I can get as much of this as I want, is it lead?

[FPDoc]

Yes I’m going to get it all. We have four now and 4 more when the new robots come in and we get them changed out. Probably 4-6 months with cargo transportation right now. I got 3 of them one my car hauler with pallets under them. That what I won’t cut into my trailer

With others comments on breaking down such huge pieces of lead... I could see standing by your trailer with a sawzall thinking.. "We're going to need a bigger boat" ala the movie, Jaws.

The chips from a chainsaw would be easier to sweep up for sure.

Consider making a documentary of how you manage it. Might make a good searchable tutorial for when another one of us has a similar bit of good fortune.

 

[pilot]

If you are close enough, I'd come by and help cut it up for a small share.

 

[springfield art]

Use a hand held staple gun like a T50. If you bury a 3/8ths staple it's pretty much pure.

Yeah, and the old thing where you scratch it with a fingernail; if you can score it, it's probably pure. I can't imagine have half ton of lead, but wow! Will be fun to hear, keep us informed what you do with it! (I think lead is going for $2./lb.? Maybe more now.)

 

[Eddie Southgate]

I don't see any way you could ever go wrong on this deal . I'd buy it for .25 per pound even if it was zinc as it was at $1.34 a pound last I checked . You got a great deal and probably a lifetime supply for your muzzleloaders . Buy a few pigs of type metal to mix in and you will be good for anything you want to cast for the fast shooters . Congratulations .

 

[LME]

I've cut up a lot of lead in a lifetime but if I were presented with that much in that form I would haul it to the scrap yard, sell it and use the $$ to buy new pure clean lead in 1# ingots. You would still have a lot of lead and no work involved.

Due to the fact these are cast weights I would say they are lead. To be an alloy they would have to batch their product before casting to get the exact weight needed witch is critical. It is so much easier to do the math when you deal with solid numbers that you already have.

 

[Master Blaster]

Watched a YT video of a guy cutting up a huge lead keel from a sailing ship restoration, using a medium sized chain saw. He remarked at how easy it was.

 

[pamtnman]

We are scraping several robots at work and I can buy the counter weights at 25cent a lbs. boss said he can give me a hell of a deal if I take all 8 of them. Probably about $100 a piece. As he just needs the rest of the employees to see me pay something. They are 922lbs each and seem to be lead. Any way to test them. The scrapings melt quickly. All told it’s just under 4 tons for a couple hundred bucks.

BUY BUY BUY

 

[pamtnman]

Watched a YT video of a guy cutting up a huge lead keel from a sailing ship restoration, using a medium sized chain saw. He remarked at how easy it was.

Master I’ve been following that same boat restoration on YT

 

[Sidney Smith]

Yeah but did he mention how many chains he went through doing it? I'm sure he destroyed the chainsaw doing it.

 

[Master Blaster]

0 as I recall.

 

[Sidney Smith]

I highly doubt that. You just touch a running chain to the dirt, and it's trashed. I can't see how it could survive a material as dense as lead without being dulled to the point of uselessness.

 

[hawkeye2]

Yeah but did he mention how many chains he went through doing it? I'm sure he destroyed the chainsaw doing it.

The answer is in the video, suggest watching it.

 

[William Lincoln]

Many counterweights are iron. Lead is soft to scratch with fingernail.
Take a piece to a scrap dealer without telling him your source.

 

[NoBodyImportant]

Long story short is a chainsaw works really well. Doesn’t even dull the chain.

 

[NoBodyImportant]

 

[Master Blaster]

Karma!

 

[oldwood]

Had a friend that was tearing down micro wave towers with pure lead shielding in them. . He was cutting the lead with a circular saw with the blade installed backwards. Said it worked well. I got some of the lead...........OH YEA........... super Soft , would wilt if sheet held out flat.

 

[pamtnman]

You lucky lucky… I’m happy for you, this is the score of a lifetime. You are now set with lead for the rest of your shooting career. Powder, primers, caps can all be acquired or made.

 

[FPDoc]

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Glad it worked so well for you. I watched that shipbuilder saw up his lead keel.

 

[Whitworth]

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I figured it would cut it like butter. Good choice of chainsaw too