so they are killing our industry and they have being doing that for years. I don't doubt you truduct. if can't get raw material, then it can not be made. that's a whole new scope of the problem.
We are a sheet metal duct manufacture. Specaialize in 28ga-10ga with some structural steel and heavy plate mixed in.ya thank Biden and company for that, closing down our steel mills, what are you producing that requires that much steel. and what type steel. are you job shop, medium or high volume manufacture.
are you a sheet metal fabricator, or machine shop or both. Times change, but I being storing material for years. and never had an issue.
Does this mean scrap metal prices would go up? Or would it not affect that at all?We are under alotments you cannot horde material or stock up. They will not sell you more than a set amount even if you wanted it. One of the biggest issues is China is buying 75% of our overseas steel. China is a lot closer to ship to from Turkey and Korea two of the worlds major steel countries so they are cutting the USA off and sending it to China.
I purchase around 5 million lbs of steel a year trust me when I say there is a steel shortage and it is not getting better anytime soon.
You would think it would Scrap prices have not gone up. There are no containers to ship scrap back across the pacific to China where we normally ship it. USA scrap yards are completely full and they have nowhere to ship the steel. Strange times indeed.Does this mean scrap metal prices would go up? Or would it not affect that at all?
Again you are going to see an increase in prices because of the cost of materials, fuel etc. You cant pump trillions of dollars into the economy that you don't have and not expect to see inflation. Likewise you can't shut down oil pipelines etc and expect fuel prices to stay the same. Trucking and material prices have literally doubled for me since January and I just keep passing that onto my customers. Same thing with ammo manufactures and price.
Realize that if you are holding cash you are losing 1-2% a month right now to inflation.
Something to think about gas is up over a $1 a gallon since January. Figure out how much fuel you consume a week on average then multiply that x 52 weeks? That stimulus money is really paying off lol.
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Looks like a pyramid scheme to me. Nice Steve.Not dove loads, but still hit the jackpot...Rabbits & squirrels be where.......
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I met a young guy out in payson a few years back. Couldn’t really hold his own weight had to carry him all the way home.The wife and are looking to purchase a home in the Prescott or Payson areas. Been going there every couple of weeks since the beginning of the year . No stores, Walmart, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Mom & Pop shops have any regular type of ammo that folks would use to hunt with. All stores have limits on quantities that can be purchased; but nothing to buy on the shelves except odd rifle calibers and even those are minuscule.
Best decision was to buy before the all steel, all states went into effect!
Like that !!I met a young guy out in payson a few years back. Couldn’t really hold his own weight had to carry him all the way home.
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Just stop... Manufacturers are still filling backorders that have to be filled at the contracted price.I not trying argue. I don't believe we have shortage. It's probably sitting in storage some where. Driving prices up listen guys after what happened last year. These are low life scumbags that want to disarm us any way they can. Cut off the food supply ,cut off the ammo. Now we are holding our ding dongs.
Do you have to use steel for zombies in CA???A lil off topic but I saw a bunch of boxes of Estate 12 gauge 00 for about $50 a box at my local Big 5 today.