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| Super Steve
07-27-2012 16:06:02
209.239.18.44
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anyone bought 2"x2" metal tubing lately? just looking for a rough price on it. i need to buy some for a project but found some used but usable for what i think is a decent price but dont want to get the short end of the stick for not knowing what the new price is. i know price varies by wall thickness
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| s.crum
07-28-2012 14:08:48
67.142.181.26
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Super Steve, 07-27-2012 16:06:02
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| On any steel consider what you need for the job. Often the more un-common thicknesses are considerably more expensive than the common thicknesses for the same size tubing. This is sometimes a local thing wheras maybe 2X2x1/4" wall is used by several operations. So you go to a supplier and want 2x2x3/16" wall and find it is the same or more expensive than the 1/4" wall material.
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| Stick welding
07-28-2012 21:55:10
96.53.210.246
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to s.crum, 07-28-2012 14:08:48
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| Trailer hitch tubing fits in that category and is quite a bit more expensive because it is a special size.
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| welding man
07-28-2012 05:23:43
76.9.225.76
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Super Steve, 07-27-2012 16:06:02
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| 2x2x 11 ga. wall -$2.25 a foot delivered .1/4 in. wall 2.95 per foot delivered.
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| Stick welding
07-27-2012 22:21:33
96.53.210.246
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Super Steve, 07-27-2012 16:06:02
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| Why don't you just list the price being asked and the wall thickness? It would make it a whole lot easier to answer your question. You could also call around to steel suppliers or scrap yards. Steel suppliers usually have a minimum buy of $75 or more but scrap yards often sell new steel in any length. Some welding shops will sell steel as well.
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| Tom Bond
07-27-2012 18:31:16
98.212.12.115
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Diydave, 07-27-2012 16:06:02
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| Take a look at McMaster Carr. I buy quite a bit of metal stock from them. They are about the most competitive I've found.
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| jon f mn
07-27-2012 18:02:34
166.249.130.213
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Super Steve, 07-27-2012 16:06:02
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| Discount Steel and Aluminum in Minneapolis has 2x2x3/16x24' for $108.00 2x2x11ga.x40' for $116.00
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| JMS/.MN
07-27-2012 17:33:37
209.237.107.155
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Super Steve, 07-27-2012 16:06:02
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| Local price here is a few cents either side of a buck a pound.
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| Andy Wickiser
07-27-2012 16:58:44
64.31.89.24
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Super Steve, 07-27-2012 16:06:02
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| For a quick check try www.metalsdepot.com .
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| NCWayne
07-27-2012 22:49:01
69.40.232.132
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Re: metal tubing price? in reply to Andy Wickiser, 07-27-2012 16:58:44
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| Bought some stuff from their place local to me in Charlotte. I got the pieces I needed, in the lengths I needed for just under what it would have cost me per foot for a 20 foot stick. Given that I only needed 3 feet of one of the pieces and it was still $90, I'd hated to have had to buy a full 20' stick. Overall they were great folks to deal with and I would definately buy from them again.
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