# Italian Job Style Copper Heist **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 20, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/italian-job-style-copper-heist/13537 "2006-06-20T05:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/italian-job-style-copper-heist/13537/21 "2006-06-20T14:15:41Z")
holy shit…::scopes local areas for power line::::takes gutters off house while rents arent home::: ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/italian-job-style-copper-heist/13537/22 "2006-06-20T14:27:35Z")
On a recent jobsite i was on…we use copper flashings and counterflashings…we were going to reuse them until the crew broke for lunch came back and EVERYTHING copper was gone…but they left the 1,000s of dollars of tools around. Tdown ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/italian-job-style-copper-heist/13537/23 "2006-06-20T14:30:42Z")
> [@brendansi](#): > > THREE DOLLARS??? > > wtf? I think it was only 1.35 or something last week. Thats a huge difference. fuck rollin pennies and takein em to the bank, im takin mine to the scrapyard 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/italian-job-style-copper-heist/13537/24 "2006-06-20T16:45:24Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#): > > inb4copperweddingringsarethehotnewitem > > And it’s $3 a pound, an average one foot section of powerline weighs near the 20-40 pound range. Close… I have a 3" section of 750 MCM which is heavy industrial power line, it can carry 10,000Amps at 600Volts i believe, it weighs just under a pound… I hold it in my fist, it is a lot worse than hitting someone with a roll of quarters ---
**Author:** ![Ovrwrkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ovrwrkd/32/7586_2.png) [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/italian-job-style-copper-heist/13537/25 "2006-06-20T18:50:28Z")
> [@White00s10](#): > > fuck rollin pennies and takein em to the bank, im takin mine to the scrapyard 😛 Good luck. Pennies have been made of steel with a zinc coating since World War 2. As for the theft of power lines, I’ve read atleast 4 other accounts of it happening, two of which resulted in one of the thieves being elecrocuted :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/italian-job-style-copper-heist/13537/26 "2006-06-21T13:41:37Z")
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