View Full Version : Have you ever seen an 8 oz. or 10 oz. WW?
dmftoy1
03-29-2007, 08:17 AM
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
03-29-2007, 08:36 AM
Semi-trailer trucks and some heavier mine trucks. I've got a few myself.
pumpguy
03-29-2007, 08:45 AM
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
03-29-2007, 08:51 AM
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
03-29-2007, 11:51 AM
I never understood the jokes people were making about prying them off at the truckstop . . . .NOW I get the jokes.
Who's joking?
3sixbits
03-29-2007, 11:59 AM
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
03-29-2007, 12:04 PM
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
03-29-2007, 12:33 PM
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
03-29-2007, 12:36 PM
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.
:castmine:
**oneshot**
03-29-2007, 08:29 PM
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
03-29-2007, 10:37 PM
If you guys want BIG wheelweights, find Carpetman's pickup!
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