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totalfish OK BOYS...Let's hear about... 04-01-2012, 04:10 AM
mikeinreco 48 ft aluminum/steel... 04-01-2012, 06:14 AM
BurlyGuys So I'm guessing the trailer... 04-01-2012, 06:57 AM
mikeinreco It wasnt mine it was contract... 04-01-2012, 07:09 AM
BurlyGuys Ah! I wish people would call... 04-01-2012, 08:25 AM
gustavus No you would not, there's a... 04-01-2012, 08:33 AM
ResourcefulRecycling http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hp... 04-01-2012, 07:55 AM
ResourcefulRecycling I agree! I did this one the... 04-01-2012, 09:32 AM
LadyScrappers An old double-wide three... 04-01-2012, 11:29 AM
BurlyGuys THAT should be your tag-line... 04-02-2012, 08:08 PM
PistoneScrapProcessing I cut those locomotives up... 04-01-2012, 04:16 PM
totalfish @Ladyscrappers and all other... 04-01-2012, 09:05 PM
LadyScrappers Haha, no offense taken here! 04-02-2012, 08:07 AM
danielms a greyhound bus or a 30'x15'... 04-01-2012, 09:09 PM
gustavus If that barge was used in... 04-02-2012, 08:18 AM
Mulden http://www.rainwatertanksonlin... 04-01-2012, 11:58 PM
danielms beat it with a hammer to... 04-02-2012, 05:19 PM
miked Here's todays best. ... 04-02-2012, 07:07 PM
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    Cool OK BOYS...Let's hear about your BIG ONE!!!

    I was watching a show called MegaBreakdown. The guys on this show were scrappin locomotives and 747 Jet Aeroplanes. This was serious stuff for serious dollars. So what is the biggest thing you've scrapped. And remember...Size Does Matter!!!


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    48 ft aluminum/steel trailer....there is an old post with progressive photos

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    So I'm guessing the trailer had no use for you as storage.
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    It wasnt mine it was contract demo

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    It wasnt mine it was contract demo
    Ah! I wish people would call me for stuff like that! I'd be finding a way to tow it away intact!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BurlyGuys View Post
    Ah! I wish people would call me for stuff like that! I'd be finding a way to tow it away intact!!!
    No you would not, there's a reason this type of equipment is scrapped. It's usually so worn out it's more economical to buy a good 2nd hand or newer model.

    Years back a guy gave me an old Bucyrus steam shovel to scrap out, the boiler was toast but they still ran the shovel from a large air compressor. To the point the shovel worked a road down to the river bank near Boston Bar B.C, where they had a small gold claim.

    The compressor and shovel were sperated for the winter then the road washed out, that crane is still sitting where it last worked. I never did retreive it for scrap as it would have cost more to rebuild the road than the scrap was worth.

    I've since offered the shovel to seveal groups interested in restoring the shovel but no one has taken it to task to get it out of its current locaton.

    The Bucyrus I wrecked out had a Cummins KT450 that netted me $15,000.00.

    People dont call you, you find this type of equipment then sell yourself and your expertese to the owner. Usually this big stuff goes cheap becasue of the cost to dismantle and remove it.

    The owners have no further use of it an would prefer to have it removed cheapest possible way and you coiuld be that man.

    Large equiment is often bought at auction already two thirds worn out for use on a specific job and when the guys are finished that job usually the machine is about done as well - worn out beyound redemption.

    This is why I love big iron.
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    OR

    Or maybe...

    it could be this one..

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    I agree!
    I did this one the other day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by totalfish View Post
    I was watching a show called MegaBreakdown. The guys on this show were scrappin locomotives and 747 Jet Aeroplanes. This was serious stuff for serious dollars. So what is the biggest thing you've scrapped. And remember...Size Does Matter!!!
    An old double-wide three bedroom (scrapping....not just for boys)

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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyScrappers View Post
    (scrapping....not just for boys)
    THAT should be your tag-line signature! :-)

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    I cut those locomotives up way faster then the guys on that show bunch of amatuers trying to show off.

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    @Ladyscrappers and all other women on forum. No offence intended, I thought that if I asked the girls to show their big one, I would get a virtual smack in the mouth!!! I was just trying to be silly not sexist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by totalfish View Post
    @Ladyscrappers and all other women on forum. No offence intended, I thought that if I asked the girls to show their big one, I would get a virtual smack in the mouth!!! I was just trying to be silly not sexist.
    Haha, no offense taken here!

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    a greyhound bus or a 30'x15' barge

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    Quote Originally Posted by danielms View Post
    a greyhound bus or a 30'x15' barge
    If that barge was used in salt water, think I would have passed on it.

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    http://www.rainwatertanksonline.com/...d/DSC00048.JPG

    OK OK, it's not the size of your boat, it's the motion of your ocean...

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    beat it with a hammer to knock the scale off and then cut with a torch, did not take that long.

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    Here's todays best.



    Here's last weeks best.



    Also a good day, Mike.



    p.s. This is the direct result of reading the old posts, Mike.
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    "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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    The one that went great
    160,000 lbs. of #2 insulated copper wire

    The ones that could have changed it all:

    US Treasury MONEY PLATES "Bragging rights"

    3,000,000 of #1 500 MCM lost it for a nickel right just before copper was high after copper went crazy high. "Money Money Money"

    500 Tons of 304 from a nuclear plant "Its complicated but would have made a pretty penny"
    We buy scrap metal & alloy nationwide service!
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