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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
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Farm country — plow discs...
By now I'm sure many have heard of the 'cowboy wok' also known by other names. Very popular in the urban areas and since the popularity, what once was a farmer's scrap is now farmer's gold.
However, I have driven across this great land and I can't imagine the supply of used discs is hardly scarce. It's the logistics, they are large and heavy, so shipping is not helping areas like greater Los Angeles which is miles from productive farm land. Which is over-shopped anyway for all things "Steampunk." YMMV on that one.
I think a few gathered up and secured with a large bolt would be fair game for Greyhound as they don't have much in the way of packaging rules. If they can lift it and put it in the baggage compartment, they'll ship it. BTW, they are faster than any other shipping service short of air and quite reasonable. Perfect for bicycles and even a smaller motor cycle broken down a bit. I'm getting off track but all the large body parts and even a 901 tranny that I bought or sold all went by the dog. The tranny reached VT from CA in a little over 2 days!
Back to discs — anyone care to source a few, no more than 80 lbs total, and ship them? OK, so what is best are larger ones and they are harder to find because, IIRC, they can be used on a smaller plow when they get less in diameter. I guess they also get somewhat thin at the rim and become fragile. Nothing like a couple of broken discs out in the middle of the field. And cracked ones can be welded up good enough for the wok.
Looking for minimum of 20" discs in any shape if you can find them w/o too much trouble. If so, PM me and we can work out some details. I still have a few interesting parts I could offer up, especially factory workshop manuals and other literature plus posters. Would cover shipping with cash. This could be an ongoing thing and real money can be involved.
A LARGE broken disc is still worth it.
TIA, gentlemen. PS, youz locals can hit me up for a wok if this goes down.
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