scrap $ and our economy
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Topic: scrap $ and our economy
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Subject: scrap $ and our economy
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 11:03am
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I've heard that construction sites are having problems with theft. They are even going in and pulling the copper wire out for the big bucks it's bringing. Now it's even the low end carbon steel they're after.
I got the call this morning at 1AM from our alarm monitoring station. They had a burg alarm so I sent in the police. When I got here, the place was swarming with police and they even had the dogs inside our building. They found 5 guys with 2 pickups in our scrap yard who had loaded up carbon steel out of our scrap hoppers. They had gotten greedy and forced open a door to go after the stainless scrap and aluminum which was inside and tripped the alarm. The police got 3 and the other 2 took off out the back. Wish we had the room to put the scrap inside but don't. There are 3, 30yd. roll offs back there. Keep a eye on everything in your yards!! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
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Posted By: JoeinNY
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 12:16pm
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It least it was scrap, we had guys break in and steal a few hundred suction line sub assemblys all ready for production, 2 and 3/8 copper a hundred plus pounds per assembly, losing the copper was bad enough but they were formed, brazed, and leak checked already. Not to mention the fact its not exactly stuff sitting on the shelf at the local supply store, quick way to put a production line 2 weeks behind in the middle of busy season. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1477 - 1983 Ski Nautique 2001 1967 Mustang 302 "Decoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5MkcBXBBs - Holeshot Video |
Posted By: nates78ski
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 12:58pm
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we've had the same stuff happen at my dad's shop. We've got a huge scrap dumpster, 3 of the sides are like 7 ft tall & 1 is like 4 & slants down to load stuff in it... we've been missing scrap rotors, body panels, & actually a few whole engine blocks... & all of this about 50ft from the police station(directly across the street)... Man, if these guys who stole scrap put this much effort into making people burritos at taco bell, they probably wouldn't be so bad off...
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Posted By: Behl
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 5:04pm
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There is a hotel being built just up the road and it is way behind schedule because it has been cleaned out 3 times of copper ------------- Steve in Indy http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1702&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1976&yrend=1980" rel="nofollow - Redone 1977 Ski Tique |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 5:16pm
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There is a walking trail along Portland Harbor. Thieves stole over 1 mile of wiring that was underground for the lights. The paper said it must have taken them several days to remove it.
Last winter, our seasonal chapel had all of the copper plumbing removed. ------------- |
Posted By: azeus17
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 5:40pm
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I know when I lived/worked in Detroit, it is so bad that they are stealing aluminum siding from any side of the house not facing the road. Mostly abandoned houses, and I am sure the copper is long gone! ------------- Boats: Current: 02 SANTE Sold: 89 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 6:00pm
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Now you have to add night security to the price per square foot to keep people from pulling the pipe and wires out. And people are using battery powered saws-all to cut convertors out from under cars. ------------- Tim D |
Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 8:28pm
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Over here we had a real wave of thefts of copper wires from the train powerlines. The train schedules have been messed up for weeks...
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 10:47pm
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I was watching one of those cop shows one night and they were raiding a house where the owner was suspected of stealing power/cable lines.Can you imagine?These guys were climbing poles and stealing wire,then burning the insulation of in their back yard and selling the scrap copper.
Thieves suck,whether their stealing scrap, junk,or brand new boats. WTF?Get a real job! Mike ------------- http:/diaries/details.asp?ID=2219" rel="nofollow - Air Nautique 210 Team 640 hours, not 1 regret |
Posted By: Barracuda
Date Posted: March-11-2008 at 11:11pm
Another good reason to plumb your house with Wirsbo (PEX). ------------- Former: http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=759" rel="nofollow - '86 Nautique http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=507" rel="nofollow - '65 Barracuda |
Riley wrote:Posted By: peter1234
Date Posted: March-12-2008 at 12:04am
| someone in our area just stole wires from the train crossing signals............. |
Posted By: critter
Date Posted: March-12-2008 at 12:13am
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Here is Raleigh NC, someone stole the phone lines off the poles. Did not remember how much, but it took them
days to replace. The news reporters said it would have taken them more than a day to pull it all down. They have asked the public to call if workers are not using identified service vehicles. ------------- 1980 Ski Nautique 1966 Barracuda |