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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrapmanIndustries View Post
    Yeah, I wasn't offended. just tired. When I get tired sometimes I can ramble online about things i have some type of passion in. But yeah theres really not much we can do at the yard to stop that sorta thing from happening. As someone who actually had to interact with customers coming in, I've seen a fair bit of things come across the scale, but turning them away if they have a sketchy load won't stop anything really. If anything that law the landfills have with the tarps just encourages illegal dumping in my opinion. When I was working for the state the bosses made me go out and refuse an incoming load of salt that we ordered because the driver didn't have a tarp. So instead of doing the right thing he just wanted the load off his truck so he dumped it in the middle of the road so that we'd have to work harder to clean it up. Same thing happens with trash. why buy a tarp and then pay the dump fee when theres an isolated section of land nearby to get rid of stuff for "Free". not saying its the right thing to do. Actually I get really pissed seeing things dumped illegally, but its the reality. Not trying to dive into political beliefs but thats just what I've seen first hand.

    But on a side note, has steel started to come back up in price recently? last time I heard it was $2/hundred at most places. Is it still in that ball park?
    The BEST and CHEAPEST "tarp" I use is an old trampoline mesh mat !!!!


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    The BEST and CHEAPEST "tarp" I use is an old trampoline mesh mat !!!!
    Neat idea, I'll have to remember that one!

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    Update... That truck is still in service.. I seen him at the yard today. I didnt take a pic of the truck cause i had to park next to him and that would have been ignorant of me to take pics standing right next to him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EDC76 View Post
    Making good decisions comes from experience, and experience comes from making bad decisions.
    Well said my friend. That has been my entire life. And it’s worked out great . Getting back to the overloaded truck yea obviously it’s not safe . I see this in the Chicagoland area all the time it is what it is . All you have to do is use common sense and stay far behind him or pass him .


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