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Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:24 am
by CrazyTom
Better miles!
1 lb 9 oz pop cans
7 lb 10 oz steel ( a 15MM deep socket, 3/8 socket, 1/4 short drive extension, and a tire iron)
7 oz tire weights
3 dimes
8 pennies
4 golf balls
2014 totals
179 lb 9 oz steel
37 lb 4 oz pop cans
12 lb 3 oz tire weights
9 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
28 golf balls
$25.67 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:44 am
by CrazyTom
Drive-thru change really came through! And I found a toaster with the plastic shell already broken off.
1 lb 5 oz cans
5 lb 9 oz steel
8 oz tire weights
7 quarters
5 dimes
1 nickel
16 pennies
4 golf balls
2014 totals
185 lb 2 oz steel
38 lb 9 oz pop cans
12 lb 11 oz tire weights
9 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
32 golf balls
$28.13 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:30 am
by CrazyTom
Work kept me away on Saturday but Sunday still delivers.
10 oz pop cans
2 lb 10 oz steel, and a 15 mm 3/8 drive socket
4 oz tire weights
3 dimes
1 nickel
8 pennies
2014 totals
187 lb 12 oz steel
39 lb 3 oz pop cans
12 lb 15 oz tire weights
9 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
32 golf balls
$28.56 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:02 am
by CrazyTom
Got the Labor Day ride in too.
9 lb 15 oz steel (a 9/16 socket, a 3/8 x 7/16 Craftsman wrench, a 12 MM wrench for the tool box)
2 lb pop cans
2 oz tire weights
3 oz copper wire
1 quarter
4 dimes
3 nickels
18 pennies
4 golf balls
2014 totals
197 lb 11 oz steel
41 lb 3 oz pop cans
13 lb 1 oz tire weights
9 lb 5 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
36 golf balls
$29.54 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:50 am
by CrazyTom
A flat tire slowed me down a bit. Nothing like Walmart at 5:30 in the morning looking for an inner tube.
2 lb 6 oz steel
1 lb 3 oz cans
9 oz copper wire
5 oz tire weights
2 quarters
3 dimes
1 nickel
6 pennies
2014 totals
200 lb 1 oz steel
42 lb 6 oz pop cans
13 lb 6 oz tire weights
9 lb 14 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
36 golf balls
$30.45 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:43 pm
by beauanderos
are you working (walking?) the same routes every time?
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:21 pm
by Morsecode
CrazyTom is dedicated, that's for sure
Whats up with the golf balls? Your route takes you past a golf course or are these random drive-bys? (get it? "Drive" bys? I crack myself up sometimes...)
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:28 pm
by CrazyTom
beauanderos wrote:are you working (walking?) the same routes every time?
My weekend rides are generally the same routes. The amount of metal that builds up over the week
is somewhat consistent. Then there are those fast food drive thrus!
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:29 pm
by CrazyTom
Morsecode wrote:CrazyTom is dedicated, that's for sure
Whats up with the golf balls? Your route takes you past a golf course or are these random drive-bys? (get it? "Drive" bys? I crack myself up sometimes...)
They are the bad golfer windfalls. There are three courses on my routes.
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:17 pm
by CrazyTom
Wed, Sat, and Sun
5 lb 4 oz steel
1 lb 5 oz cans
4 oz tire weights
13 pennies
5 dimes
4 nickels
4 golf balls
2014 totals
205 lb 5 oz steel
43 lb 11 oz pop cans
13 lb 10 oz tire weights
9 lb 14 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
40 golf balls
$31.28 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:58 am
by CrazyTom
On call again this weekend.
1 lb 2 oz cans
2 lb 4 oz steel
8 pennies
1 dime
2014 totals
207 lb 9 oz steel
44 lb 13 oz pop cans
13 lb 10 oz tire weights
9 lb 14 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
40 golf balls
$31.46 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:25 pm
by CrazyTom
Heavy rains dampened my Saturday. And I'll be out of town for the next couple of weeks.
In the steel was a ruptured pipe bomb......
7 oz pop cans
2 lb 13 oz steel
2 oz tire weights
3 dimes
6 pennies
2014 totals
210 lb 6 oz steel
45 lb 4 oz pop cans
13 lb 12 oz tire weights
9 lb 14 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
1 cell phone
40 golf balls
$31.82 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:14 am
by CrazyTom
On the road again.
