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A Lot Of Steel In Those Things!
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Posted by in-too-deep on February 23, 2006 at 13:37:30 from (152.163.100.74):
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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