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    You never know

    I replied to a Cl ad for a trash compactor. It was about too far to travel but poster said he would meet someone half way if interested.So I called to bad he says compactor spoken for but I have a AC. So I got meet him and get a nice old copper laden AC. When we meet up he says he has an stove and washer at another location closer to my home sure thing I say. I scrap in a jeep wrangler so not more than 1large item per trip still with 2 trips I would make profit. I drove out the 10 miles get there and find out the compactor pick up was a no show now I had more than enough weight in the second trip to pay for the gas. Each time I met him he gave me some wire and copper items. One phone call and I made around 70 bucks. You just never know.


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    That good to here JB...you should put some of that money into a small trailer from Harbor Freight or Craigslist, it will pay for itself in no time.
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    good job....Use your profits to get a small utility trailer to pull behind your jeep

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    Be thankfull that the trash compactor didn't come to fruition,those b**tards are freakin' heavy. They are very deceiving,you don't think that they could possibly weigh that much but they do. Next time you get a lead on one,call a friend to help.My back hurts just remembering the one I moved a few weeks ago.

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    I did get the compactor. The way I wrote it is confusing.



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