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    The biggest i have ever

    Went to my old yard today my ex partner just got F P L (Florida Power & Light) as a customer my luck, well they brought this in yesterday on a lowboy tractor trailer with a police escort it came from Turkey Point the electrical plant on South Florida Gross weight was 118,000 Lbs we cannot wait to see the amount of copper they can pull out of it,
    I will update with the copper weight when it's done.

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    wow. that is all. wow

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    My hacksaw would make quick work of that.
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    Looks like that worker is playing with the ants on his smoke break.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NHscrapman View Post


    Looks like that worker is playing with the ants on his smoke break.
    I think that's where the tunnel is coming up to get that beast out.
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    That's what she said...

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    Pjost beat me to it. Should be able to fill the OMG it's copper bucket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by happyscraper View Post
    Pjost beat me to it. Should be able to fill the OMG it's copper bucket.
    Several times over..lol.

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    Just wanted to let you know they recovered 8,600 lbs of copper, to bad the markets are s..t

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