help...how much weight is this?

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help...how much weight is this?

Postby bman » Wed May 23, 2012 7:47 pm

I just saw this ad on Craigslist, this is about a 35-40 minute drive from my house. How much weight and what kind of metal are those radiators? :shock:

http://smd.craigslist.org/zip/3034277639.html

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Re: help...how much weight is this?

Postby scrapman1077 » Wed May 23, 2012 8:13 pm

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Re: help...how much weight is this?

Postby mtalbot_ca » Thu May 24, 2012 8:38 pm

I would venture around 12-15lbs per ring. They are heavy. Even the small one is more than a two-man lift.
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Re: help...how much weight is this?

Postby silversaddle1 » Thu May 24, 2012 9:08 pm

unless they are free, stay away. They are furnace cast, pays less that drop breakable cast. Don't ask why, I do not know.
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Re: help...how much weight is this?

Postby bman » Fri May 25, 2012 5:00 am

it was all free but I think it's gone by now. I wish I had seen it earlier in the day, I could have gone by with my trailer and got it all.
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Re: help...how much weight is this?

Postby Somnophore » Fri May 25, 2012 7:49 am

I don't know much about scrap metal but I've lifted some of them before and I'd say that lot must be upwards of 500lbs maybe even double that depending on te thickness they are all manufactured to different qualities.
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