Have you ever seen an 8 oz. or 10 oz. WW?

[dmftoy1]

I was smelting down some ingots last night and came across a few of these monsters. I thought at first that they weren't wheel weights but they had the clip, melted at the right temp etc. I can't imagine how big the wheel has to be to need something that heavy to balance it. I wish I knew where i got them ..it sure would cut down on the clip skimming if they were all that big. :)

Have a good one,
Dave

[45 2.1]

Semi-trailer trucks and some heavier mine trucks. I've got a few myself.

[pumpguy]

Largest one I ever got was 16 oz. Wish I could get a whole bucket full of these. Unfortunately, most truck tire places are going to big stick on weights.

[dmftoy1]

LOL . . .I was just amazed when I grabbed it out of the bucket. I never understood the jokes people were making about prying them off at the truckstop . . . .NOW I get the jokes. :) A whole bucket would be about 200 of these things.

Have a good one,
Dave

[9.3X62AL]

I never understood the jokes people were making about prying them off at the truckstop . . . .NOW I get the jokes.

Who's joking?

[3sixbits]

Isn't big WW's what all bullet casters dream of? And finding 40 pounds of pure tin at the bottom of the 55 gal drum filled with the biggies?

[Dale53]

I bought a quantity of boxed NEW WW's from a defunct tire store. A considerable number of them were large ones for trucks. Seems a shame to use new ww's to melt down for bullets, but that hasn't stopped me:mrgreen:.

Dale53

[Nickle]

Isn't big WW's what all bullet casters dream of? And finding 40 pounds of pure tin at the bottom of the 55 gal drum filled with the biggies?

Nope, I dream of last Friday evening, when my friend brought me 400 pounds of FREE Linotype. He'll probably be bringing more, next time he stops by that print shop.

[dakotashooter2]

Seems a shame to use new ww's to melt down for bullets, but that hasn't stopped me.

Nope . The shame is thay the lead was used for ww and not made into boolits to start with.


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[**oneshot**]

In the bucket that I was smelting today I pulled out what I thought was a part to a car/truck that got thrown in with the weights. Wrong! It was a huge wheel weight. Couldn't read the numbers since it was battered but I'd say it was around 10oz or so by comparison with the other larger ones I had on hand.

[waksupi]

If you guys want BIG wheelweights, find Carpetman's pickup!