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    okay now I need help

    should I buy a 57 foot trailer with pellets and Gaylords stacked 2 high 2 wide assorted towers hdd cdd printers crts for 3500



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    Got pics?

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    Is it a container? I thought trailers on the road were 53 foot or less.

    either way...what will you do with the glass tubes and how many of them are there? Is the trailer included? Be nice storage while breaking it all down.
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    Ya it would be nice storage no he wants 5000 for the trailer. Its customized that's why its 57 ft its lined with rollers to. Tubes i get 5 cents # for

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    not enough info for me but, I don;t like printers or crts so to me it would depend on how many towers and lap tops there are. That said if your into all electronics and the truck is full, 56 pallets x 800 lbs ea an electronics scrapper would pay about .03 on mixed e scrap soo thats about $1350
    if it is 56 pallets and they weigh 800 lb ea,

    you don't have enough info to roll the dice on that much e scrap with out knowing what it is. Be my guess you will be stuck with 40 pallets of plastic and crt tubes. Both a pain in the A** to get rid of. If it is at least 50% towers ya may have something more to consider. Just my .02

    P>S. just noticed your in Ca. maybe the guy should be paying you the $3500
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    should I buy a 57 foot trailer with pellets
    What kind of pellets, wood or dog and are they bagged or bulk ??
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    lol I was waiting for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    What kind of pellets, wood or dog and are they bagged or bulk ??
    Perhaps rabbit pellets.

    Seriously if you can't inspect each bit of material before you agree on a price you are in great danger of getting burned. If the towers have had parts removed the the price has to go down and you can't know that without opening them up and looking. Mike.
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    Need more details but I am leaning towards hell no
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    Thanks olddude i can use that 02. Lol sorry no spell check. Ill post some pics tomorrow

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    if it was all towers and you would be willing to pay $5 each that trailer load would be almost $8000 worth, so if its 50% or better in towers i say its a buy, a strong buy if they are the old pentium 200mhz and less machines
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    ok so i was able to get a look inside at some pallets and gaylords and what i seen looks good real good. i was able to convince the kid to sell me 2 or 3 pallets at a time since i couldnt see everything and he didnt wanna unload it. im trying to work with this kid and his dad because the brother is a computer engineer and gets them a trailer load at least once a month so it would be a good contact to have. so now i just gotta figure out what to offer per pallet.

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    so it would be a good contact to have. so now i just gotta figure out what to offer per pallet.
    There again, it all depends on what all is on a pallet. Pallet of computers, about 100 dollars. Pallet of monitors and printers, maybe 10 bucks. See??
    Also how tall is the pallets stacked, 4-5-6 high ?? Too many variables,



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