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Ugly load of wire today mixed in with a few wooden posts. Took two of us about 1 1/2 hours to load and took the claw operator about 15 seconds to unload. Not a big payload by any means, but have a happy customer who has more and even better stuff. It's on a 20' trailer. What do you think it weighed.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a4...D550/ry%3D400/
Ummmm lemmmeee t-t-t-h-hhhhinkkkkkeehhhhhuuuuuhhh .....1277
Maybe 15
Looks like a giant hair ball. I bet 1800.
900 lbs
Ya 1877 most. Ha
Nice trailer. Bam!
2200
1000 lbs.
Jon.
hmmm... why not? 825
One dollar, Bob!
MattyNoNeck - That Guy
1190
3k giant hairball
1500 lbs
2260
Sir, I like your moves and your styleQuote:
Originally Posted by MattyNoNeck
It is hard to see how much of the wire was rolled -v- piled. Using the price is right strategy, I guess 824 lb. Can't wait to see what it actually weighed. Any idea when the contest will end?
:cool:Thanks for making this a fun site y'all. There IS actually a big difference weightwise when wire is rolled and this load had about 25 hand rolled loops of barbed wire. Also about 15 steel T-posts plus the firewood...no biggie. A herd of cows was very curious of our goings-on and chose to stand there and watch (cows are funny animals). Wife and I loaded with a skidsteer of course. She had to cut the contrary wires that irritated the loading. Didn't even wrap any around the axle this time. LOL
The load was an even 2 ton.....(4,000 lbs) and paid $85 a ton; same as auto bodies at the local yard. They classed it ''shreddable wire". Not a big moneymaker when I give half to the owner !! On the brightside, it came from the site of an old homestead and when I get old(er), I hope to get a metal detector and go hunting at all those sites I'm finding.
:)
Looks like Super Dave is the winner >>
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Originally Posted by SuperDave
Almost not worth it at only 85 a ton.
If you knew an out of work flatbed (owner-operator) truckdriver, Pay them 600-650 cash to bring at least 20 ton of scrap to South Bend Ind.
They're paying around 200 a ton, $$ then the driver could go over to Columbia City and get a backhaul of steel I beams out of the mill for around 2.00 a mile. 30 ton could gross you $6000.
PS- it's only 547 mi from Omaha.