Danged barbed wire

In BC it's common practice to bundle logs, after years of accumulation there was a mountain of cable to dispose of I spent the better part of two weeks cutting cable into random lengths. I sent out two semi loads.



When I arrived to load the last trailer one morning found it was already loaded the owner of the Ready Mix Plant put one of his guys on it. Still had tons more of heavy scrap to cut up, spent three months at the plant doing a clean up.

There were a couple of ready mix drums from truck where the engine of hydraulics had malfunctioned and the concrete solidified. Like fourteen yards of solid rock, a telephone call was made to the yard and they said no problem they would break it up and use the crushed cement for fill.

The excavator would not lift them had to dig a hole for the trailer to back into then roll the drums onto the trailer from the side, they of course deducted for the waste material but since they were paying for the trucking not a big deal.

You ship in a lot of iron and the yards will treat you right and make allowances for the odd load of crap.

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

General rule of thumb....have a plan in place to get rid of all material before you load it....would have saved hours waiting in line....and yes most yards will not take fencing/barbed wire etc

I didn't wait in line for hours. Phone calls didn't work because one yard said they would take it and then changed their mind when we got there.



I had a couple of yards in Charlotte I dealt with a lot, but they got ridiculous with what they would not would not take. The first yard I went to I have taken miles of barbed wire to in the past. Now, suddenly, it will break the shredder. It was so rusted my wife was breaking it in her hands.