[AT] Melting it all down.(copper is the new gold)

[David Holcombe]

Same thing is happening here in Alabama

There are guys riding around in trucks with cutting torches and pulling
trailers. They spot an old combine head or 4 row cultivator,  an old car
with a tree growing through it. They talk to grandma or grandpa and convince
them that they are trying to make a little extra money and end up giving $25
for scrap iron that will bring $250.

My cousin manages a small shopping center about 10 miles out of town. One
of the building has a 2 bay auto repair shop in it. He was showing it to a 
potential
renter. When he turned to lights on, NO LIGHTS. Every piece of copper wire
had be pulled from every plug-in and every light fixture.
One of my neighbors had his copper pipe from the LP tank to his house 
stolen.
A construction company was doing some work at the local papermill. They had 
a
lighted fenced-in, locked area. Workers noticed a pallet of copper wire 
missing,
reported it missing, then realized a couple of days later that the thieves 
made off with
the wire in one of the company trucks.

One of my friends helps his Uncle who owns a scrap yard here in town.
One Saturday in June from 8 until noon (4 hours)they paid out over $30,000 
for
scrap metal, anything from Aluminum cans, radiators, copper wire, to car 
bodies.

You know that old scrap pile that every farm has where nobody can see it 
from the
road. When my dad bought this place in 1955 he tore down old barb wire 
fences that
had probably already been here for 20 years. We used our front  end loader 
to scoop
up that pile of rust and I do mean rust. It brought  over $200.


David Holcombe in NW AL
 

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