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Originally posted by Brian 162
As a sidebar scrap copper pays alot as well. We save copper fittings that we replace ( 2 inch and up). We stock pile it buntil we get enough to get a decent load. We have been ripped off twice in the last 6 months. Once during the day.
Too true - one of our clients (telecommunications company) recently had a grounding rod that was being stored for installation on one of their sites ripped off. Estimated scrap value was about $60. These guys evidently drove about two miles up a remote and VERY rough (4x4 definitely required) desert mountain road to get to the site, then commited felony trespass, B&E (over an 8' fence topped with razor wire) in order to get it.

Either some VERY desperate desert-dwelling meth-heads or an inside job - they're looking into it. But yea, copper is a target now.
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