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USED search bar, WHERE can I find HDPE to buy in PERSON??

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get all your hate out in the beginning, then give me a real answer...

I have an ill 16 ft box, 3ft tall, 6" wide, but I really don't want to use PVC. My question: WHERE CAN I BUY HDPE (high density polyethylene, shit they use for real boxes, i believe) IN PERSON? i live near albany NY

Thanks for your help +KKKKKK for positive responses
Dec 14 2009 10:44PM
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Commonwealth
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Going on a limb: Home Depot or Lowe's
Dec 14 2009 10:46PM
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Went to both, neither have it, nor did anyone really even know what it was. Thanks, though
Dec 14 2009 10:47PM
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http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23869&clickid=redirect
Dec 14 2009 10:48PM
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bro it was the 3rd thing in google so no search bar
but GOOGLE it
Dec 14 2009 10:49PM
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werd +K

a couple questions-
can it be cut on a table saw?
what thickness?
can you piece together a bunch without catching an edge?
Dec 14 2009 10:50PM
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Sklar
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he did say in person, but thats a good link
Dec 14 2009 10:50PM
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I really want to buy it in person, but if thats what i have to do ill buy it onlnie

Dec 14 2009 10:51PM
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any cheaper alternatives that are better than pvc?
Dec 14 2009 10:52PM
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search in the phone book "pastic" then there might be some local plastic shops. thats how i got 24 feet of HDPE for 100 bucks
Dec 14 2009 10:53PM
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Sklar
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lexan? not sure on strength, its stronger than plexi, if you want that go to a glass shop
here is a link to a plastics place with hdpe that has places in ny
Dec 14 2009 10:54PM
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone +K all around!

Keep it comin!
Dec 14 2009 10:55PM
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B-runge
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look for local plastic shops
call them

its usually like expensive
but to answer the pieced together question
these snowboarders leave this preseason box up by my mtn
and its pieced together hdpe and there is no problem
the plastic is like wavy in some places but i think its from leaving it in the elements
Dec 14 2009 11:05PM
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Mr.Huck
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I'd ask the guys that work on the park crews at ski areas near you if you could buy some of theirs.  I would imagine shipping a sheet of that would cost almost as much as the sheet. They would probably make you pay more than what it cost them, but it would probably still end up being cheaper.  If they say no, ask them where they get it from.  You may find a local wholesaler that way.  I found one in Denver by asking the guy that manages the Vail park crew.  
Dec 14 2009 11:32PM
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will_powder
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http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=582780

even hockey players know that PUCK BOARD is what you're looking for, so ask for it. My friend got it at Home Depot
Dec 14 2009 11:39PM
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jeremy.g
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me and my friend built a box. we went out to this place where that a bunch of old signs for businesses. we got a wells fargo one that was more than enough for two boxes for like twenty bucks. works perfect. have had the boxes for almost two years and they have held up perfectly. no chipping or anything
Dec 14 2009 11:48PM
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My threads
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