landed. The Water Jet is going to get busy.
Cold Roll $0.4745/lb landed.
12-18 ga 304-2B Stainless +/-1.65/lb landed.
>20 ga 304-2B Stainless +/-1.80/lb landed.
5052-H32 Aluminum +/-$1.85/lb landed.
6061-T6 Aluminum +/-$3.60 (just picked up a 5/8 x 17 x 18 drop for $2.7561/lb) for a fellow GJ fabrication project.
Our material Price Guide we operate to monthly expired yesterday and the new one will be released Monday (I hope). Indicators are saying HRP&O, CRS, Galvanneal, and Pre-Plate material in general are stable.
Aluminum is trending down slightly. And Stainless is a wild card...any Stainless thicker than 12 ga we are calling to get a quote unless there is no time for an accurate quote we are winging it at $2.00/lb landed.
However with the Covid Issue so fresh in the economy Mondays new Price Guide may yield a few surprises. If I get the update Monday I'll update this too.
On a side note I just ordered 1989 lb of AR500 plate, 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick for $1348.41 or $0.6779/lb landed. The Water Jet is going to get busy.
redm18
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About 3 weeks ago I bought 30 feet of 11 gauge inch and a half square tubing in Cedar Rapids Iowa at Storm Steel. They let hobby guys walk in and order cash and carry. Cost was about 60 bucks with tax.
matt_i
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Just got 48ft (2 sticks) of 1-1/2 ERW box tube w 11 ga wall for $78. (It did incluide about 400 lbs of other steel too so take my pricing with that in mind)
Was trying to do a Will Call pickup at the Alro Steel Yard in Jackson, MI but they ixnayed that and delivered for free. So that was cool.
Had to look up the weight. 2.252 lb/ft so 108# @ 0.72/lb. Seems good.
The "heavy metal" (1018 CF flat bar) has seemed high to me for awhile judging by other quotes I got from work. And also my own...Couple of sticks of 1/4 x 1 and 1/4 x 1-1/2" went for $2.30/lb and $3.14/lb respectively. Maybe the "free delivery" is buried in the flat bars....
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hbabler
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So how does one go about finding a place to buy steel that doesn’t screw you over? Obviously I’m a hobbiest, I need some plate to build a couple of forcible entry doors for my fire station. I have not had any luck finding a place that deals fairly with non commercial accounts in the Dallas area. Do you guys have any ideas?
sweetk30
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i cut up my old flatbed that was looking like that last year . the rust was so bad on the under side were it was popping threw the top . bye the time i knocked the rest loose and found all the bad spots it was a full floor redo job . then the rest of the frame was getting thin and rusty and would have needed blasting to get ready for weld up and paint . i said to my self its not worth saving the flatbed . it gave me almost 15 years of good service and i got it used .
jamscal
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.42 cents/lb here in Louisville, KY for hrpo (7ga and 1/4")
I have only 3 employees so we're a pretty small fab shop.
I have only 3 employees so we're a pretty small fab shop.
matt_i
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A possibility is to find a fabrication/welding shop that could potentially add your steel order to theirs for a small markup.
If they order regularly, and you get full bar/sheet quantities it could work out well. Some are willing to do this and some won't. Just have to make a few friends. Drive your cool car/truck over there and maybe you can spark up a conversation.
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The problem is the Sales Tax in an audit.
Pretty much why we won’t or can’t do it. We get audited about every 5 years.
A while back we found enough stuff to build 7 of these bunk trailers. Should have done it 40 years ago. They wored with 1 a long time, I built another, finally had it with the store in bunk/load/unload and build 7 more as bunks. Only thing bought was welding wire and a jack leg for each one. Once we somewhat built a proto they went fast. We could sort of gang cut, we knew the dimensions it was easy. Couple of them did 2 at a time.
Wheels needed to be 84 wide and I even change some bunk dimensions on my old ones.
Wheels needed to be 84 wide and I even change some bunk dimensions on my old ones.
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theoldwizard1
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Are you going to make your own diamond tread pattern ?
I love those bunk trailers.
For our hand move irrigation pipe I built bunks out of square tube with fork lift pockets. They were easily stored on the edge of the field and double stacked as required or placed on the single trailer frame I built to move them.
The aluminum pipes were only 3”x30 footers though and had sprinklers with NO standpipe risers.
redm18
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Im sure there is a place like that around Dallas. I googleed steel supply hobby Dallas and got the metal super market Dallas seemed like a decent place to start. Other ideas would be to call around or email the local makerspace and see where they get they metal.
As a hobbyist I make a steel order only a few times a year and there is a local steel yard that will deliver if the order is over $250 whether commercial or non-commercial. As a walk-in customer 1/4" steel plate was $0.57/lb and 3" square tube with 1/4" wall was $0.69/lb. Last order was a total almost 800 lbs delivered for a total cost of around $0.82/lb but that is a mix of rectangle, sheet, angle, and tubing.
As for finding a supplier, just call or walk in. First few orders I went and picked up some stock and paid a nominal fee for them to torch cut some of the stock in half for transport. Then they informed me they would deliver. The yard I deal with is fairly decent sized but a family owned business. If they don't have it in stock they can get it in a day or two. They will call in the morning and give me a delivery window. Can't beat the ease of having steel just show up 24 hours after calling it in.
Honestly, after using these folks for the last few years I don't even shop around. Not worth it for my volume.
As for finding a supplier, just call or walk in. First few orders I went and picked up some stock and paid a nominal fee for them to torch cut some of the stock in half for transport. Then they informed me they would deliver. The yard I deal with is fairly decent sized but a family owned business. If they don't have it in stock they can get it in a day or two. They will call in the morning and give me a delivery window. Can't beat the ease of having steel just show up 24 hours after calling it in.
Honestly, after using these folks for the last few years I don't even shop around. Not worth it for my volume.
hbabler
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Thanks for the ideas guys. I’ll see what I can find.
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Looks like prices are falling on average from the latest pricing we have.
Cold Roll is down about $0.05/lb in 36, 48 and 60 wide.
Hot Roll is holding it's own, no change.
5052 Aluminum no change.
6061 Aluminum down $0.25/lb.
Stainless 300 and 400 series no change.
Galvanneal depending on thickness is down $0.02-0.05/lb.
G30, G90 10ga to 20ga and 22ga & 24ga are also down $0.020/lb.
Wild Card Material to watch closely is the 1100 Aluminum, if time allows we will get a quoted price otherwise we are using $4.75/lb.
Might be a good time to stock up on 6061 Aluminum.
Cold Roll is down about $0.05/lb in 36, 48 and 60 wide.
Hot Roll is holding it's own, no change.
5052 Aluminum no change.
6061 Aluminum down $0.25/lb.
Stainless 300 and 400 series no change.
Galvanneal depending on thickness is down $0.02-0.05/lb.
G30, G90 10ga to 20ga and 22ga & 24ga are also down $0.020/lb.
Wild Card Material to watch closely is the 1100 Aluminum, if time allows we will get a quoted price otherwise we are using $4.75/lb.
Might be a good time to stock up on 6061 Aluminum.
bradpac
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The 24/26ga Galvalume coils we order have dropped about $0.05/lb from where we bought in early February. Painted stuff is still holding. From this time last year we are down about $0.10/lb.
86turbodsl
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Seems like Alro treated you well. Those guys always **** me. Why i avoid the retail store unless i'm out of options. Surplus steel in jackson is good, and Contractors steel in Livonia.
Farmall450
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It's nice to find someplace you can trust where you come to that conclusion.