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    a good Sunday

    4 hours with the torches till the wind got real nasty and we still have some to cut






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    what are they, some kind of pipe they look round anyway thats alot of it congrats

    never mind i enlarged it braided cable i always ask questions too quick been doing it alot lately

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    That's some big cable! Is it off a drilling rig?

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    freonjoe yes it is
    most of that is 1 3/8" there is a little 1" mixed in.Still have about 1 1/2 ton to cut.

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    If I remember right that stuff weighs about 2 1/2 pounds a foot.

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    your close 3.5#per foot is what the catalogs say
    i still have that plate in the back to cut to hut in half also that is 2 1/2"thick cha chingggggggg

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    Going to be a good payday for sure! Why didn't you load the cable on the trailer as you cut it?

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    wood floor and a flat on the trailer.The cable has a lot of grease on it and it takes a while for it to cool down
    we need to put a metal floor in the trailer

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    wood floor and burning greease well that would be a faster way to get a steal deck on the trailer

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    wescrapmetal so true but dang i need the trailer for a few loads and cant have it down yet.

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    900 more feet came in today =3150 more pounds wooohooo
    i will be busy again sunday tillthe DAYTONA 500 come on

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    congratulations shootlow.

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