[AT] Scrap iron

[Richard Fink Sr]

Mike if you have any machine shops close by check with them. The ones 
around here put there cuttings in 55 gal drums at clean up time for the 
scrap hauler. Can't get it in ant tighter than that.
R Fink
PA



At 02:48 AM 4/12/2005, you wrote:
>I am in a somewhat reverse situation to Jim's: I am planning on a 
>counterweight to attach to the back of my Case 430 CK three point hitch. I 
>was going to use a drum filled with concrete, but I have been made aware 
>that iron/steel is even heavier than concrete for a given volume, so I am 
>looking to acquire some iron that I can pack into the drum (and fill up 
>the voids with concrete). I suspect that the ideal items would be 
>flywheels, transmission/final gears, and cracked heads - compact items 
>that can provide the most weight in the least amount of space with 
>(relatively) easy to fill voids. If scrap prices are up, that isn't going 
>to be as cheap to accomplish as I had hoped. I guess I am going to have to 
>start visiting some of the local farms to see what they have rusting away 
>out back...
>
>Mike