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by anon_cow1111 971 days ago
Yes, the difference is tannerite (by yield) is many times more expensive, and much easier to trace when someone buys hundreds of pounds of it from a sporting goods store. Similarly, a random individual buying a half ton of AN would probably trip some kind of alarm bells somewhere.
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half ton? If I was headed to a friend's house who owns a farm and they asked me to pick up half a ton of farm supplies I would think nothing of it. Even my truck with its tiny payload can carry that around
If somebody asks you to buy half a ton of fertilizer on their behalf, I suggest you think twice about it. Why do they want you to buy it for them? Even if he's a farmer, with a rational use for that much fertilizer, why is he making such an unusual arrangement to receive fertilizer through his friend instead of buying it himself normally?

Who knows man, maybe feds caught him with some pot plants and now he's setting you up in some sort of bullshit anti-terror sting to cut a deal. Regardless of what kind of truck you have, casually buying half a ton of fertilizer for somebody else is an odd request that warrants some explaining.