Fuel Prices

[Lynchy]

The old man has started to do a few bits for the railway, mainly structural beams etc.
He did a beam a few months ago, about 4m long plate welded on each end..... fair lump of a beam maybe 300 square nothing to crazy.
It was being fitted on the Saturday night, I turned up to the yard on the Friday morning and I'm not joking I thought someone was dead! The amount of orange hiviz suits I thought a beam had fell on someone and this was the investigation team
22 guys there to check that the bolts would torque to the required spec.... Big massive road compressor and a guy with a big air gun that would not tighten the bolt up enough to squeeze the special washers that they flew someone from NI to Essex to collect the day before because the courier couldn't guarantee a next day delivery.
Anyway the old man said, try my hitachi 3/4 drive corded gun..... 5hey did and it worked a treat forman ask if he could hire it and were he bought it and turned around and sent a guy to buy 2... one for the job and two spares

Got to be the dearest beam ever to leave this yard

Hope you included'idiot tax',just think of money Murtagh makes on conc beams n sills?

 

[Quattromike]

More and more people I'm speaking to have given up paying for derv and willing to chance it just running cherry in the pickup

 

[Lancs Lad]

More and more people I'm speaking to have given up paying for derv and willing to chance it just running cherry in the pickup

Just talking about this here. The vosa weighbridge has been mobbed this last week. Loads of cops everyday etc. Apparently a big dipping spree

 

[Quattromike]

163.4 for next week

 

[Furniss]

72 centimes + vat July 2021 ------ 136centimes + vat this morning

 

[craig]

Next week,

UKF 163.78ppl
Fast Fuel 164.36ppl
Applegreen 162.35ppl
Shell 163.82ppl
Esso 163.77ppl
all plus vat

Goes without saying, they`re all up again

 

[6feetdown]

168.1

 

[bobthebuilder]

168.1

165.78

 

[craig]

Crude prices have generally been coming down the last 3/4 days yet the prices we`re getting quoted on here are still going up

 

[TiltyShaun]

Crude prices have generally been coming down the last 3/4 days yet the prices we`re getting quoted on here are still going up

The fuel price is out of the refinery. If Fridays drop holds should see it ease next week as long as the £/$ rate doesn’t do anything stupid!!

 

[Lynchy]

Crude prices have generally been coming down the last 3/4 days yet the prices we`re getting quoted on here are still going up

Why wouldn't they...people are still buying however crazy it gets bumper profits,lots of tax for government....

 

[craig]

The fuel price is out of the refinery. If Fridays drop holds should see it ease next week as long as the £/$ rate doesn’t do anything stupid!!

The Fuel card suppliers refer to the price of crude when you question their prices.
Any drop you`ll be lucky to see any reduction in about 3 weeks, going upwards its instant.

 

[Lancs Lad]

The Fuel card suppliers refer to the price of crude when you question their prices.
Any drop you`ll be lucky to see any reduction in about 3 weeks, going upwards its instant.

Be awesome to be able to whack your price on some supposed future raw material price increase wouldn't it...
Imagine getting to a job..."type 1 is £20 more today than" why? The markets up. But you bought it all 3 weeks ago .. tough luck pay up

 

[Storrsy]

Be awesome to be able to whack your price on some supposed future raw material price increase wouldn't it...
Imagine getting to a job..."type 1 is £20 more today than" why? The markets up. But you bought it all 3 weeks ago .. tough luck pay up

I have this problem at the moment. Got to put a load of fences around mineshafts. Quoted 2 months ago and only just had It confirmed and in the mean time prices on materials have gone up big time. I can't do the job for at least 6 months cos I'm too busy so God knows what it will be by then. Probably 10k worth of materials so don't really want to front it 6 months in advance

 

[doobin]

I have this problem at the moment. Got to put a load of fences around mineshafts. Quoted 2 months ago and only just had It confirmed and in the mean time prices on materials have gone up big time. I can't do the job for at least 6 months cos I'm too busy so God knows what it will be by then. Probably 10k worth of materials so don't really want to front it 6 months in advance

Simple- email thme back saying 'sorry, material prices mean the job has increased by £x, and if you wish to hold it at this price I suggest we purchase the materials now, therefore I will send you and invoice for 50%'

 

[6feetdown]

I have this problem at the moment. Got to put a load of fences around mineshafts. Quoted 2 months ago and only just had It confirmed and in the mean time prices on materials have gone up big time. I can't do the job for at least 6 months cos I'm too busy so God knows what it will be by then. Probably 10k worth of materials so don't really want to front it 6 months in advance

Make sure you have a clause in your quote

 

[V8Druid]

do what i used to do to unknown customers was ....
50% up front (which usually covered all materials) plus all the VAT, payable with order to proceed.
Balance on notification of completion, prior to dispatch. ...
genuine customers understood ..
anyone who balked I walked away from ...

I'm sure you could mod. that to suit

 

[V8Druid]

£1-97.9 for DERV in Hereford today on an average forecourt ... Tesco/Asda a couple of pence cheaper ...
104 quid to fill the Golf

 

[GazCro]

I'm told that forecourt prices can be between 1 to 2 weeks behind bulk suppliers and fuel card companies with price changes. Going from prices I've been quoted it'll be over £2 a litre v soon everywhere

 

[Maxus]

One day we'll look back at the good old days when derv was only £2/L