7 lb 6 oz steel. Found a 4" C-clamp.
1 lb 7 oz cans
6 oz copper pipe
2 oz tire weights
2 dimes
11 pennies
1 nickel
1 quarter
2 golf balls
Also found a working cell phone that my son helped return to the owner. They gave him $20!
2014 totals
217 lb 12 oz steel
46 lb 11 oz pop cans
13 lb 14 oz tire weights
10 lb 4 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
42 golf balls
$32.43 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:53 am
by smalltimeopn
Good to see you back!
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:40 am
by CrazyTom
Cleaning up the roads.
3 lb 1 oz steel
1 lb 7 oz cans
14 oz brass/copper
5 oz tire weights
2 quarters
5 dimes
11 pennies
2014 totals
220 lb 13 oz steel
48 lb 2 oz pop cans
14 lb 3 oz tire weights
11 lb 2 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
42 golf balls
$33.54 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:39 pm
by CrazyTom
A little free metal is always good.
11 oz pop cans
14 oz steel
3 oz tire weights
1 quarter
1 dime
3 pennies
2014 totals
221 lb 11 oz steel
48 lb 13 oz pop cans
14 lb 6 oz tire weights
11 lb 2 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
42 golf balls
$33.92 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Nov 16, 2014 4:00 pm
by CrazyTom
Getting out has been a drag.
1 lb 7 oz cans
3 lb 8 oz steel
6 oz tire weights
4 quarters
2 nickels
5 dimes
20 pennies
2014 totals
225 lb 3 oz steel
50 lb 4 oz pop cans
14 lb 12 oz tire weights
11 lb 2 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
42 golf balls
$35.72 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:10 pm
by CrazyTom
Looking forward to more time off during the holidays.
12 oz cans
13 oz steel
1 quarter
1 dime
4 pennies
2014 totals
226 lb steel
51 lb pop cans
14 lb 12 oz tire weights
11 lb 2 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
42 golf balls
$36.11 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:13 pm
by Rosco
About how many Miles are your rides?? time to cover the routes??
Thanks Rosco
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:57 pm
by CrazyTom
Rosco wrote:About how many Miles are your rides?? time to cover the routes??
Thanks Rosco
I try to get 10 miles on Saturday and Sunday. Hasn't been working out.
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:43 am
by CrazyTom
A harvest of metal this Thanksgiving. The light traffic early in the morning
allowed me to get to some parts of the road not usually available.
1 lb 10 oz pop cans
7 lb 1 oz steel (a couple of adjustable wrenches and a hammer head)
1 oz tire weights
8 oz copper wire
2 quarters
2 nickels
2 dimes
22 pennies
1 golf ball
2014 totals
233 lb 1 oz steel
52 lb 10 oz pop cans
14 lb 13 oz tire weights
11 lb 10 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
43 golf balls
$37.13 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:33 am
by Numis Pam
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:24 pm
by CrazyTom
Thanks Pam, I'm holding the little I got this weekend to weigh in the next when I'll have more time off work.
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Sun Dec 14, 2014 3:37 pm
by CrazyTom
Got rained out Saturday morning!
1 lb 6 oz cans
3 lb 1 oz steel
5 oz tire weights
2 quarters
2 dimes'
5 pennies
2 golf balls
2014 totals
236 lb 2 oz steel
54 lb pop cans
15 lb 2 oz tire weights
11 lb 10 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
45 golf balls
$37.88 cash
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2014 10:47 am
by CrazyTom
Yes, I went out early Christmas morning, while the children were safely in their beds.
I also went out last Saturday. I found a kitchen stove dumped in an empty business complex. Went back and got it in the truck.
It always amazes me that slobs will risk a fine when for as much effort they could have got cash for it.
1 lb pop cans
3 lb 6 oz steel
3 lb 6 oz copper wire left by some road work crew.
1 oz tire weights
5 dimes
2 nickels
6 pennies
2014 totals
239 lb 8 oz steel
55 lb pop cans
15 lb 3 oz tire weights
14 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 lb 3 oz aluminum
2 lb 12 oz electric motor
2 cell phones
45 golf balls
$38.54 cash