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    Danger !!!! fire extinguishers and other pressure tanks.

    Just heard a news story about a worker who accidently cut into a live extinguisher. It ended up 1/4 mile away inside a home after going through a roof.

    it is very easy to get a live extinguisher mixed in with a load of dead ones. remember when dealing with your source, it is usually a minimum wage guy who sorts them who is not familiar with many of the dangers a scrapper is.

    many years ago at my uncles trucking co a man was nearly cut in half by a truck tire ring not properly seated. the ring then proceded to take the valve off an oxygen bottle which went througha concrete wall and ended up in a vacant lot about 200 yards away.

    "anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"

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