Originally Posted by seypat

I hate to put a damper on things, but now is not the best time to be buying anything steel related. I work in a steel related industry. We've been getting price increases at the rate of 1 per month since the start of the year. On average, the increases are around 10%. There have been 2 at 25%. The letters received earlier this week has another one at the end of the month at 13%. There are also backorder issues in the 3-5 month range as well as allocation requirements. If you have something now you can ride, do that or buy something used locally. Put your new purchase off for a year. It's doubtful you could get a binding quote that would be good for a week or more. It's that bad at the moment.