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    Hey everyone, so i am new here, i told a little about myself in the introduce yourself thread. I was recently given permission to take metal out of an old abandoned building. Today was my first day doing so. I hauled out maybe 300 pounds of steel no problem then decided to focus on the copper because there is alott of wiring, and that is worth more money. I barely made a dent in the wiring, but heres a picture of what i took. The bucket is filled with 15 pounds or so of copper, the copper pieces you see in the background were from a long wire i found. The wire is maybe half an inch thick, is copper coated then below the copper has a plastic, followed by another innner core of copper. I have about 20 pounds of those. Since they arent pure copper im not sure what to do with them. anyone have any ideas or ever encountered this before??? also i was wondering if it is even worth striping the copper wires because it took me forever to do, but if i didnt spend so much time on it, i could pull out alot more wires! well let me know the best way to proceed please!! Thanks again in advance http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3...0106224540.jpg



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    Get all the wiring pulled out first. Check with your yard on pricing of insulated versus bare. Then decide what your time is worth and go from there.

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    Pull it then strip at nite (the wire)
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    Alex, as i said in your other thread,
    Get in there ASAP get all the wiring and copper out
    Once you got it back at your place, strip the lot to bare copper, if you have the time, it will be worth it at the end mate!
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    As skipRAT said, copper and copper wire first, steel second.



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