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    SCORE! First big find!

    Came to work today, and found a pile of Gol... Copper waiting for me!



    There be copper in dem der lights!

    The lights, and metal shelf were in the trash can waiting for me.

    This makes waiting totally worth it.
    It is like getting Christmas gifts, but the only thing is you do not know when Christmas is coming!





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    Woohoo!

    Gotta love it when you find something like that. Good score Ryan.

    An good of ya to post pics! We like pics.

    I'd be stripping those wires an whistling a happy tune while doing so.

    Sirscrapalot - Chaaaachiiiing!

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    Nice Ryan.... Is that sun in Kansas? Mind sending some east for the rest of us?!?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER View Post
    Nice Ryan.... Is that sun in Kansas? Mind sending some east for the rest of us?!?
    Just looked at your weather forecast, and it looks like what we have been going through for the last 3 months.

    We have been enjoying the sun for the last week or so... temperatures went from -9 F to 50 F in literally a day. We had a foot and a half of snow
    yet it was all melted away in two days.

    Kansas weather... cold one minute... hot the next. To be honest I am just waiting for the next snow storm
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    Very nice haul. You should have a nice pile of aluminum also from those shrouds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wayne1956 View Post
    Very nice haul. You should have a nice pile of aluminum also from those shrouds.
    I am saving every last scrap of metal from this thing

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    The bricks are where the $$ is if there for the taking.

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    You can find buyers for pallets too
    I'd tighten the screws on those shelves and put em to work in the shop

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    lol - Get to work Ryan!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RyanScrap View Post

    Kansas weather... cold one minute... hot the next. To be honest I am just waiting for the next snow storm
    Ill take some of that snow as long as you promise me warm weather right after!

    and if the bricks are for the taking, do it. I was selling them for about $0.50 each a year ago. Also, pallets i repair and sell for about $5 each. Businesses just throw them away by the truckload around here

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    Now selling warm weather...temps in the 60s. Send all beverages an cash to my sandbar.

    Thanks!

    Sirscrapalot - Sitting on the deck enjoying the warmth.

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    Wish people would leave me money on my door in the morning! Then I could close the shop for the day and go home!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot View Post
    Now selling warm weather...temps in the 60s. Send all beverages an cash to my sandbar.

    Thanks!

    Sirscrapalot - Sitting on the deck enjoying the warmth.
    Finally seeing warmer weather here! +6C tomorrow. 45-50F? I dunno... but this system came from texas apparently. sorry sirscrap, if it came from NC id say you may be entitled to a few brews.

    Now look what you made me do... gotta keep er on the rails here... Lurch, if people throw them pallets away how are you selling them for $5ea? Wouldnt they just look for free ones too? Or are they not savvy enough to know about the free ones lol.
    If I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all...

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    Just out of curiosity, how much would you make off something like that?

    P.S. It's very sunny in Hawaii all day everyday. Believe it or not, I miss the rain!


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