over seas iron.

[Blu Du]

went down to the well pump supply house and picked up 105' 2" galvanized drop pipe. he says $7.64/ft for american steel or $3.75 for import. Of course they are out of imported steel from Thailand, so I had to buy american. how can they buy our steel ship it to Thailand make the product and ship it back and sell it in the us for half price over american steel. What is wrong with our country!!!

 

[ruffryder]

went down to the well pump supply house and picked up 105' 2" galvanized drop pipe. he says $7.64/ft for american steel or $3.75 for import. Of course they are out of imported steel from Thailand, so I had to buy american. how can they buy our steel ship it to Thailand make the product and ship it back and sell it in the us for half price over american steel. What is wrong with our country!!!

Why do you say they buy it from us?

 

[Sidehiller]

They buy old ships from us and scrap them. I've seen articles with pictures from India of men in shorts & sandles with torches and hammers demoing ships to be recycled. Pay was a few dollars a day and they averaged one death per day. But at least they are recycling! Go greenies!

 

[Blu Du]

all the steel from the world trade center was bought by China

 

[SNOW JW]

I was told the other day that the US steel pipe companies sighed a deal so there would be no imported steel??? Not sure if there is any truth they also said with the rise in transporting cost across seas and roads that US steel can now compete with the imported stuff.

 

[bullfrog123]

Yes they DO buy our steel junk and import it back to us to buy. The problem with that is it is "JUNK" steel. Their refining methods and quality control don't come close to what the US demands. Just look at the knock off compact tractors and implements that seem to pop up daily (Jinma, Farm Pro, Yanmar, Kama, etc). What a POS. No dealer's anywhere, or factory support. And to top it all of they are made out of inferior steel. As in rubber, aluminum, brass, dirt, tin, and who knows what else in there. I have been hauling scrap iron for 2 month now, (just to clean up the property), and the scrap yards will take ANYTHING that is on the trailer. What a load of crap.

But the whole "Free Trade" issue is what is driving this steel problem. That and the booming economy in Asia.

 

[xrated]

I haven't stirred the pot for awhile so.....one word. UNIONS.

It all starts with guys in the ore mines thinking they need 30 bucks an hour to scoop dirt into the truck and 40 bucks an hour to drive the truck up the road.

 

[hilinerider]

import steel is so porous that you can't even cut threads into it, the cheap import pipe has almost got people in the oilfields killed, supposed to be good to a certain pressure but not even close, the ban is to keep the junk from killin someone

 

[ruffryder]

Gotcha, they buy our junk from US and sell the reprocessed steel back to us. I was thinking you meant they buy our raw steel and sell that back to us.

The pitfalls of the global economy it seems.

I have seen those pictures and some video in India, quite amazing how quickly they can tear a ship down. I think it is the largest ship scrap yard in the world. I think your dollars a day is too high also, probably more like dollars a week. We send our high tech stuff over there for dollars a day, just think what there poor actually make. I think most of them are re***ees and the like from other countries too. Very similar to Mexicans and here it would seem.

 

[Supplicate]

I haven't stirred the pot for awhile so.....one word. UNIONS.

It all starts with guys in the ore mines thinking they need 30 bucks an hour to scoop dirt into the truck and 40 bucks an hour to drive the truck up the road.

 

[JDKZRT]

Yes they DO buy our steel junk and import it back to us to buy. The problem with that is it is "JUNK" steel.

You don't think you can buy JUNK steel that's been re-cycled in the US or Canada??? ...... got news for ya....... you sure can. You can also get excellent steel/forgings/castings from India, China, Vietnam and other Asian countries too.
Like the old saying goes... you get what you pay for.

 

[ericbigbore]

I haven't stirred the pot for awhile so.....one word. UNIONS.

It all starts with guys in the ore mines thinking they need 30 bucks an hour to scoop dirt into the truck and 40 bucks an hour to drive the truck up the road.

I hear you, entitlement is a joke.

 

[POLZIN]

I haven't stirred the pot for awhile so.....one word. UNIONS.

It all starts with guys in the ore mines thinking they need 30 bucks an hour to scoop dirt into the truck and 40 bucks an hour to drive the truck up the road.

X2 I will get you a spoon to stir that pot anytime! I live next to the rez. Navajo unoin workers set a new standard for stupid and lazy!

I own a machine shop and the price and quality of steel foreign or domestic is declining as a whole. It is becoming difficult for me to get some materials at all! and my customers mostly oil/energy companys cry about the price increases. Gee I feel so bad passing the bill back to them!

 

[xrated]

Navajo Rez by Farmington???

 

[POLZIN]

Navajo Rez by Farmington???

Yep!! Navajo rez By Farminton NM not MN which is often confused here as there are damn few sledders this far south

 

[xrated]

Yep!! Navajo rez By Farminton NM not MN which is often confused here as there are damn few sledders this far south

gotcha, just had some swapping of the M and N in your info!

 

[Clarke673]

Does anyone know what steal is worth per pound? I have some steal body parts off of an old dozer, its about 500-700 pounds. Broke my tail gate loading it lol.

 

[Blu Du]

not enough to fix your tail gate. LOL $150 a ton a little while ago, less now i think.