Wearing metal supply concern due to coronavirus

[curlietailz]

Well I’ve panic bought and stocked up with two sets of everything we need
I’d rather have the wearing metal in the workshop ready for when we need it

got an email from APM yesterday saying supply could be disrupted due to the Coronavirus
Worth thinking about your own needs ahead of time

 

[Brisel]

I had that email too. I'm doing a stock take of spares now!

 

[Trigger Happy]

Strange that, very little metal used here last autumn, you would have thought there stores would be bursting.......

 

[Brisel]

Just in time stocking. Retailers hold very little stock these days & rely on couriers bringing it out quickly. It's cash tied up in steel that can sit there for a long time.

Luckily I've got a new set of legs, A shares and harrows for my direct drill here already. The odd subsoiler point used up but that's about it these days. To think we used to wear out a set of carbide points in a couple of days when we were ploughing & subsoiling.

 

[curlietailz]

Gonna stock up on rods too so we can stick two sets of old points together if desperate !!!!

 

[JCMaloney]

The JIT network will feel some pain, one of it`s structural weaknesses. You can also add in "up to a fifth of folk being off work" if it hits hard in the UK, from van drivers to consultants. So your stuff from wherever will face some challenging journeys.

 

[Clive]

what's wearing metal ......................... ?

will maybe get a spare set of drill discs in but I reckon we could be as much as 5k acres between changes now

 

[bankrupt]

van drivers to consultants.

The latter will certainly all be very sadly missed here and the former hopefully still more often than not.

 

[ajd132]

These companies are definitely feeling the pinch, had loads of reps turning up recently trying to flog stuff.