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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
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 Posted - 12/01/2009 : 09:15:20
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So far in 2009 Realcent members have scrapped over 99,349 pounds of stuff, according to the post "what did you scrap this week". Keep up the good work! As you all know this not only helps out the environment but our wallets as well!
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silversaddle1
Penny Pincher Member
USA
103 Posts |
 Posted - 12/01/2009 : 12:39:22
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| Well I'm getting ready to scrap 200,000 pounds of scrap railroad rail next week, sooooo that number of yours is going to really go up! |
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fire medic 160
New Member
USA
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Posted - 12/02/2009 : 18:26:18
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| I've got a question, I know this is mainly a "scrap metal" discussion forum but how much other non-metals have we recycled? I personally don't keep track of the paper, cardboard/paperboard, plastic, and tin cans I drop off at the local recycle trailer. Since they aren't bought back, never personally kept pounds track, just keep mental notes of the amount of bags I dump in. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 06:18:19
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Originally posted by silversaddle1
Well I'm getting ready to scrap 200,000 pounds of scrap railroad rail next week, sooooo that number of yours is going to really go up!
Huh. What's that stuff pay? How'd you get it? My understanding is that that stuff is off limits. Don't you have to trespass just to get it? Honest questions. Thank you.
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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silversaddle1
Penny Pincher Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 11:45:12
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
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Originally posted by silversaddle1
Well I'm getting ready to scrap 200,000 pounds of scrap railroad rail next week, sooooo that number of yours is going to really go up!
Huh. What's that stuff pay? How'd you get it? My understanding is that that stuff is off limits. Don't you have to trespass just to get it? Honest questions. Thank you.
Deal
You don't just go onto railroad property and haul off 100 tons of scrap rail!
We do railroad contracting. We build new track, rebuild old track, and even remove abandoned track. A lot of the work we do is for private companies, but we do work for two major railroads as well.
Best quote we have so far is $210.00 a ton, random lengths, they haul it.
If the quotes were better, I might have sold even more. |
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 13:12:03
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| Wonder if you could build a nice house from all those railroad ties? Iron Cabin style? Would be pretty strong? Guess you'd need a good concrete foundation. |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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silversaddle1
Penny Pincher Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 15:53:42
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Originally posted by wolvesdad
Wonder if you could build a nice house from all those railroad ties? Iron Cabin style? Would be pretty strong? Guess you'd need a good concrete foundation.
It would be awful tough to hang pictures on the walls! |
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bman
Penny Collector Member
USA
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:10:43
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| just make metal picture frames and weld them to the walls. it would be hurricane proof too. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:03:34
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Originally posted by silversaddle1
You don't just go onto railroad property and haul off 100 tons of scrap rail!
We do railroad contracting. We build new track, rebuild old track, and even remove abandoned track. A lot of the work we do is for private companies, but we do work for two major railroads as well.
Best quote we have so far is $210.00 a ton, random lengths, they haul it.
If the quotes were better, I might have sold even more.
I figured it was something along those lines, but I didn't want to assume. Thank you for the answer. I get similar questions because I scrap a lot if a/c coils and copper due to my work in the HVAC/R industry.
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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silversaddle1
Penny Pincher Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:25:59
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I figured it was something along those lines, but I didn't want to assume. Thank you for the answer. I get similar questions because I scrap a lot if a/c coils and copper due to my work in the HVAC/R industry.
Deal
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When we first started recycling full time, we had the three largest HVAC companies in Omaha under contract to haul all their scrap. And we did some big jobs too. Once we did a huge high school that had 7 rooftop units on it. Each unit was 35 feet long and 8 feet wide. Huge coils in each one + some real nice late model Copelamatic compressors in each unit. Sent all those cope's down to Dallas as cores and made a ton of money off them. Good times back then. it was nothing to haul 2-3000 pounds of clean coils in per month during the summer months. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:28:33
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Too much competition with the thieves....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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