Cost of lead ballast

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S-two
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Re: Cost of lead ballast

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Newman mustang? Is it on youtube?
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Re: Cost of lead ballast

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Sorry- I really should't try to do 2 things at once! I meant to say "Thompson" Search u tube "Danny Thompson crash"
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Good, Fast, Cheap, pick any two!
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Re: Cost of lead ballast

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Thanks for the link. Hope none of us ever have to go through that.
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Re: Cost of lead ballast

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Greg Watters wrote:if your going to melt it, what about leaving a bucket at your local tyre seller and collect all the old wheelweights
I just gave this a whirl while getting my tyres changed on the car. I am now the proud owner of a ~30-40kg bucket of lead weights which I got for free :) They had a bucket already I just needed to bring my own to take it away. I think the trick is to ask at a big place where the guys doing the work aren't the one's seeing the money coming back from the recyclers. It probably helps to be a paying customer too ;)

BTW - I will be using it to weight down the front wheel.
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