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sonofhans01/21/20253 repliesview on HN

Can you imagine the expense? “We need 1 mile of poly film, 20-feet wide …”


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SequoiaHope01/21/2025

A 5000 foot long roll of plastic is common. Here is a 50 inch wide roll that is over a mile long which costs $400:

https://www.mcmaster.com/19575T43

Or here is a 20 foot wide roll 1/10th of a mile long: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-20063/Plastic-Sheetin...

Based on the cost of the roll from McMaster, a wider roll with the same cost basis would be $2000.

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qingcharles01/22/2025

I worked briefly in a factory where they had these giant rolls arriving daily... they were put onto a machine that would spool them off onto smaller rolls (say 100ft) and chop them. It's definitely something commonplace.

harrall01/21/2025

Rolls like those were common in the warehouse at the place I worked.