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Saw this truck yesterday morning while we were on the way out of the Florida panhandle; a flat bed loaded with pallets of copper electrode plate.

Police in Tampa are reporting the hijacking of a semi-trailer loaded with copper electrode plate. The driver was surprised because the thieves left him with all his paper money in his wallet. "They actually made me pull out all my pocket change and checked the pennies...said something about 1982 or earlier," remarked the visibly shaken driver. Film at 11.

www.tampanews.com/truck_driver_copper/html

shinnosuke wrote:Police in Tampa are reporting the hijacking of a semi-trailer loaded with copper electrode plate. The driver was surprised because the thieves left him with all his paper money in his wallet. "They actually made me pull out all my pocket change and checked the pennies...said something about 1982 or earlier," remarked the visibly shaken driver. Film at 11.

http://www.tampanews.com/truck_driver_copper/html

i clicked the link

Am thinking of switching from penny sorting, to electrode plate sorting! any storage ideas, or the dumping of any zinc plates I find?

shinnosuke wrote:Police in Tampa are reporting the hijacking of a semi-trailer loaded with copper electrode plate. The driver was surprised because the thieves left him with all his paper money in his wallet. "They actually made me pull out all my pocket change and checked the pennies...said something about 1982 or earlier," remarked the visibly shaken driver. Film at 11.

http://www.tampanews.com/truck_driver_copper/html

You guys are just too darn funny....

TXBullion wrote:

shinnosuke wrote:Police in Tampa are reporting the hijacking of a semi-trailer loaded with copper electrode plate. The driver was surprised because the thieves left him with all his paper money in his wallet. "They actually made me pull out all my pocket change and checked the pennies...said something about 1982 or earlier," remarked the visibly shaken driver. Film at 11.

http://www.tampanews.com/truck_driver_copper/html

i clicked the link

Oh, darn! After I read your post.... I had to do it, too!!!

Every now and then I will see a flat bed semi going east bound on I-44. These semis will have on their trailer a single bar of metal on them. It is about 30 feet long, about 12 inches thick, and maybe 16 inches in width. They are a very dark brown color except for the two ends. The ends look exactly like polished copper!!!

I have been tempted to follow one of those semis and wait for the driver to make a pit stop. I would like to learn about those bars. I would like to ask the driver what those bars are and where are they headed, but what would I say??? "STICK'EM UP!!"

The trailer is no doubt heading towards Adam Youngs warehouse. Why? Because HE SAID SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mongo wrote:The trailer is no doubt heading towards Adam Youngs warehouse. Why? Because HE SAID SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adam must be hungry...

Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:Every now and then I will see a flat bed semi going east bound on I-44. These semis will have on their trailer a single bar of metal on them. It is about 30 feet long, about 12 inches thick, and maybe 16 inches in width. They are a very dark brown color except for the two ends. The ends look exactly like polished copper!!!

I have been tempted to follow one of those semis and wait for the driver to make a pit stop. I would like to learn about those bars. I would like to ask the driver what those bars are and where are they headed, but what would I say??? "STICK'EM UP!!"

Get some flashy lights for your car and some sort of uniform...then ask all the questions you want.

144 tons of stolen copper seized.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/china-bound-stolen-copper-seized-at-the-port-of-los-angeles.html

Engineer wrote:144 tons of stolen copper seized.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/china-bound-stolen-copper-seized-at-the-port-of-los-angeles.html

Wanna bet everyone will think your link is fake too??

Engineer wrote:144 tons of stolen copper seized.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/china-bound-stolen-copper-seized-at-the-port-of-los-angeles.html

They mentioned hand carts. Has anyone heard for Hoard lately???

I have an alibi.. Um.. I was sorting.

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:I have an alibi.. Um.. I was sorting.

Isn't that the same alibi he used when the banks were robbed out there.

Police in Tampa are reporting the hijacking of a semi-trailer loaded with copper electrode plate. The driver was surprised because the thieves left him with all his paper money in his wallet. "They actually made me pull out all my pocket change and checked the pennies...said something about 1982 or earlier," remarked the visibly shaken driver. Film at 11.

www.tampanews.com/truck_driver_copper/html

FUNNY STUFF!

Around here they are telling people to mount their heat pumps and central air units on their roof tops so the units are harder to get at because the units are being wrecked by people tearing them apart and taking out the copper.

man sure wish those trucks would hurry up and get to my house

jacks2start wrote:man sure wish those trucks would hurry up and get to my house

You know of course that they are going to be empty by the time they get there?

When sorting percentages are too low, you just have to order up the sheet stock and make your own.