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A Copper Load that gave me instant... hmmmm

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    A Copper Load that gave me instant... hmmmm

    So I was at one of my yards today. This is not my load.. but I was there when the guy brought it in:

    A Full Gaylord of 4" Copper Pipe.

    He walked out of there with $911 bucks. DAAAAAMN!



    Just wanted to share with all of you!




    I'm so into scrapping.. When my Steel Toe Boots Wear out, I cut the Steel out of them and recycle the Toe!

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    A Copper Load that gave me instant... hmmmm

    *whistles*

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    now that's some scrappers porn right there....

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    Hmmmm yes & for how much longer

    The powers that be are leading the future of copper replacement .
    We need respect our vanishing source
    Note PVC also
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    Had a load like that once. I was in total shock as they peeled off twelve hundred-dollar bills. Total scrapping w**dy!
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    porn is right! WOW!

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    Wonder if some unsuspecting person’s toilet isn't connected to the sewer line any more.......
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    I'm pretty sure from the toilet to the street it is always either terra cotta pipe or pvc.

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    All my house to street lines are terra cotta

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    We see lots of cast iron & copper (PVC in newer houses). Clay tile underground.

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    All the DWV (drain, waste, and vent) and pressure pipe in my Grandfathers house in Denver is 1/2" to 3" copper. Circa 1959.
    Always got a little drool on my chin when I was in the basement looking up!
    "This too shall pass!"

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    Large copper pipe must be unusual. Most of the old drain pipe over 2 inches seams to be cast iron. My friend has something in his house that I have never seen anywhere else,,,,, a 275 gal stainless steel oil tank. Any one else ever run across a tank like that? It looks just like a normal oil tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Immulmen View Post
    Large copper pipe must be unusual. Most of the old drain pipe over 2 inches seams to be cast iron. My friend has something in his house that I have never seen anywhere else,,,,, a 275 gal stainless steel oil tank. Any one else ever run across a tank like that? It looks just like a normal oil tank.
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    I have seen it before a few times - I once traded some copper instead of money with a plumber - he had a few feet of it and a couple ft lengths that were connected to PVC pipes (guessing yucky poop shoots).

    I've also seen it on older furnace jobs. Woooo aren't those great when someone wants you to remove their old furnace cause they installed a pellet stove and you stumble across 40lbs of copper too =)

    I wonder if he got it all from the same location.


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