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Pulling rails from the ground
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:37:12 -0700 (PDT),
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On Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:40:36 PM UTC-4, Ignoramus10365 wrote:
On 2014-08-21,
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On Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:05:02 PM UTC, wrote:
Yeah well, if I were iggy, I'd just call a crane and leave pulling everything out to them. Its probably safer too, because all this speculation and do-it-yourself crap is for the birds.
Where is the fun in that?
And where is the money, after paying the crane company ?
And besides, getting a crane there is a major challenge.
Great question to ask a crane operator, instead of us. It may be easier and cheaper than you think. You don't know if you don't ask.
Keep in mind that Iggy likely is getting somehing like $0.10/pound for
steel. Typical rail is on the order of 40 lbs./ft., or a little less.
Margins are slim. You have to move a lot of steel at very low overhead
to make any money.
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