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    Quote Originally Posted by happyscraper View Post
    I am not a plastic buyer/seller but if a plastic buyer requirers that you send 40,000 lbs at a time what diffrance does it make how much the bale wieghs? 40 bales at 1,000lbs or 20 bales at 2,000lbs.
    Two things really. The first thing is the freight. Bales need to be around 1000 lbs each in order to max the weight of the truck. The other is most processors need a certain weight bales. Too light and it is extra labor for them too heavy and they have a hard time handling the bales.


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