dieselcrawler
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I hauled in about 6 loads for my boss back in the spring... we got $0.11/lb for car bodies stuffed with misc steel junk.
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bindian
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We still have a salvage yard just south of here in Conroe. I stripped my old meter pole of copper and took it to them. They took my photo. They have some awesome hydraulic grapples there!
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zing
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You obviously have a municipal government that puts appropriate regulations in place, unlike the useless crowd around here. I am constantly hearing stories or reading news of another power sub-station that has been robbed of copper wire which ends up raising costs for consumers, even worse of another homeowner or business that has had the copper pipe cut off of their oil tank and the oil soaked into the ground. Meanwhile the response is the same, "We have no way to know where they are selling it." That is bull in my opinion. How hard is it to put in a law that says all sellers of wire or tubing at recycling depots have to provide photo identification or get their picture taken, and a transaction record kept that lists the items sold.
While I am ranting on that, how hard is it for the crackhead who is cutting the tube off of an oil tank, to turn the valve to the off position first so the owner only has to install a new tube, instead of spend 100K for restoration of oil soaked property or fighting with insurance for them to do it?
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Some of use are kind of offended by having to give a driver's license, thumb print and be photographed to cash in some aluminum cans....
On the other hand, someone steals your air conditioning condenser and gets $15-18 for it and causes you a thousand in damage... you have to wonder if it helps any.
On the other hand, someone steals your air conditioning condenser and gets $15-18 for it and causes you a thousand in damage... you have to wonder if it helps any.
k0ua
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I hear ya Moss, but the thieves have just done too much damage in recent years to not try and put a stop to it, or at least slow it down. It is not so much what they steal, but the damages they do while stealing it. Telephone wire, electric wire, ripping out plumbing, and these dang AC unit thieves.. this has got to stop. and the ID thing is helping.
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But isn't this another example of an unwanted government program that limits free enterprise?
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k0ua
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But isn't this another example of an unwanted government program that limits free enterprise?
I know I know.. I sound like a darn liberal... but an illegal enterprise is NOT "free enterprise". Crime is crime, whether you are liberal or conservative.
SSdoxie
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Around here it is photo ID, thumb print, and check is mailed to address on ID for copper sales. No A/C units or parts of are accepted except from person holding an HVAC license. It has slowed down the theft and damage a lot, but is a pain when a window unit goes out and have to either throw it in metal dumpster at the dump or give it to an HVAC guy for 1/4 scrap value.