Got wind turbine blades? Build bridges.

[buckeyefarmer]

Knowing a guy in the business, the price is determined by what they think you can afford. He flat out told me.

 

[MossRoad]

Knowing a guy in the business, the price is determined by what they think you can afford. He flat out told me.

Ours had price lists already printed. Mom died at 4:30 am and we were casket shopping at 8:00.

They did tell us there is a wide price range, and there was. Everything from a couple hundred dollars particle board box to $10K + . Kinda shocking to think someone would want to pay $10K for a box that's gonna be buried, and knowing what happens to a corpse in a sealed box.... all the liquids. Blech.

However, some folks want to do that big send off and that's fine. Whatever helps to ease them through the loss of a loved one. Just not our cup of tea.

 

[MossRoad]

Found this in Rotterdam.

Pretty cool!

 

[BravoXray]

I believe casket sales people are the worst 'upsells' out there.
Sure rank them above used car salesman.

That may be at some funeral homes, but when my mother and father passed away, we were not pressured at all. They gave us a price list and left us alone to decide.
It's a family run business, and has been there for over 100 years.

 

[ericm979]

That may be at some funeral homes, but when my mother and father passed away, we were not pressured at all. They gave us a price list and left us alone to decide.
It's a family run business, and has been there for over 100 years.

That was my experience as well, also with an old firm in a small town.

 

[MossRoad]

My father in-law passed away a year ago November. My mother in-law had prearranged everything years before that. Their family uses a different funeral home than my family, however, both are family owned and fantastic (although theirs uses the pink meat lights). Even with it being during the pandemic, they came and got the body, took care of everything, gave us the boards to post pictures for the viewing, picked up and delivered items for weeks and months afterwards, and coordinated the installation of my father in-law's headstone and the veteran plaque on the backside of the stone.

I couldn't thank them enough for bending over backwards to make it as painless as possible for my mother in-law.

 

[MossRoad]

Fun Indiana Trivia....

Who's the largest casket manufacturer in the U.S.?

Batesville Casket Company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Valveman]

Found this in Rotterdam.

Pretty cool!

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I guess they could also make caskets out of those wind turbine blades. Archeologist in 10,000 years will be amazed at the preservations of the bodies? Lol! A playground on every block with a bridge to it would still only use a fraction of what needs to be disposed of or recycled.

 

[bigtiller]

Wind turbine blades are recyclable.
General Electric can shred the blades and use the "mulch" to replace raw materials for concrete.

GE announces first US wind turbine blade recycling program with Veolia

The blades were the only part of the turbines not getting recycled, and will now be shredded to replace raw materials currently used for cement manufacturing, resulting in lower CO2 emissions.

www.utilitydive.com

 

[workinonit]

True. Don't even think that when a plant gets moth balled and eventually shut down that it is torn down and scrapped. They are almost all sold to China.

 

[Rustyiron]

So you're saying it's just like farming and the oil and gas industry then. Won't argue that one.

Oil & gas are also subsidized but not even close to the same extent. I've heard that number before but I'm not confident enough of my memory to repeat it.

 

[Rustyiron]

I went to the funeral of a pilot friend a couple of weeks ago, and it was the first time I have ever seen a wooden casket. It was white with wooden hand rails and some decorative art, very tasteful.
I don't know if price was a factor or that was his wish.

Family and friends built the coffin and vault for the last funeral I went to 2-3 years ago. The "vault" was built in my shop.
In Maine it's legal to be buried on your property, this one was on his home place.
Pretty nice "home grown" funeral.

 

[Jstpssng]

knowing what happens to a corpse in a sealed box.... all the liquids. Blech.

I believe that the liquids are removed.

I don't care what they do to me when I'm gone. It's not like I'll be needing this body again. Otherwise I might have taken better care of it.

 

[MossRoad]

I believe that the liquids are removed.

I don't care what they do to me when I'm gone. It's not like I'll be needing this body again. Otherwise I might have taken better care of it.

If you're embalmed, the body fluids are replaced with other fluids.
In Indiana, there's no requirement for the removal of body fluids, or embalming.
Refrigeration can be used in place of embalming.
Body fluids aren't removed for cremation.

Have you ever been a pall bearer at a funeral? The corpse is heavy. About 60% of the body is water.

 

[5030]

Without reading the whole thread I read elsewhere they can be ground up and added to asphalt as a filler for making highways.

 

[BravoXray]

Fun Indiana Trivia....

Who's the largest casket manufacturer in the U.S.?

Batesville Casket Company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I saw some of their trucks in Florida when I went to my daughter's in November.
I talked to one of their drivers a few years ago, said they were a great company to work for.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

Government regulations should state that if the manufacturer cann,t come up with a safe way to re-cycle the product they make, then it should not be allowed, by law, to manufacture them.

Government wanted them to begin with...

 

[bigtiller]

I don't care what they do to me when I'm gone. It's not like I'll be needing this body again. Otherwise I might have taken better care of it.

Without reading the whole thread I read elsewhere they can be ground up and added to asphalt as a filler for making highways.

Jtp...Do you have a road in mind? 5030 has an idea.

 

[Rustyiron]

Jtp...Do you have a road in mind? 5030 has an idea.

That post couldn't be inserted in a funnier spot than where it was.

 

[bigtiller]

That post couldn't be inserted in a funnier spot than where it was.

I got a big laugh out of the timing of the two also.