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A Lot Of Steel In Those Things!

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in-too-deep

02-23-2006 13:37:30




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I'm in the process of cutting up two 100 gal. water heaters. They are approx. 30 yrs. old and have to be cut up to be removed from a basement. I am amazed at the amount of steel those things use. The tank sides are 3/16" and the top and bottom are 1/4" at least. Plus, 7 flue pipes going up through the middle made of 3/16" wall. The new ones weighed about 700 lbs. a piece, so I figure the old 'uns are that atleast. When it's all said and done I'll have about 1500 lbs. of prepared steel to take in. Hello scrap man, I'll take that in 50's. Hello boss, here's the money for those heaters :( Boy, you should've seen the way we got the new ones down there. Took out the stairs and lowered them straight down with a chain hoist. It was quite an experience being under 700 lbs. of dangling water heater. After all that I'm the guy that gets to spend some quality time with a torch on the old ones.

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in-too-deep

02-24-2006 12:42:40




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 Re: A Lot Of Steel In Those Things! in reply to in-too-deep, 02-23-2006 13:37:30  
Yeah, they would make great lawn rollers. Almost wouldn't have to add water for weight! Don't need to worry about galvanized, they're just plain steel. I had plenty of ventilation going anyways. I was more worried about the fiberglass insulation that would melt. I tried not to inhale it directly but there wasn't much I could do.



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Crem

02-24-2006 07:25:48




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 Re: A Lot Of Steel In Those Things! in reply to in-too-deep, 02-23-2006 13:37:30  
Would one of them make a nice lawn roller if you could get it out of the basement?



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Dave NE IA

02-23-2006 20:53:10




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 Re: A Lot Of Steel In Those Things! in reply to in-too-deep, 02-23-2006 13:37:30  
Back in my younger days when I was trying to find myself I spent alot of time with my head over the thunder mug. However none will compare to when I got sick of galvanized steel welding vapors. That was thirty years ago and when I speak of it my head stills heads for the potty chair. Words can't explain how sick I got. Word on the street says it killed alot of my brain cells perhaps. Dave NE IA



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Mark - IN.

02-23-2006 19:36:57




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 Re: A Lot Of Steel In Those Things! in reply to in-too-deep, 02-23-2006 13:37:30  
You know? You could"ve much easier just shut the pilot off, let the gas build up in it, tilted it towards the window and lit a match under it. Probably oughta have called the neighbors and told them to "DUCK" first. Unless they weren"t home, then could"ve replaced your window and denied knowing anything about the hole through their house, and the neighbor"s house on the other side of them, and... Never admit to anything.

You have to think of everything as a tool, and that includes gas. How do you think the cavemen used to get them out of their basements before sawzalls, hoists, and dollies? Banging two rocks together next to the extinguished pilots as the gas built up, that"s how. And then they denied everything to their neighbors and the fire department. I"m pretty sure of it.

Mark

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Broomstacker

02-23-2006 15:18:08




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 Re: A Lot Of Steel In Those Things! in reply to in-too-deep, 02-23-2006 13:37:30  
Cutting galvanized in a basement?? Ouch! Be careful!



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