I guess so -- - on my way with todays load
All found with ford ranger first - BTW
Copper Head
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I guess so -- - on my way with todays load
All found with ford ranger first - BTW
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Copper Head and CopperHeadAKA (same person)
I am back to my skill set from the 80's Painting & all that follows it
I removed myself from the trash company I worked for as of 2 years ago
I find scrap non the less
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Your a social outcast who will have more money in his pocket that he had when he went into the scrap yard.
Copper Head
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Lucky day today - on the way back home some dumpsters net me around 800 to 900 pounds of product
funny thing when you get used to your truck and associate the scale & the feel of truck , you start to
recognize the feel of 500 # 800 # and so on but then there is the over load to the bump stop
then you just know it's too much !!
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Estimating weight on a truck always worked for me on half and three quarter ton trucks, I favored the Ford and ugly as sin International trucks that had leaf springs some early Chevy trucks had coil springs and those trucks sucked.Originally Posted by CopperHeadAKA
I had a 59 International 4x4 that could easily pack two and half ton of heavy melt, another decent truck I has was a 64 Ford half ton, three speed transmission with a solid front axle, 292 engine with a posi. I loved that Ford.
Once hauled a counter weight from a fork lift to a small yard that did not have a lift large enough to get the load off the truck, which was grossly overweight.
One ton trucks are tricky try to judge the weight of a load and three tons are impossible.
Highway trailer ( semi ) if they have air bag suspension you can read the gauge if the trailer is hooked up to the tractor.
My partners deceased husband had a logging truck equipped with electronic scales, you can put these scales onto any type of truck or trailer combination..
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Copperhead- Do you know what that white thingy is on the right side of the load in the second pix...?
BTW- Nice mixed load of steely stuff. Green in pocket is always good!
Cash In The Trash
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Water cooler I bet
Copper Head
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Yes it is a water cooler .
I should of taken it apart but I just wanted it out of my sight .
Standard fare on a water cooler is a ,little copper , compressor ,
Some (the older ones ) use small copper piping wound around the water storage tank or basin
the freon flows in the piping . This one and most newer ones use low cost steel
(not copper) Naturally the Freon is a concern .The yard deals with it in the area that they dismantle cars .
As with any recycling procedures some might get past them due to the massive daily loads .
If you noticed towards back of truck near water cooler is a round steel thing it was the bottom ( I cut off)
of the thing towards the front laying on it's side . It was so heavy . The base had a 1/2 inch thick
round 2 feet 7 inches steel plate . I cut the weld points out and saved the the round plate , it's so heavy
I'm gonna see if a gun shop wants it for a target. Gotta be worth more then scrap .
Last edited by CopperHeadAKA; 01-22-2017 at 12:18 AM.
Copper Head
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The odd looks I get from people as I drive to the yard never ends . Yet This is what $70 bucks looks like
The police know the deplorable is on the way to the yard .They take no notice of me .
I also drive slow 25 mph to 40 open road
20 in town . I like my old Dodge a tough old girl
Cash In The Trash
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I would have killed for shelving units like that, last year !
Copper Head
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I know this stuff must have real value to someone . over the years I could of outfitted a store
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
That round would make a nice welding table.
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