Careless Whisper

George Michael's, "Careless Whisper," might be the "at bat" song for a major league baseball hero, but I can also tell ya that it was played a lot selling hot roll coils like these, long before it was the "at bat" favorite.

Hot Rolled Coil Steel in Texas

A train load of steel coils. That's a lot of slitting and leveling and stamping.

The destination of this load is uncertain, although there are large truck plants and other industry that uses this material in the area. It's a bit unusual for me in as much as this is a structural area, not a manufacturing and stamping operation area. Still, it's something that thrills me.

The tags on the coils show that it is .241-.256 gauge hot rolled which would make it fit the quarter inch gauge range  and that is great for leveling into plate or fabrication for containers and dumpster bins.

Each coil is approximately 48,000 lbs. loaded three to a flat bed rail car. There is  as many flatbeds behind this photographer than there is in front.Just think, Andrew Carnegie made this all possible.

Selling these make me so happy. This is prime material. The secondary market is just as good.