And buy something nice for one of your MB's. BillR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luther Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] copper thieves
I've got about 50-60 feet of 0000 that I pulled from a construction dumpster. I'm thinking that I should strip the insulation and take it to the local recycler for some $$$$'s. Luther, copper "thief"? On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:31:56 -0600, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Had breakfast with my pastor last week; thought he looked a bit like someone > who had a bad day or so. Turns out thieves destroyed 6 AC units from the > church the morning before - including three we just had replaced for about > $15k. $33k damage this time [$5k deductable]. From talking to the police > it seems that is going on a lot around here. One church under construction > in our area had 12 units demolished, replaced them, and lost the 12 again 2 > days later. We have been trying to come up with good ways to make theft > harder, but that is lots of $$ also. I'm thinking a large rattlesnake in > each unit might do the trick. A couple of guys with a smoke wrench or a > decent cutter can get into about anything. Too bad I don't have any use > for 6 compressors . Is that sort of thing going on in the rest of the > country also? My guess is that the thieves made @$600 on the scrap copper > for all the damage they caused. Bummer. > > BillR > > Jacksonville FL > > 1981 300SD 297k miles, and happy it is not made of copper. > > -- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi) '82 300CD (166 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
