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You have to consider this in the context of an active construction site where material handling equipment is strewn about everywhere. 30 pounds is nothing to a pallet jack or a forklift that can go to a telehandler that can put the load in a pickup truck. A wide variety of power equipment is just sitting around, keyed-alike. Thousands of pounds of copper can be gone in a moment to a clever gang of thieves.

Still not a great ROI for the criminal risk being taken, but the people taking this stuff live in very different circumstances than myself and presumably yourself.




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