Anyone wanna go in on 80 tons of lead? lol

[spuddicus]

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

I couldn't help myself, that's a lifetime supply right there

[Lefty SRH]

For several people!

[MBTcustom]

Opening bid is $150. If we got enough members together on this, we could hook up our folks for a very long time!

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

Group buy!

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

So, it says requires mutilation.
How does one mutilate lead? Or do they mean changing it's shape? :takinWiz:

I can mutilate lead at 195 grains at a time, but 158k pounds will take me awhile

[MBTcustom]

It probably requires destroying/defacing any markings on the lead. We do this all the time at my day job.

[spuddicus]

yeah the listing shows that mutilation on site or offsite by a certified DoD person,

How much propane would be needed to cast 160,000 corn cob ingots?

And is there anyone with a big enough truck?

[x101airborne]

Wish I was still in North Bama. That would be a short trip and I knew a guy with 2 18 wheelers. It would have cost me two cases of beer and fuel.

[H.Callahan]

yeah the listing shows that mutilation on site or offsite by a certified DoD person.

I think it has to be WITNESSED by a DoD person. The buyer gets to do the mutilation.

[Lefty SRH]

Wish I was still in North Bama. That would be a short trip and I knew a guy with 2 18 wheelers. It would have cost me two cases of beer and fuel.

I'm in north Alabama! I don't have too many connections though.

[spuddicus]

I think it has to be WITNESSED by a DoD person. The buyer gets to do the mutilation.

Meant to type that

[wlc]

A fella would need one BIG smelting pot for that. I wonder if thats all more or less "pure" lead.....

[Oreo]

I think one needs to clarify what exactly will pass as "mutilation". Perhaps all one needs is a good sledge hammer. Maybe a chainsaw.

If anyone ever really wanted to make a serious attempt at something like this I'd be down to help / participate.

[Gator 45/70]

Yeah...I'm in for a crate..61 left to go...

[I'll Make Mine]

I think you'd need four or five 18-wheelers to move that much -- and the auction states that mutilation has to take place (either on site, or at buyer's facility witnessed by DOD rep) before title transfers. I suspect the mutilation is to ensure the material isn't resold as is or transferred out of the country intact (the latter could potentially transfer classified information).

I don't even know how you'd go about mutilating 79+ tons of lead in a manner that would disguise its prior form, short of melting it -- and I bet you'd have to re-crate it afterward to ship it. Like a lot of government "scrap" auctions, you'd spend much more moving it than it cost you to buy it...

[bowfin]

How many flatbed trailer loads would 158,500 pounds be?

Anybody have any insight?

Okay, I was posting when the answer was given by I'll Make Mine.

Fellas, if I were rich...

...I wouldn't be so for long...

[I'll Make Mine]

Probably depends on state highway laws, but I seem to recall a limit of around 20 or so tons of payload in the box trailers that haul out of the warehouse I work in (I don't work with the trailers, so I could be off by a significant factor). The legal limitation is usually load per axle, which leads to some odd things sometimes (like concrete mixer trucks with six axles, three of which are hydraulically retractable for when they haven't got a full mixer).

[runfiverun]

usually 16,000 per axle except in states that go by bridge weight.

[mac60]

20 tons is about right. Your gross wgt. can't exceed 80,000 lbs. 12k on the steering axle, 34k on the drive wheels and 34k on the trailer tandems. Trailers with axles spread 10 ft. apart can go up to 40k on the trailer tandems (that doesn't change the gross requirements of 80,000 - so if you went 40k on the trailer tandems, the difference of 6,000 would have to come off somewhere else, probably the drive wheels). Some carriers can get exemptions. If you're overweight going over the scales the fine you pay in effect becomes your overweight permit. I haul compressed gas cylinders and on my particular trailer (it's a 10 on 2 spread axle) my payload limit is 44,500 lbs. So you're probably looking at 4 loads (depending on how you load it - could be more than 4)

[bob208]

i would be interested in some a ton or 2.