dpb on Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:30:49 -0500 typed in
rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On 08/22/2014 11:24 AM, dpb wrote:
On 08/22/2014 9:53 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
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.

Rail, if it's at all clean could probably be one of those things ig
could chop up into 6" or shorter chunks and sell for the big bucks on
eBay as the shop/bench anvil, etc., ...

At least that was my supposition of the intent as given the described
locale and bother hardly seems worth the effort for just scrap prices.

Well, you know how it is, a penny here, a penny there, it adds up.
B-)
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