[TheForge] Moving metal around

[debmiller at fuse.net]

Regrettably I would think it would be roughly a wash cost wise to ship versus replace minus all the labor involved in loading and unloading.

Plus he could sell off the existing stock to help defray some portion of the cost of replacement. There are other advantages to buying new as well.

If it was my shop, some of my stock has developed a nice "patina" of rust and pitting over time. A new supply of steel would reduce clean up time on many of my current fabrication projects. 

Buying a few tons of steel at once would yield a pretty good discount price to start with, plus once you have your racking in place, when they come to deliver it you can enlist their help filling the racks. (Of course I would supply beverages).

Also if he is like me, there is a not insignificant portion of my stock that I have had for a few years and haven't used. I would probably prefer to replace it with shapes I use more often.

Ray
Cincinnati
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> From: "gblacksmith" <gblacksmith at alamedanet.net>
> Date: 2005/05/24 Tue PM 11:20:04 EDT
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> CC: David Friedheim <david at kagi.com>, 
> 	david friedheim <davidfriedheim at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [TheForge] Moving metal around
> 
> Speaking of movement between states, I have a friend who is a metal sculptor 
> and is moving from from CA to the Baltimore, MD, area.  He was wondering if 
> it would be cost effective to move his  metal pile (around 2 tons) to MD.
> 
>  He would be willig to wait for a steamship to sail it around the Panama 
> Canal for a decent rate, and pick it up himself.  Likely he could pack it 
> loose in a container.
> 
> He was wondering about the economic feasibility, given the cost of steel 
> these days, and the retention of the odd shapes in his pile that he uses in 
> his work.  What do you folks think?   Grant
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> On May 24, 2005, at 6:08 PM, Ralph Sproul wrote:
> >   We don't have a sales tax.........Just every other
> > tax imaginable.
> >
> > Ralph
> >
> 
> from....
> 
> http://www.retirementliving.com/RLtaxes.html
> 
> "The data presented on the linked  page that follows shows states
> ranked by tax burden as a  percentage of income. The taxes include
> those paid by individuals AND businesses to state and local
> governments.   Businesses are included because they usually pass their
> tax costs on  to consumers.
> 
> The top five states where the tax  burden as a percent of income is the
> highest are: Maine (13.0%), New  York (12.0%), Hawaii (11.5%), Rhode
> Island (11.5%), and Wisconsin  (11.4%). The United States average is
> 10.1%. The District  of Columbia is 12.2%.
> 
> The five states with the lowest tax  burden as a percent of income are:
> Alaska (6.4%) 50th, New Hampshire  (7.4%) 49th, Delaware (8.0%) 48th,
> Tennessee (8.3%) 47th, and Alabama  (8.7%) 46th. Alaska has the lowest
> tax burden because it levies  significant severance taxes on oil
> extracted from the state - taxes  that are included in the price of oil
> sold thereby enabling Alaska to collect taxes that are paid by
> consumers across the country. As  a result, the state sends checks to
> all residents at tax time."
> 
> http://www.retirementliving.com/RLtaxburdens.html
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