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THe dav gave me a file cabinet... the 'shell' was 80 lbs at 68/ton

I have not seen anyone other than Tucson post about
''brush and bulky'' . where the city picks up a neighborhoods worth of junk.


story of the day.

yesterday I came across a streetside pile. there was a tv sitting there that had the plastic taken off. with the copper cone just sitting there. of course I pulled over. before I could get it off a gent on a bike pulled up and asked 'anything good'./ he took a flat screen monitor. then a truck of scrap went by , gave me the evil eye, turned around and went to the next pile. I got the next tv apart, picked up a xmas tree ,a string of lights, a cable box, the cord from a coffee pot . when I got ready to pull away. there was a woman on the left and her partner on the right, going through the blue recycle bins pulling out cans etc.

so 4 scrappers working the same street at the same time. too much competition. !!!!!

all that , when I really was headed to a gents to get his washer and dryer. so I barely had room for them.

last 3-4 dryers have been busts on coins trapped in them. this one gave up a penny, nickel and dime.
also , it was assembled differently. the motor actually came out easy. but alas, it is aluminum winding. not copper.

cwgii wrote:I have not seen anyone other than Tucson post about
''brush and bulky'' . where the city picks up a neighborhoods worth of junk.


story of the day.

yesterday I came across a streetside pile. there was a tv sitting there that had the plastic taken off. with the copper cone just sitting there. of course I pulled over. before I could get it off a gent on a bike pulled up and asked 'anything good'./ he took a flat screen monitor. then a truck of scrap went by , gave me the evil eye, turned around and went to the next pile. I got the next tv apart, picked up a xmas tree ,a string of lights, a cable box, the cord from a coffee pot . when I got ready to pull away. there was a woman on the left and her partner on the right, going through the blue recycle bins pulling out cans etc.

so 4 scrappers working the same street at the same time. too much competition. !!!!!

Slow on this side of town still, can leave steel item in alley for a few days now before it gets taken. As for the coffee pot I still take them, printers too I cut the cord and put the rest in with the shred. I don't take TV's apart at the curb as people get mad due to the jerk scrappers who smash them and grab the goods leaving behind a mess. And its funny how other scrappers interact when they meet up, I have had looks like they were going to kill me as I was in there area! LOL

yes, I am friendly towards a couple and would like to kill a couple. that took over places I did for years.
part of having to disassemble the tv was that there was no room for the whole thing. I '
give' normas the plastic back shell from the tvs I take elsewhere [closest dumpster] to take apart.

refridgerator on thus. old, rusty, very surprised when gas came out of the sealed unit. funny how differentlty things are made, this one had fiberglass insulation, that was wrapped in heavy plastic, around the freezer,. which was an aluminum box.. loose fg around the cooler. the fridge part was actualy a box that could be removed. except for the very rusty screws.
the only thing missing was the cord. lol.
so, the doors and shell weighed 180 lb at 48/t
took the alum , wire, racks and compressor home. for later turn in on a '
bonus'' day.

200 lbs sheet iron $.029 lb I wasted my bonus punch on steel as I don't have much good stuff around here right now. So made an extra $1 LOL

hobo finds wrote:200 lbs sheet iron $.029 lb I wasted my bonus punch on steel as I don't have much good stuff around here right now. So made an extra $1 LOL

why,. just put the card aside and start another one.

I was given a truck load of pallets. cut up some for firewood, took 11 to normas, used some at bars for them to place the boxes on.

6438 pounds of shreads
$50 a ton
$160.95 total

Cwgii you ever try and sell pallets?

hobo finds wrote:Cwgii you ever try and sell pallets?

never have tried to sell pallets to the pallet brokers. just to normas as they use them under the bags of glass. they do not have to be the standard size, and can have broken boards.

hobo finds wrote:Cwgii you ever try and sell pallets?

There is a guy around me that was making wine racks out of pallets and selling them for $70. He couldn't find pallets quick enough to keep up with orders. The design was simple and I'm sure anyone could make them or you could sell them to someone who makes them.

rains when it pours....today I was picking up bottles at my vfw and a gent pulls in with a washing machine in his truck. said he tried to give it away on the street , someone stopped and took the cord , the door and left it. then the post gave me a sink that had rusted out.
shell, counter weights and sink, 100 lbs, at 48/t.

I get to work on the drum at home , trying to remove the 'axel' , cut up the motor windings.

500 lbs of tin at $10 per ton.

Better than a dump fee

cwgii wrote:

hobo finds wrote:Cwgii you ever try and sell pallets?

never have tried to sell pallets to the pallet brokers. just to normas as they use them under the bags of glass. they do not have to be the standard size, and can have broken boards.

Called for prices on pallets. 48x40 4 way pallets in need of repair $2.25, perfect $2.50

ok I get 2.00 good or not. and not standard sizes

cleaned a guys yard today. hundreds of wine bottles,
misc steel, then he came back out and said,,, take this pile of horse shoes and railroad spikes.

380 lb of prepared at 78/t

248 lbs cans at .90
157 lbs plastic at .45

last turn in was first week of jan.

lol ok guys beat this one,.

today I turned in 18 totes full of.............bottlecaps. ... 720 lbs , paid me the shred price of 48/t

cwgii wrote:cleaned a guys yard today. hundreds of wine bottles,
misc steel, then he came back out and said,,, take this pile of horse shoes and railroad spikes.

380 lb of prepared at 78/t

Don't scrap horseshoes and rail spikes
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Metalworking-/4 ... horseshoes

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-50-Used- ... SwZ8ZW2wG~

lol ok guys beat this one,.

today I turned in 18 totes full of.............bottlecaps. ... 720 lbs , paid me the shred price of 48/t


Awsome....

5 x water heaters 75 gal 1520 lbs 50/t $33.93

151,200 beer caps is crazy!

and just how did you come up with that number???

today a burned out burn barrel , filled with two xmas trees.
messed up , thought the 'blinds' were light steel... turned out to be alum. so I lost a buck , not turning them in on bonus day.