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Cost of steel tubing increasing in late 2018

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Chris In Marshfield

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Received a notice from the Bearhawk factory that the price of kits is going up in 2019 due to increase in materials prices. Mark says that steel tubing has gone up 40%, and he had to use four suppliers to get what he needed for this quarter versus his usual source. Apparently the price of aluminum is up a bit as well, just not as much as steel tubing.

So if you're in the market for a Bearhawk kit, he can probably sneak you in under the wire with 2018 prices with what he's got put together if you call him now.

I sure hope the price of steel has come back down when it's my turn to buy the stuff. I'd hate to get priced out of my project. I'm gonna need a lot of tubing.
 
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