[TheForge] Steel Scrap was Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Mon Jun 9 21:50:49 EDT 2008



David E. Smucker wrote:
> Like Ries notes -- most scrap is on the move today.  Another reason is 
> that most scrap yards expect the price of scrap to drop, and drop 
> quickly so you want to get the money out of what you already have on the 
> ground.  Around here (western North Carolina) many guys who would 
> normally be hauling timber are current trucking scrap, pays better.

	Timber prices are very low right now.  I'm getting rough sawn, any 
dimension I want for between 25 and 40 cents/bd ft., an wood - oak, 
hemlock, pine, etc.  Great for me but perhaps not so great for the mills?


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