Originally Posted by
Truckman
From my experience I think I should stay with my current Reebok system...The donated cans found on my collection routes invariably have a little liquid left in them even though I turn them upside down before bagging them...By the time I get home and dump them on the concrete porch for flattening, several ounces of their former contents come out of the bag with them...When I Reebok them, I get a little more out on the porch necessitating a hose down when I finish...I hang the bags on the porch rail to drain before reusing them...
I can just see feeding cans into the contraption in the video and getting splattered with stale beer and soda pop...
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Besides the precious metal I flatten the old fashioned way are no longer cylindrical like the ones in the video, and either wouldn't fit or would be forcibly ejected back at me...
...Ben
For a "small fee" I can assure you I could come up with a really elegant automated system to satisfactorily address all your concerns
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