elgatoloco
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Observation after recent trip south.
We saw something in Baja we had never seen before. A portable (flatbed mounted) car crusher working a pile of rusted/busted autos next to the highway
in San Quintin.
The price of scrap steel has risen about 300% in last year primarily because of China and its expanding economy. The price of all steel is also going
thru a bit of a crisis right now. The general public is not really aware of it as it is not widely reported in the media except for those in the
trades (like me) that deal with manufacturing.
Wouldn?t it be nice if as a consequence of this was that all of the junk metal was crushed up and removed??
I hope so.
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jeans
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Not Just In Baja
Heck....we could use that thing here in Ramona!
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Me No
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Yes it would! Very interesting. If you fly over the TJ area, as I have many times, you will see hundreds of junk yards just like the ones in SQ.
Maybe they all will be recycled. 
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For years there was a curve going south as you approach GN that had a Stack of "Crunched Cars". Virginia and I named it "Crunched Car Curve",I
noticed on my recent trip that they had been removed.
for several years after the road opened there would be piles of rusted Cans,since the Deposit on Cans came about, it has been cleaned up by the
Locals,who gather the cans and turn in for Propane!
The Prop from Ed Tabors's B-25 ended it up on a Junkers Truck headed for San Diego{he wanted $80 and I did not buy it as money was short!}
It would look good as a Memory for the old "Flying Sportsman" in Loreto.
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Me No
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Good stuff Skeet, Keep it coming.
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thebajarunner
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steel scrap in LABay
This morning at our weekly meeting of my steel company partners I showed a foto I took last week in BOLA of a sign "Se compra metal"
In back was a guy and a woman sorting scrap, one of my partners just shook his head and said he was amazed at how it would pay to ship that stuff
clear North from LABay.... however, you are correct, steel retail prices as well as scrap are right through the roof these days, and getting worse.
Try to buy a load at wholesale to fill gaps in your inventory, no es posible...
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soulpatch
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Just look at the price of any metal..... especially copper. wire. aluminum. boats.
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capn.sharky
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""Crunched Car Curve" Skeet, I remember that spot. It was there for years. I noticed it was gone a few years ago and I just thought they had
finally cleaned it up. Kinda like the cases of broken coke bottles alongside the highway. Another thing I always wonder about is how they keep the
candle burning in some of those little shrines for the accident victoms along the road. Some of them are a long way from the nearest town. I love
Hector's Truck shrine. Still lots of little mystories along Baja One......
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Sharksbaja
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Metal for Chinese Junks?
er, I mean Wal-Mart junk.
Do they have stuff with metal in it? 
Yea last June they were hauling off lots of scrap and cars in the new Pemex area north of Sta. Rosalia.
How are metals of mass dealt with. Like the Stock Exchange here?
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JESSE
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Wasnt this thread started in 2004?
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Minnow
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Hey Me No, I see your past has been reinstated. Love the status, gets attention. |
You mean Banned. Some would probably still prefer it that way, but Doug is
kind.
Posting in Kino Bay, cold windy, and rainy. Two nights ago we could see across to BOLA to what must have been one heck of a sand storm. It took two
hours for the waves to hit us, the wind took two more.
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thebajarunner
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Personally, I like the newer version of MeNo, kinder and gentler Minnow.
And, note the date on the MeNo post, still back a few years.
And yes, Doug is kind and Minnow can be as well.
Welcome back (think I already said that a month ago, but twice never hurts)
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Minnow
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Thanks Bajarunner, I did not expect that. Feliz aņo nuevo.
I have looked into your history as well. You are A true baja afishinado. spelling intended. See you on the road.
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thebajarunner
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igualmente, hermano
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