Sounds like a WHOLE BUNCH of leverite.Originally Posted by Mechanic688
Leverite= Leave her right where you found her.
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Sounds like a WHOLE BUNCH of leverite.
Leverite= Leave her right where you found her.
Out of clutter, find simplicity. --Albert Einstein
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Speaking of which, how was your past winter? Didn't let up here until mid march. Neighbor actually came over from across the street and snowblowed the driveway. I think i'm getting a truck with a plow if it goes the same way this year as it did last.
BTW, welcome to my end of the boat.
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I have to agree on the televisions. Look (Maybe), but don't touch!
Driving a box van isn't the easiest or cheapest thing to do. I drove a 15' E350 for about a year. It was about as maneuverable as the tandem axle grain truck I drove this fall, and was not cheap on fuel. Out here, 4 tons of steel wouldn't get you anything (Yard is currently at $0.000), but a year ago, it was around $50/Ton. That's $200 for 8000#, less money for the rental, mileage charges, and fuel. My 15' was a gas hog, but a 26' would be far worse. My guess would be around 5 MPG. I doubt you would make any money, and if you did, it's a lot of hassle for a very small net. I would have likely done the same thing.
When I was younger, I made plenty of mistakes. We all do. But, I don't think this was one of them. Now, buying a box van to haul E-Waste with, though- that was one of mine....
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Matador, I have a 26 footer and boy let me tell you, running diesel, if you keep your foot reeeeeaaaaall light, you get a whopping 6-7 mpg loaded. Amazing.
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I think Uhaul runs gas engines- if I'm remembering correctly, I think that truck would either have a GM 454 or a GM 8.1L. The numbers have to be pretty awful!
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back to the pile of Scrap time to start a new one...
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Getting a snow plow truck is a good idea to get. Last year the winter was long and very cold. We had at least one snow storm a week. In some places there were 19+ feet of snow and others had 3-2 minimum. The total of feet was 24 feet all together of snow fall. The snow on Mt. Katahdin early this year so its safe to say that snow is on its way soon.
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ok.. i was under the impressioin that your 100 mile away yard has one standard of copper wire at .30c a lb.. and i was thinking since this yard knows people have to travel a great distance to sell and have no other choice so they kind of price gouge/rip off.... there are websites that give nation wide index numbers of average prices for different things.. they give up or down avg nation wide price along with market values. if nation wide average is 125 135 a lb.. then your yard should not vary to far off that, lets say they pay lower to pay cost and turn a profit. even at those avg prices say they pay 95cents a lb on up but if you go 1.25 1.35 a lb and they pay 30cents.. i would do something about it.
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Sounds about right. Use to live on a hill in Garland and my neighbor was a human weather station(was also Garland's tax assessor). Tought me alot about how if you can get through a Maine weather you can get through any winter. I tell others the same thing about a NY winter lol. I still walk around in sandals, shorts and a t-shirt to get odd looks.
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