[TheForge] press

[bowie]

Hey chuck lets go over their and drop one in the ole pickup ha lol
 will us your truck if you dont mind,,,, mine is not running good sence we
started leaving the hogs in the back of it they get real made when we drive it
-----SO  see you in the morning , bring the torch hahaha,  lol
 Bowie    Ha we can do it  think big


Chuck Robinson wrote:

> If any of you folks now have the unquenchable desire to own a big press or
> 2,
>  if you hurry, you can probably get a matched set for4 nothing from the
> deactivated
> Army Ammunition Plant at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
> You just have to remove them from the building.
> They are 2500 ton presses, stand about 6 stories high
>  and you could fit a full size pickup in the jaws.
>  During the plant auction the auctioneer started bidding at $3,000,000.
>  The only bid offered was $100.
>  I heard that the cost of removing them intact was $800,000.
> I believe that they are now slated to be cut up for scrap.
> Wish I could get the dies from them, they would make some serious anvils.
> Chuck
>
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