Originally Posted by
PistoneScrapProcessing
Jim, I have to ask this question. Why spend money on something like that when that 100,000 lbs of wire can be stripped? Personally I think its a waste of money and there isn't that much wire that's six inches round to begin with. Only place I have I have even seen it is in a steel mill. Most wire processors only do up to four inch wire for a reason. I can't see installing something that expensive just to process 100000 lbs of wire. How long did it take to build up that inventory of wire?
Well we seem to disagree on this point as well. I have a very different business model than you. I don't deal with the public, I seldom deal with yards. I get most of my business from corporate accounts, wire manufacturers, utilities and other manufacturing. It took me a week to get that wire as it was shipped from an account of ours. We have quite a demand for the machine already and expect it to be running 3-5 days a week. I am not nor do I ever want to be most wire processors. I also don't expect to get a lot of 6 inch wire but I do get a lot of 3 or 4 inch and that will work nicely.
The investment is not too much if you have the work for it. We also will be importing soon as in first quarter of 13 I plan to open a place in Asia and will be shipping copper here.
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