Was looking at box blades

[David Page]

Been looking at used box blades but they are a little rich for my blood. Guess I'll wait awhile.

 

[skeets]

Yes Sir every thing is kind of dear now a days

 

[fried1765]

Yes Sir every thing is kind of dear now a days

Anybody here really think that box blades are likely to become less expensive any time soon?
The OP might eventually get lucky on a used one,.......but only "might".

 

[ejb11235]

Anybody here really think that box blades are likely to become less expensive any time soon?
The OP might eventually get lucky on a used one,.......but only "might".

I do not think that things will be getting less expensive any time soon.

 

[skeets]

Maybe a farm sale or a house auction, but I have seen things go for more at those things than for new

 

[David Page]

I've been looking at things a little different lately as you all indicate things might not get cheaper for awhile. So what do I really need or what might help us to get by.

 

[OrangeKrush]

I've been looking at things a little different lately as you all indicate things might not get cheaper for awhile. So what do I really need or what might help us to get by.

I got lucky and snagged a 60" king kutter bb for $400 last summer. Just gotta be in the right place at the right time with the cash on hand!

 

[top gnome]

Anybody here really think that box blades are likely to become less expensive any time soon?
The OP might eventually get lucky on a used one,.......but only "might".

Not sure as interest rates go up a recession is a real possibility. Lumber has already dropped almost 1/2 of what it was in march.

 

[Bmyers]

Will the price drop anytime soon? Not from the manufacture side.

Yet, as it was pointed out, right place right time and you can get a deal. I think these types of deals will become more common as people have to re-evaluate what they need and what they can let go of to make bills.

 

[Tornado]

Im still rocking the 5 foot box blade from tractor supply. I just went and looked and that thing is now $1099 on their website. I got it in 2019 for like $700 - $800; and that was not a sale price or anything, that was the standard price. Now its $1100.

I went with this one specifically because it was cheaper, and I knew I wouldnt be using it every day so I didnt need more. Ive used it now for 3 years and it is just as solid as the day I bought it. I wouldnt buy many attachments from tractor supply - but the box blades they sale seem really good for the price. I dont see cheap cut corners on the box blade like some of their other implements.

 

[ejb11235]

Not sure as interest rates go up a recession is a real possibility. Lumber has already dropped almost 1/2 of what it was in march.

That's a really good point, and I have to sheepishly admit I hadn't thought of that. The whole point of raising interest raises is to curb inflation, but if the Fed doesn't achieve the desired "soft landing" and we go into recession instead, the pricing picture could look completely different. And my understanding is that the Fed doesn't have a very good track record of achieving soft landings.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

re: The whole point of raising interest raises is to curb inflation

really ? Isn't raising 'rates' itself 'inflation' ?? it's costing me more for the same product !

OK, raising rates tends to 'curb' purchases, but that lowers the GDP or whatever 'marker' they use, so then the economy is in a 'downturn'.....

BTW ,while some lumber prices have come down... a 3/8 sheet of garbage plywood is $50, or DOUBLE it used to be preChinese virus....

 

[ejb11235]

re: The whole point of raising interest raises is to curb inflation

really ? Isn't raising 'rates' itself 'inflation' ?? it's costing me more for the same product !

OK, raising rates tends to 'curb' purchases, but that lowers the GDP or whatever 'marker' they use, so then the economy is in a 'downturn'.....

BTW ,while some lumber prices have come down... a 3/8 sheet of garbage plywood is $50, or DOUBLE it used to be preChinese virus....

I remember when this was $15 a sheet!

 

[GreensvilleJay]

hmm...
.344" thick NOT .375

Must be 'new math'... no wonder stuff don't fit right anymore.....

 

[OrangeKrush]

hmm...
.344" thick NOT .375

Must be 'new math'... no wonder stuff don't fit right anymore.....

Yep the new math! This where we are going in this country..

 

[Bmyers]

I remember when this was $15 a sheet!
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I wonder why they don't list it as 11/32?

 

[ejb11235]

.344" thick NOT .375

hmmm, 8% thinner

 

[ccoon520]

hmm...
.344" thick NOT .375

Must be 'new math'... no wonder stuff don't fit right anymore.....

3/8 is the nominal thickness. Like 2x4s are not 2" by 4" they are 1.5x3.5.

 

[top gnome]

I remember when this was $15 a sheet!
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Prices are slick going up and sticky coming down. We may be a long way from prices coming down but the wholesale price of lumber is going to come down because raising interest rates will effect mortgage rates and that will change the world of lumber. A typical mortgage payment even with the modest interest rate increase has already gone up 50% with retail sales coming in hot yesterday the fed will raise rates at the next few meetings. Lumber has started to fall it needs to get to 350 to be where it was for the last 25 years before the april 2020 free money started. The extra money out there will eventually trickle up to the billionaires. With mortgages. fuel and food prices acting like a tax on the economy the used market unfortunately will be robust at some point in the future.


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In 2022, a home bought at the median price of $375,300, with 10% down, and financed at 5.27% came with a monthly payment of $1,869.