Is this true, steel trebles in price in 6 mths?

[spud69]

I've just seen this post - time to go home.....

Haven't told HAndy yet, but last week when at our steel suppliers i asked the question about Corus closing down and they said that this will have no effect on their prices. But they did say that steel prices have been rapidly increasing over the last 3 months, for some products more than others. SO we are to expect some increases over the coming weeks but we are still getting good quality steel, 2mm thick box section (we both prefer it over 16swg) at trade prices.

But yes as you all say Handy puts an awful lot of work into the chassis packs and produces a great product for new builders and saves on expense on cutting discs and cutting machine purchases. He may have to increase prices shortly but this will only be to reflect cost of materials and not his effort and man hours that go into putting the packs together.

Keep it up.....AndyH

I would say you are better off buying the flat pack as takes out a lot of the work to get your chassis made. And no I'm not on commision

[thwang]

if i was to start again i would defo buy one of andys packs.
thwang
p.s how many hours do you think you can save by useing one of andys flat pack

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by thwang

if i was to start again i would defo buy one of andys packs.
thwang
p.s how many hours do you think you can save by useing one of andys flat pack

Thanks Spud / Fabby & Thwang,

Thats quite a good question Thwang, How many hours would it save using a flat pack kit? I,d like to know that too

Tho.... i will say this, I reckon if a builder had a flat pack & all CP plates ready at same time plus wishbones & uprights then with 2 good full days in a workshop you could have a rolling chassis in a weekend, Took me 11 weeks to get that far

now there,s a challenge for someone eh?

cheers
andy

In a previous life when my limbs worked properly I used to cut and fabricate 2 chassis's and 2 sets of wishbones/uprights/pedals and engine mounts for a firm up in Sunny Sheffield so it would be a doddle to knock a chassis up in a day with it already pre cut for you....

[alga]

I've chatted to a steel stockie about prices, he told me they were at their lowest last summer, the price for some things fell three-fold! I bought all my box section then, ended up paying ~34 quid for all box section. It's Czech made, so the quality is OK while the price was perhaps a bit lower than Western European.

[davidimurray]

It really depends what you are looking at - strip production here in South Wales is currently flat out. We are selling as much as we can roll and regulalrly breaking production records. Interestingly almost half our strip now goes outside the UK. Structural section on the other side has been hit terribly and as a result production is well down. We are currently being hit by massive hikes in raw materials prices - potentially 80% in the next 6 months! The other big issue is the current security in the market. Where plants have been idled there is reluctance by manufacturers to reopen them in case we are simply seeing short term restocking demands and with suggestions such as a W shaped recession then companies are balancing risk of lost production against running a plant at a loss. The result - demand is high and so are prices. The redcar closure has had little affect on the market as it has been ticking over supplying Corus internal orders for the past year.

[ozzy1]

Most likely there will be large increases in steel because there will be large increases in the raw ore.This is down to bhp & rio tinto negotiating higher prices with china in the next few months.This will have a knock on effect to everyone because the other suppliers will be able to increase their prices upto or just below the bhp benchmark price negotiated as steel suppliers will have to pay it because they will not be able to get it any cheaper from anyone else.
Just as a note i work as a contractor to one of said large companies so this scenario is true unfortunately.