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    Load of telephone cable

    Heres a pic of load of telephone cable i got yesterday...33000 lbs of air core.




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    nice haul. (pun intended)

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    Do you strip it? If so what stripper do you use? Mike.
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    **** bro , would love to be your friend

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    Nope sold it like it i bought it...we did sample it though..68% copper...Got $2.15lb

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    Impressive. I'm assuming you had to buy the load? How healthy are your margins on a load of that size?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tackleberry View Post
    Impressive. I'm assuming you had to buy the load? How healthy are your margins on a load of that size?
    Oh yes..had to buy the load..Get a load like this from this customer bout once to twice a year..Sometimes i make more sometimes less

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    Congrats and thanks for sharing, Mike.

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    Does going green mean Envy ? Nice going.

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    Congratulations sjones.

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    Great work. I'm becoming a wire junkie.
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    holy crap thats alot of wire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrapette View Post
    Great work. I'm becoming a wire junkie.
    All the cool kids are doin it. LOL!!!!

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    Just noticed the liquid totes cut down to work as pallet-sized buckets. Great idea!

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    Sooo, how many customers does the phone company estimate are out of service?

    (Just kidding.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ditchdigger View Post
    Sooo, how many customers does the phone company estimate are out of service?

    (Just kidding.)
    Good one!

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    good job!!
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