Ww Lead No More???

[onehappyferret]

Went to my friendly "BIG O" Tire store to pick up WW {they give me a bucket of WW a week} talking with the manager who said, he though lead would not be used in WW in five years, 3M has a lead substitue for WW which they are trying to push!

[BIGGUNGOBOOM]

i posted the same thing yesterday. it seems that this rumor is going around pretty fast now. makes you wonder the truth behind it

[Anvil]

Speaking of that, I had some stick-on ww in the bucket of clip-on ww in the bucket I got from the local tire shop. I got the lead good and hot, runny as water and those damn stick on ww didn't melt. They seemed like lead to me but they wouldn't melt at leads melting point.

I had to skim them out. Not good for bullets it seems.


I think these may take off in areas like California where there are alot of environmental laws but places like Mississippi, Kentucky and the like will always have clip-ons I think. They'll be cheaper for the tire stores.

[gokyo]

The non melters might be zinc.

You know a lack of lead WW might actually cause the price of pure lead do down. we might actually become legit casters not CRB casters.

[MullahElRon]

i posted the same thing yesterday. it seems that this rumor is going around pretty fast now. makes you wonder the truth behind it
Not a rumor, been on the horizon for quite a while now, it's a matter of time.


http://www.leadfreewheels.org/tscasupplement.v1.pdf

http://www.cleancarcampaign.org/releases/20050517_lead.shtml

http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/newsletters/16_1/Vol16_1.htm#feature1-me

[onehappyferret]

Got more WW, just after making my post I went to Costco to buy pizza for my "minions" I stopped buy their tire shop, they said they recycle WW, I found the manager and begged!!!, I pulled truck up to shop and got 5 gallon bucket worth!! Then went to 7/11 and one of the employees gave me a crab cooker to melt the WW down with.

[chewy]

Hmmm. I forgot about Cost Co. I been finding a few most likely zunce clip ons and stick'ums in with the WW batches I been gettin', which ain't been much.

[onehappyferret]

Chewy, You need to make some "WW CARMA" think only about WW ask all you friends about WW , even compleat strangers about WW, Dream about WW !! In two weeks I have, 4 full 5gl buckets of WW,using thease methods.

[MullahElRon]

Somebody needs to make a lead bikini to help out those with weak visualization skills.

[chewy]

I hear ya. I only get to Cost Co maybe once a month, if even that, due to livin' in a small town. But I'll hit em' up next time. possibly tomorrow in fact come ta' think of it. Hmmmm.

[chewy]

Somebody needs to make a lead bikini to help out those with weak visualization skills.
They're "low drag" with out the "high speed." :yikes:

[GLOCKENNBOOMER]

Chewy, are you Navajo or Apache? Maybe you could give us a WW dance?

[chewy]

I be Navajo. Tried that already. All that came to me was a lesbian with a coffee can of WWs. Eh....every bit helps. S'pose I need some help from the Rainbow tribe in Santa Fe, they got the necessary spendin' cabbage ta' do things right. Plus, all I have ta' do is tell um' it's for recyclin' and they'll be all supportin' the WW cause and such.

[jawjaboy]

If'n anybody tells y'all a tale about me peddlin ww's in da alley by da gun sto this mornin, it be a ball faced lie. Honest.

[Helms]

Speaking of that, I had some stick-on ww in the bucket of clip-on ww in the bucket I got from the local tire shop. I got the lead good and hot, runny as water and those damn stick on ww didn't melt. They seemed like lead to me but they wouldn't melt at leads melting point.

I had to skim them out. Not good for bullets it seems.


I think these may take off in areas like California where there are alot of environmental laws but places like Mississippi, Kentucky and the like will always have clip-ons I think. They'll be cheaper for the tire stores.

actually, stick-on wheel weights depend on the type of rim used. Many new car rims and aftermarket require the stick on type. I was a service manager at a tire shop for a little while, and like I said it just depends on the wheel. Some rims dont have the lip to accept one of the 2 types of clip-ons. German cars seem to be the worst about this, but really almost any new car in the last 2 years I can remember has needed stick-ons, unless it had hubcaps and steel wheels.

Big rigs use huge stick-ons as well. very few of them actually use the huge clip-ons anymore, and I think because you can mount the weight more in the center of the rim, they are a bit more accurate than clip-ons, which may be a slight benefit.

I have no idea what they are made out of, it bends like lead and so on but it probably isnt. I have heard zinc, but who knows.

[bfox]

All that came to me was a lesbian with a coffee can of WWs

Was she a Cute Lesbian ?
Maybe you could teach me this Dance .:party:

Bill

[chewy]

All that came to me was a lesbian with a coffee can of WWs

Was she a Cute Lesbian ?
Maybe you could teach me this Dance .:party:

Bill
Uuuugh! Fit, but a bit' too butch for my tastes! Damn fine auto mechanic though, I give her that much fer sure.

[GLOCKENNBOOMER]

Cohutt should write a book " Being a lead whore for dummies"

[fredj338]

SOme of the new stick-on ww are zinc or maybe babbit. I think eventually, all ww will be non lead based. All the eco freaks think the lead weights fall off & somehow damage the enviroment. So scrounge them while you can.