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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:04 pm

ayup, glass + cb r more
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:18 pm

260 lbs sheet iron (hot water tanks) $.0025 lb = $5.85
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:42 pm

last week,
glass 1542
cardboard 720
paper 74

misc .,.. plastic 170 lbs 7-8 weeks of accumulation
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:12 pm

cwgii wrote:last week,
glass 1542
cardboard 720
paper 74

misc .,.. plastic 170 lbs 7-8 weeks of accumulation


Good amount of plastic! :thumbup: You made more with the plastic than the glass, cb and paper this time!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:08 am

weekly report
glass 2235 lb
cardboard 978 lb ... up due to the flower shop having lots of rose boxes.
paper 131 lb again, the flowers are wrapped in damp paper .
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:45 am

got 25 bucks for misc shred steel picked up along the side of the road during my usual routine, some Al cans saved from the house, and some copper wire... Going to AA stock.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:26 am

picked up a dryer next to one of my bars. not sure it is worth it at .03. guessing 1.50-2.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:23 pm

cwgii wrote:picked up a dryer next to one of my bars. not sure it is worth it at .03. guessing 1.50-2.00


What if as is, #'s at ___ vs breaking it down? I know you will probably find more money in the dryer than its worth for scrap, so that is why you break down...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:09 am

NOTHING... a total zero for change. must be the design. also there was no lint at all on the motor.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:30 pm

160 lbs clean sheet iron @$.0325
169 lbs paper @ $.02
3 lbs #1 plastic non crv @ $.35
5 lbs #2 plastic natural @ $ .10

Total $10.13 Almost made more with the paper and plastic than the steel!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby JadeDragon » Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:28 am

washing machine $7
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:07 pm

TOOK the fryolater in today. very disappointing

the dirty stainless was only .11 /lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:55 am

cwgii wrote:TOOK the fryolater in today. very disappointing

the dirty stainless was only .11 /lb



I only got $.12 for it in Dec.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:25 am

TODAY will be the double sink. took a couple hours to get all the funky old press board off. only to find out that the stainless is welded to the galvanized steel.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:49 pm

$15.65 for 3 lbs printer ink cartages mailed in
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:57 pm

6.50 FOR 200 lbs as I could not separate the stainless, from the junk steel.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:58 pm

punks stole a $23.00 bin while I was gone..

I had to unload my barrels etc as the sink was that big.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:29 am

now the thrift store wants me to take in their shopping carts... which has to have provenence with a letter on company letterhead saying that they are for disposal. yikes.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:03 pm

Wow too bad al this free stuff did not happen when the prices were $.11 a pound!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:11 pm

SNOOZED AND LOST. gone .
vfw gave me an old military desk today. oh yeah. 2 hours to take apart enough to enable me to lift it.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:51 am

4 file cabinets sunday.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Rosco » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:48 pm

C you should have had the Heavy Stuff when I was available to watch You :D
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:19 am

MONTH TOTALS

glass== 8083
cardboard 2290 in three weeks. then they stopped buying it
paper 359
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:34 am

200 lbs torch P&S @ $65 a net ton so $6.50
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:36 am

cwgii wrote:MONTH TOTALS

glass== 8083
cardboard 2290 in three weeks. then they stopped buying it
paper 359


That sucks with the cb. Hopefully she will start to pay for it again from you. Are you going to try and find another buyer for the cardboard?
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