A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2013

[hobo finds]

Looks like you will top your 2012 stats in almost all areas Good exercise and some cash as well!

[CrazyTom]

Looks like you will top your 2012 stats in almost all areas Good exercise and some cash as well!

Thanks Hobo!

Next year I'm thinking about storing all of the road metal for one full year,
instead of mixing it in with the rest of my scrap. Then I'll take it in for one payout.

[CrazyTom]

This weekend;

1 lb 9 oz pop cans
2 lb 4 oz steel
4 oz tire weights
1 oz aluminum
3 oz brass

7 pennies
2 dimes

1 golf ball

2013 running total

251 lb steel
52 lb 11 oz pop cans
39 lb wheel weights
16 lb 4 oz copper/brass
5 lb 11 oz aluminum
9 oz lead
$18.88 cash
48 golf balls


2012 totals

Steel 293 lbs 10 oz
Lead 38 lb 15 oz
Copper/brass 8 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 4 lb
Cans 54 lbs 9 oz
Cash $13.01
Golf balls 37

[CrazyTom]

Saturday was too wet for even a hardcore like myself.
But Sunday was a Salvation.

13 oz pop cans
2 lb 4 oz steel
3 oz tire weights
2 oz copper wire

4 pennies


2013 running total

Steel 253 lb 4 oz
Cans 53 lb 8 oz
Wheel weights 39 lb 3 oz
Copper/brass 16 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 5 lb 11 oz
Lead 9 oz
Cash $18.92
Golf balls 48


2012 totals

Steel 293 lbs 10 oz
Cans 54 lbs 9 oz
Lead 38 lb 15 oz
Copper/brass 8 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 4 lb
Cash $13.01
Golf balls 37

[CrazyTom]

Bonus miles on Thanksgiving, for which I am thankful.

1 lb 12 oz pop cans
7 lb steel
9 oz tire weights

5 pennies
2 quarters
2 nickels
3 dimes

4 golf balls

2013 running total

Steel 260 lb 4 oz
Cans 55 lb 4 oz
Wheel weights 39 lb 12 oz
Copper/brass 16 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 5 lb 11 oz
Lead 9 oz
Cash $19.87
Golf balls 52


2012 totals

Steel 293 lbs 10 oz
Cans 54 lbs 9 oz
Lead 38 lb 15 oz
Copper/brass 8 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 4 lb
Cash $13.01
Golf balls 37

[CrazyTom]

3 good rides.

1 lb 7 oz pop cans
3 lb 12 oz steel
15 oz tire weights
5 oz copper wire

1 quarter
1 dime
1 penny

4 golf balls



2013 running total

Steel 264 lb
Cans 56 lb 11 oz
Wheel weights 40 lb 11 oz
Copper/brass 16 lb 11 oz
Aluminum 5 lb 11 oz
Lead 9 oz
Cash $20.23
Golf balls 56


2012 totals

Steel 293 lbs 10 oz
Cans 54 lbs 9 oz
Lead 38 lb 15 oz
Copper/brass 8 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 4 lb
Cash $13.01
Golf balls 37

[CrazyTom]

Last week was pathetic so I didn't bother.
It is weighed in with this weekend's metal.

12 lb steel (found a very nice Snapon 5/8 box wrench, now in the tool box!)
1 lb 3 oz pop cans
6 oz tire weights
1 oz copper wire

1 nickel
3 pennies

3 golf balls

1/2 of a cell phone


2013 running total

Steel 276 lb
Cans 57 lb 14 oz
Wheel weights 41 lb 1 oz
Copper/brass 16 lb 12 oz
Aluminum 5 lb 11 oz
Lead 9 oz
Cash $20.31
Golf balls 59


2012 totals

Steel 293 lbs 10 oz
Cans 54 lbs 9 oz
Lead 38 lb 15 oz
Copper/brass 8 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 4 lb
Cash $13.01
Golf balls 37

[CrazyTom]

Last weigh of the year. And for those of you who might wonder,
yes I went out early Christmas morning while everyone was still
nestled in their beds. Santa provided some lost nuts and bolts
from his sleigh.


11 oz pop cans
2 lb 12 oz steel
4 oz wheel weights

3 dimes
3 pennies

1 golf ball

Comparing the two years there appears to be a consistent pattern.

2013 totals

Steel 278 lb 12 oz
Cans 58 lb 9 oz
Wheel weights 41 lb 5 oz
Copper/brass 16 lb 12 oz
Aluminum 5 lb 11 oz
Lead 9 oz
Cash $20.64
Golf balls 60


2012 totals

Steel 293 lbs 10 oz
Cans 54 lbs 9 oz
Lead 38 lb 15 oz
Copper/brass 8 lb 6 oz
Aluminum 4 lb
Cash $13.01
Golf balls 37