"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:26:14 -0500, Gene
wrote:

Wow. 800 hp. to shred a filing cabinet. or bowling pins. Notice the
Beemer didnt' go down without a fight.

LOL!

I can't, just CAN'T believe that is economically feasible. A day and a
half at what, $200+/hr? $2400 for that measly pile of rubble?

I was wondering about that myself. I've known people however who made
quite a good living in the scrap metal business however. I think it
depends on how much non-ferrous you can extract out.

PS, Did you get the drawings and do they look OK to you?


Reply:

A few have made great gobs of money with ferrous metals also. My dad did
some of the construction for Schnitzer's Steel Hammer mill that will shred a
car in to 50 cent size pieces in less than a minute.
http://www.schnitzersteel.com/ Only thing that will stop the shredder is a
gas tank. Now a guy stands below the conveyor belt to stop the line if he
sees a gas tank. About 40 years ago, one blew up and put the machine down
for a couple weeks repair.