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Re: S&G: Plywood sources
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/1/2007, 4:47 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Plywood sources (TOM RAYMOND)

: Hi Bill,

: Shipping on plywood is insanely expensive, and while most online companies
: will post sample shipping costs they seem to be grossly under estimated. I
: ordered an aluminum/phenolic sheet for a project at work that cost just
: under $200 for 4'x10'x1/4". After crating, handling, and freight the
: total bill was $630.

: For me, the only local supplier of okoume gets around $60 a sheet, and are
: about an hour away. Even if the wood was free, and I paid the bargain
: shipping posted online, my project would cost more than twice as much to
: order stock.

: Get your stuff as close to home as you can, or buy it by the truckload, that
: is the only way to get a good price.

Hi Tom,

For me I've got a place that's a bit over a hundred miles away, I just order enough for a couple boats and unload the kayak trailer and go get it :) Then I can also bring home a pile of cedar too.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Plywood sources
Kudzu -- 10/30/2007, 6:56 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Joy -- 10/31/2007, 7:00 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2007, 1:22 am
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
TOM RAYMOND -- 11/1/2007, 12:31 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2007, 4:47 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/1/2007, 6:47 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Bill Hamm -- 11/2/2007, 10:36 am
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Bill Hamm -- 10/31/2007, 1:26 am
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Kudzu -- 10/31/2007, 5:54 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/31/2007, 8:17 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2007, 1:18 am
Re: S&G: Plywood shipping
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/1/2007, 11:22 am
Re: S&G: Plywood shipping
TOM RAYMOND -- 11/1/2007, 12:01 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Mike Savage -- 11/1/2007, 8:05 am
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2007, 4:45 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Dave -- 10/30/2007, 9:31 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Kudzu -- 10/30/2007, 11:03 pm
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
Brian Smith -- 10/31/2007, 9:10 am
Re: S&G: Plywood sources
george jung -- 10/30/2007, 11:27 pm