yeah, so in rural America where I live lets see how it's going.
Food is way more expensive. Gas is way more expensive. From what I hear, fertilizer is way more expensive. Basically everything is way more expensive, lots of people drive trucks because the actually need them. And everything is several miles apart.
Could be a rough year for farmers.
Who cares about farmers though? Those are just smelly dirty poor people too dumb to live in a city, right?
Yeah, ok. These people think WalMart makes the food you buy there. There's a Tendie machine in the back that makes your tendies from recycled Fiji water bottles.
Rural America is also where most things are made that are still made here. At my company quotes are only good for 10 days now, we practically have a ticker running that tallies steel cost which goes up every day.
Swallowwell is definitely on crack. Or his assistant who posted this is.
It is hard on farmers especially the price of diesel. It's over five dollars a gallon now.
I have many people with pickups where it's costing over a hundred dollars to fill with gasoline. I agree with everything. especially about the truck part. we have a truck with four wheel drive which is pretty much essential in winter. I drive a car most of the time because I live in town but there are times we have absolutely needed the truck.
We just got floors quoted last week and the guy came today with samples and said his prices have already gone up but thankfully he’s going to keep our quote
I paid $35 for 2X6X16 today per board and $28 per 2X4X16. 6 mil visqueen has gone from $150 for 2000 sq ft to $300. #4 Rebar has doubled too. 2 inch foam R13 sheets are 50 bucks. My concrete suppliers have all raised their prices per yard by 20% AND add $100 fuel surcharge per load. Its costing me $500 to $1000 a day just in fuel surcharges. We had an above average March in footage poured but my concrete bill was $147k by far a new record. I got to pay this monthly while builders take up to 90 days to pay me.
Homeowner work has dried up at $6 per foot. Im pushing all my builders for $4 per foot. Thats a 33% increase but still less than my costs have risen.
Wages are 30% higher at least plus you have to pay bonuses and you still cant find help. I run 4 diesel trucks a day and 2 gas. My fuel costs are through the roof.
I may retire. Im too old to be doing everything myself again.
I cringed the whole time reading that. The only good thing is it sounds like you’re at the end. Im at the start. No time for retirement. It’s a shame either way, it will be the end of what sounds like a successful construction business for you. How do you keep that alive for another generation?
My comment was about a 6x6x12” 6061AL for a single part. They wonder what we charge more...
They're not on crack. They're fucking LOADED compared to us, and they're so completely out of touch its infuriating and sad. This is why they don't even blink when newsfucks say shit like "We want gas to be $10 a gallon!"
yeah, so in rural America where I live lets see how it's going.
Food is way more expensive. Gas is way more expensive. From what I hear, fertilizer is way more expensive. Basically everything is way more expensive, lots of people drive trucks because the actually need them. And everything is several miles apart.
Could be a rough year for farmers.
Who cares about farmers though? Those are just smelly dirty poor people too dumb to live in a city, right?
Yeah, ok. These people think WalMart makes the food you buy there. There's a Tendie machine in the back that makes your tendies from recycled Fiji water bottles.
Rural America is also where most things are made that are still made here. At my company quotes are only good for 10 days now, we practically have a ticker running that tallies steel cost which goes up every day.
Swallowwell is definitely on crack. Or his assistant who posted this is.
It is hard on farmers especially the price of diesel. It's over five dollars a gallon now. I have many people with pickups where it's costing over a hundred dollars to fill with gasoline. I agree with everything. especially about the truck part. we have a truck with four wheel drive which is pretty much essential in winter. I drive a car most of the time because I live in town but there are times we have absolutely needed the truck.
We just got floors quoted last week and the guy came today with samples and said his prices have already gone up but thankfully he’s going to keep our quote
I produce “goods” and I saw a piece of material you can hold in your hand, rise nine dollars in one week.
I paid $35 for 2X6X16 today per board and $28 per 2X4X16. 6 mil visqueen has gone from $150 for 2000 sq ft to $300. #4 Rebar has doubled too. 2 inch foam R13 sheets are 50 bucks. My concrete suppliers have all raised their prices per yard by 20% AND add $100 fuel surcharge per load. Its costing me $500 to $1000 a day just in fuel surcharges. We had an above average March in footage poured but my concrete bill was $147k by far a new record. I got to pay this monthly while builders take up to 90 days to pay me.
Homeowner work has dried up at $6 per foot. Im pushing all my builders for $4 per foot. Thats a 33% increase but still less than my costs have risen.
Wages are 30% higher at least plus you have to pay bonuses and you still cant find help. I run 4 diesel trucks a day and 2 gas. My fuel costs are through the roof.
I may retire. Im too old to be doing everything myself again.
I cringed the whole time reading that. The only good thing is it sounds like you’re at the end. Im at the start. No time for retirement. It’s a shame either way, it will be the end of what sounds like a successful construction business for you. How do you keep that alive for another generation?
My comment was about a 6x6x12” 6061AL for a single part. They wonder what we charge more...
We're getting our tendies from the mayo man.
They're not on crack. They're fucking LOADED compared to us, and they're so completely out of touch its infuriating and sad. This is why they don't even blink when newsfucks say shit like "We want gas to be $10 a gallon!"