Magnet fishing
Dec 22, 2020 20:41:42 #
My uncles outboard was a 1960s 5 hp fell off his homebilt plywood hydroplane built with popular mechanics blueprints. Years later myself and my cousin swamped it and its still in the lake sunk .🛶
Dec 22, 2020 20:43:24 #
saw1 wrote:
Hope it doesn't latch onto some immovable object. Like a car or something. Don't know how you would be able to get it off. 
EGGzacktly.
Dec 22, 2020 21:34:03 #
saw1 wrote:
Hope it doesn't latch onto some immovable object. Like a car or something. Don't know how you would be able to get it off.
I am picturing him lowering it from a bridge and having the magnet drawn to the nearest steel beam...clang! Ummmm? Now what?
I really hope it doesn’t happen, but I really hope I am there if it does. Probably better come with a rope rated at 601# 😱
Dec 22, 2020 21:40:45 #
Jwid
Loc: Lake Killarney, Ironton, MO
Huntm22 wrote:
At .60 a lb. metal could add up. Just think - a ton is worth $120
Your math should be $1,200, but last time I took scrap metal in price was .04 per pound. But at .06 or 6 cents a pound your math works.
Dec 22, 2020 21:47:27 #
Dec 22, 2020 22:08:35 #
Jwid wrote:
Your math should be $1,200, but last time I took scrap metal in price was .04 per pound. But at .06 or 6 cents a pound your math works.
Math works just thumbs don’t always cooperate. We have a Nucor Steel Mill near us and a couple years ago it was 6 pennies a lb for good clean scrap. Not worth the effort.
Dec 22, 2020 22:37:20 #
Jwid wrote:
Your math should be $1,200, but last time I took scrap metal in price was .04 per pound. But at .06 or 6 cents a pound your math works.
Around here Jwid, steel is around.05 , iron.04 lb. Definitely not worth the effort.
Dec 22, 2020 22:50:00 #
Jwid
Loc: Lake Killarney, Ironton, MO
Fredfish wrote:
Around here Jwid, steel is around.05 , iron.04 lb. Definitely not worth the effort.
My thoughts exactly. When the city adds $25 to your bill for a special pickup of hot water heater and old grill you go to the scrap yard for the $7.
Dec 23, 2020 14:16:27 #
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Dec 23, 2020 17:30:44 #
hemihappy wrote:
Against the law to use in some places
You sayin you can't use a magnet in some places? Never heard of that before.
Dec 23, 2020 17:33:10 #
Dec 23, 2020 17:58:23 #
woodguru
Loc: El Dorado Ca
OJdidit wrote:
My Son bought one for bridge fishing. It is supposed to be rated at 600# as well. I told him he might find a few murder weapons or catch him a nice bridge. Maybe not in that order 😉
I can’t wait to see the results!
I can’t wait to see the results!
Funny you should say that, if that magnet sticks itself to a bridge, girder, car, or submerged steel hull you are not going to pull it up.
Dec 23, 2020 18:02:13 #
woodguru wrote:
Funny you should say that, if that magnet sticks itself to a bridge, girder, car, or submerged steel hull you are not going to pull it up.
That's what I was sayin. Don't think you could have a rope big enough attached to it to get it back.
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