Cheap nuts and bolts - where?

Travelover · Sep 5, 2009

I live about 30 minutes from the nearest Tractor Supply, so I stopped into Lowes to get 25 5/16 x 1.25" bolts with nuts and flat washers. I couldn't believe the total cost was ten bucks.

Call me a cheapskate, but this seems excessive.

Anyone have another source for less expensive fasteners?

RickB · Sep 5, 2009

I'm not sure 40 cents for each for a bolt, nut and washer is excessive. Tractor Supply is probably a little cheaper.

Erik_in_Hoyt · Sep 5, 2009

do you have Ace or True Value hardware anywhere close?
They're not as cheap as TSC, but still sell bulk bits & pieces by the pound.

2manyrocks · Sep 5, 2009

Our local farmers coop has about the same prices as TSC on nuts and bolts.

Lowe's must figure their customers don't know any better.

JohnDeere4300 · Sep 5, 2009

TSC sells nuts and bolts by the pound.

The cheap nuts and bolts are $1.99 a pound...You can also get different size washers for $1.99 a pound.

I'm stocked up very well on all sizes.

QRTRHRS · Sep 5, 2009

Guess I made out okay then when I bought about a ton of surplus bolts, nuts and washers by bid for 150 bucks? I figured I would sell some off at a flea market or something but then you never know what you are going to need, ha!

RollTideRam · Sep 5, 2009

I bought lag screws at a hardware store out in the country cheaper than I can get them at Lowe's. JC

Skyco · Sep 6, 2009

Ace doesn't sell by the pound here. The various grades at TSC priced by the pound are a pretty good deal. Whenever I stop in I buy a couple of pounds of various fasteners to keep on hand. I hate running all the way to the store for a dang single bolt

My big regret was when TSC quit selling Metric fasterns by the pound, if I'd have known they were gonna do that I'd have bought a hundred pounds, you'd think with all the imported tractors they'd have kept on

jimmyj · Sep 6, 2009

QRTRHRS said:
Guess I made out okay then when I bought about a ton of surplus bolts, nuts and washers by bid for 150 bucks? I figured I would sell some off at a flea market or something but then you never know what you are going to need, ha!

A TON. ha ha ha. Are they all the same size?

As the others said, best deals around here are the farmers coop or TSC. We have a retail chain called Home Hardware (like Ace) that sells by the pound too. They are all quite competitive on pricing.