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$700.00 boxes
« on: February 15, 2003, 02:22:11 pm »
Wow maybe I should change my name to gabby. Well any ways the shop where I work at pays $700.00 per wooden box. They are 40 by 48 inches by 30 inches tall, their made of 1 by--- pallet lumber. Am I in the wrong business or what.
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2003, 02:33:43 pm »
Why don't you see if you can get some of that action?
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2003, 02:48:35 pm »
Are you sure they're empty?  I figure there is somewhere around 60 bf of lumber.  A lot would depend on the specs.  Pallet lumber is running about $.30/bf.  I believe you could get them built for around $30, especially if you bid it out.

Profit margins are pretty thin in pallet production.  The guys that are making it make trailer loads per day.  But, they don't fool around with small clients.

I find that a lot of guys that are industrial buyers don't have a clue about any wood they are buying.  They need it, and throw money at it.  Then send the excess costs to the consumer.  
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2003, 02:49:20 pm »
I'm working on it, Tom, beleave me, I'm working on it.
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2003, 05:44:13 pm »
You ain't in the wrong business, if you've got a sawmill! You could pay for all the other equipment you'd need, with the profit from one box. How many of these boxes do they need, anyway?
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2003, 06:09:51 pm »
Some wks 1 or 2, & some it's up to 20.
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2003, 05:46:20 am »
EZ,
 Send me a picture and specs and I will build them for $100.00 and you can sell them to the Shop for $350.00 and save them half the cost of a box.
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2003, 06:11:48 am »
EZ,  Let me buy them from Arky and sell them to you for $350 and you sell them to the shop for $600.  If the deal is too good they get skeptical :D :D
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2003, 11:18:52 am »
Sometimes I wonder why I even try. ::)
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2003, 02:47:16 pm »
I'll keep my mouth shut about the whole thing for 10.

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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2003, 04:12:39 pm »
Check in the mail, Jeff.
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2003, 09:40:46 pm »
I want some too!!!!!!!!!
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2003, 05:06:39 am »
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Whatcha gonna do with $700 boxes?
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Re: $700.00 boxes
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2003, 05:49:48 am »
Hey Minnesota_boy, Arky can build them, I will get them from him, and we can set you up like EZ as a distributor to dail_h. :D  I don't know how you feel but I would be willing to work out some kind of price break for another forum member. :D :D :D
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