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    My truck was in rare form, every thing but the kitchen sink in it today . So a guy in his twenties says hi as he sees me in the parking lot , he's forward and says hows the scrapping these parts . He had a buddy with him also.

    I figure I met up with a fellow brethren we talk . So yada yada and I'm noticing what does he really know about scrapping .
    He knows about Stainless steel ,

    OK I said you ever dismantle a microwave he says nope. I offer to show ,
    with just a claw hammer in no time i show him the - transformer -fan motor- magnetron - ETC
    His buddy says in a low tone ,look all with just a hammer , a master scrapper .

    I see fast enough my lesson wile of interest to them - they are not that type of scrappers .

    He says he gets the SS from a dumpster in a small town in PA
    OK I ask do you do it at night - YES
    is there mixed non metal garbage in it - NO
    so its metal only -YES



    I said your gonna get in trouble one day , his answer - when it happens it happens
    any way it's a friendly good by take it easy , and I see the thief scrappers just want it easy - he told me he gets 1000 pounds weekly so sure they lift weight but they don't have the real desire to do what is needed to find it the honest way - there is plenty to find honist - BUT its to hard for them - These type are bad news .
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    there is no such thing as easy when you are hauling shred, think about all the things they could be going after and they chose to steal steel, no pun intended, not very smart criminals there

    dirty stainless = shred
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    What town was it if ya don't mind me asking? I heard talk going round about someone stealing stainless from a local business around me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kochy View Post
    What town was it if ya don't mind me asking? I heard talk going round about someone stealing stainless from a local business around me.
    Sayre
    Pennsylvania

    Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
    there is no such thing as easy when you are hauling shred, think about all the things they could be going after and they chose to steal steel, no pun intended, not very smart criminals there

    dirty stainless = shred
    must be clean stainless he said he get .55 a pound

    All in All we are tested daily ,the buddy friend said there is plenty there .
    I am happy my true response is just a blank look . I am not looking to be a part of it . Not asking him where's the action at
    cause they a told me.
    When I first scraped - day one - I had to fight off some situations made decisions , those are the impulsive beginnings I see now even my mpulsive beginnings were never these guys .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Copper Head View Post
    Sayre
    Pennsylvania
    When I first scraped - day one - I had to fight off some situations made decisions , those are the impulsive beginnings I see now even my mpulsive beginnings were never these guys .
    It is always better to ask and not steal. Guys like them are what gives honest scrapers a bad rap. My first week out scraping I came upon what looked to be an abandoned repair shop whose driveway I decided to used to turn around and head the other way down the road. As I was doing that a piece of aluminum siding
    that looked to have been blown from a house or a shed was up against an old fence, not 10 feet from the road. It appeared to have been there all winter long. So..I thought I'd get out an take a closer look and decided it would fit in my truck, and besides I figured
    I was doing a good thing by picking up an unsightly piece of crap.
    Well no sooner then I put it in the truck some dude about 6'7 250 lbs covered in tats comes running out a side door and tells me to drop it.
    How he doesn't want me ever to step on his property. I quickly told him , hey I thought it was some crap that blew off a house etc
    and that I'd never been on his property, but he was a real ******* about it.
    and he said it don't matter, and then threatened to kick my ass!
    I got really mad and had thoughts and flashbacks to my younger days when I would've escalated the issue in my defense and it probably would've ended really bad and a trip to the hospital for one or both of us and then jail...that passed when I realized I was the one who was on his property, and this state has the castle doctrine/law. I coulda been shot for trespassing and theft and no one other then that punk would have been the wiser. I tossed the scrap at his feet grinded my teeth and apologized for the trouble.
    I'm still really pissed and not over it, but I know I did the right thing..
    I suspect scrap thieves had been hitting that place and he thought I was them... If I ever see any body stealing stuff, I think I'll let the owners know, they make things harder on the honest folks.


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