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big tee

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On Purple Wave Auctions this Thursday the city of Tulsa is selling 21 totes of water meters-estimated weight of 50,000 lbs.-The bid is $50,000 plus 10% buyers premium-wow-there is probably brass in them but $55,000 worth--I supposed on snowy days this winter you could sit in front of the fireplace and strip them---Tee
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21 totes
 
My guess is that they converted over to electronic reading meters and these are the ones they removed. Our COOP made the transition several years ago. I don't know the lifetime of a meter but it probably was a good idea to replace the meters anyway as mine was 40+ years old.
 
I just looked online pricing for scrap yellow brass in Mich and it is at 1.60 a pound.

that's a lot work for little return
 
Road trip? Might be a long winter and it would give you something to do Tee.
 
Hey Mel--We could sit in front of your fireplace and strip them and tell tractor pull lies!!---Tee
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The Man--The Legend--1000 cubic inches of earth pounding G John Deere--AKA Full Pull MEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Yep, life expectancy of old style brass meters was about 25-30 years. As the impeller & body wears due to use, the meters read slower. (Moving water does wear even polished brass.) Whenever we changed out really old meters, the home owner often claimed the new meter was inaccurate because they showed more monthly use than the old one did. Modern electronic meters are much more accurate than the old brass ones.
 
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