A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2014

[CrazyTom]

While everyone else was sleeping off the effects of last night I was up and out the door early.
Started out nicely with large chunks of steel from a broken leaf spring!

11 lb 12 oz steel
11 oz pop cans
7 oz tire weights
1 oz copper wire

3 pennies

Good luck to all you scavengers, scrappers, and hunters this year!

[plus1hdcp]

Best wishes in 2014 Tom. I look forward to following your finds this year.

[CrazyTom]

Weekend house maintenance left me with one ride. In Arizona we paint the house
in January. In the summer the paint dries on the brush.

12 oz pop cans
4 lb 8 oz steel (another one of those foundation form spikes)
13 oz aluminum
1 oz tire weights
1 lb 9 oz copper wire


2014 totals

16 lb 4 oz steel
1 lb 7 oz pop cans
8 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
13 oz aluminum

.3 cash

[CrazyTom]

A little is better than none.

12 oz pop cans
14 oz steel. Found a 1/4" drive articulating socket extension, going in the tool box.
5 oz tire weights

2 dimes
4 pennies



2014 totals

17 lb 2 oz steel
2 lb 3 oz pop cans
13 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
13 oz aluminum

.27 cash

[CrazyTom]

A typical weekend haul.

15 oz pop cans
6 lb 7 oz steel (two short pieces of rebar and a bonus 13mm socket)
9 oz tire weights
1 oz aluminum

4 pennies
1 dime


2014 totals

25 lb 9 oz steel
3 lb 2 oz pop cans
1 lb 6 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
14 oz aluminum

.41 cash

[Numis Pam]

I still enjoy reading this thread. .. just wanted to let you know. Keep up the good work!

[CrazyTom]

Thanks Pam! I do think of my readers whenever I ride and I do try to make sure
I get some miles in no matter what.

This weekend I generated some of my own scrap doing house repairs, but it don't count!
Sunday was Old Faithful....

3 lb 9 oz steel
6 oz pop cans
1 oz tire weight

1 penny


2014 totals

29 lb 9 oz steel
3 lb 8 oz pop cans
1 lb 7 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
14 oz aluminum

.42 cash

[CrazyTom]

Rather than sit around watching endless Super Bowl pregame baloney
I went out after the prize of free metal.

2 lb 1 oz steel (got a nice 1/4 drive socket extension, now safe in the tool kit)
10 oz pop cans
13 oz tire weights
1 oz copper (a smashed pipe 90 elbow)

6 pennies
2 quarters
2 nickels
1 dime

2014 totals

31 lb 10 oz steel
4 lb 2 oz pop cans
2 lb 4 oz tire weights
1 lb 11 oz copper
14 oz aluminum

$1.18 cash

[Rosco]

As a rock hound also I love leaf spring ends as they work better than chisels You can buy as they hold a tip better can't remember if you are in AZ or not. I'm in Quartzsite AZ now but will return to Junction City, Oregon end of Feb. Would do a flat rate box deal if they would fit 3 or 4 pieces. Only need 5 to 10 inch chunks if they are the tapered ends, far better than scrap price

[CrazyTom]

As a rock hound also I love leaf spring ends as they work better than chisels You can buy as they hold a tip better can't remember if you are in AZ or not. I'm in Quartzsite AZ now but will return to Junction City, Oregon end of Feb. Would do a flat rate box deal if they would fit 3 or 4 pieces. Only need 5 to 10 inch chunks if they are the tapered ends, far better than scrap price

Very sorry to report that I scrapped them before your message!

However, any more I find shall be yours!

[CrazyTom]

Was out of town most of the weekend. Even so, I grabbed a bolt from the street
where I was visiting, but it don't count. Sunday always come through...

15 oz pop cans
5 lb 4 oz steel
1 oz copper wire
2 oz aluminum

1 quarter


2014 totals

36 lb 14 oz steel
5 lb 1 oz pop cans
2 lb 4 oz tire weights
1 lb 12 oz copper
1 lb aluminum

$1.43 cash

[CrazyTom]

A little is better than none....

1 lb 8 oz steel
12 oz pop cans
2 oz tire weights

3 pennies
1 nickel

1 golf ball



2014 totals

38 lb 6 oz steel
5 lb 13 oz pop cans
2 lb 6 oz tire weights
1 lb 12 oz copper
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$1.51 cash

[OtusLotus]

So I guess you answered my question in a previous post... but I will just ask anyway,.

How often do you go to the scrap yard?

[CrazyTom]

So I guess you answered my question in a previous post... but I will just ask anyway,.

How often do you go to the scrap yard?

I went this morning, but the majority is stuff from work.
My road scraps are like free gas money to get there.

My yearly average of scrap is around $1000

[CrazyTom]

Just Sunday Old Faithful......

13 oz pop cans
2 lb 12 oz steel
5 oz tire weights

1 quarter
1 nickel
2 pennies



2014 totals

41 lb 2 oz steel
6 lb 10 oz pop cans
2 lb 11 oz tire weights
1 lb 12 oz copper
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$1.83 cash

[CrazyTom]

A very wet weekend here in Arizona....

10 oz pop cans
4 lb steel ( a nice 1/2" socket, 3/8" drive )
1 oz brass
3 oz tire weights



2014 totals

45 lb 2 oz steel
7 lb 4 oz pop cans
2 lb 14 oz tire weights
1 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$1.83 cash

[CrazyTom]

This morning I spotted a dollar bill tightly rolled up like a straw. The center had residue of God-knows-what
and it looked like something was snorted through it.

Additionally, I continue to find dozens of the little N2O steel cartridges. They are used by brainless morons in their
cars to get high.

America, what a country.................


3 lb 1 oz steel
11 oz pop cans
7 oz tire weights

1 dollar
8 pennies
2 dimes




2014 totals

48 lb 3 oz steel
7 lb 15 oz pop cans
3 lb 5 oz tire weights
1 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$3.11 cash

[plus1hdcp]

Tom, it looks like you will be able to start selling socket sets. I can't believe you have found 4 pieces so far this year. Keep up the search. BTW, I found a handful of wheel weights myself this week!

[OtusLotus]

Around this time of year, everyone is throwing everything out? Do you search these piles and add them to your list?

[CrazyTom]

Around this time of year, everyone is throwing everything out? Do you search these piles and add them to your list?

In Arizona its a bit different. Since the winter weather really isn't winter, there isn't much spring cleaning.

However, I do keep a lookout for large items and will go back later in the truck if it is worth it.

[CrazyTom]

A weekend that's more like it!

1 lb 6 oz cans
3 lb 15 oz steel (and a 14mm socket)
4 oz wheel weights

2 golf balls

1 dime
2 nickels
12 pennies


2014 totals

52 lb 2 oz steel
9 lb 5 oz pop cans
3 lb 9 oz tire weights
1 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum

3 golf balls

$3.43 cash

[OtusLotus]

I was walking in a parking lot, looked down, and saw a wheel weight!

I was like whoa! Where's Tom!

[CrazyTom]

I was walking in a parking lot, looked down, and saw a wheel weight!

I was like whoa! Where's Tom!

The one that got away!

[CrazyTom]

A nice warm weekend in Arizona. In my steel count I found 36 of those
steel N2O cartridges (and noticed two empty cardboard boxes they came in.) Jerks!
Also got a 3/8" short ratchet extension and an 8MM socket (going in the tool box).

12 oz pop cans
7 lb 8 oz steel
3 oz tire weights
2 oz copper/brass

6 pennies
1 quarter
1 nickel

1 smashed cell phone

1 golf ball



2014 totals

59 lb 10 oz steel
10 lb 1 oz pop cans
3 lb 12 oz tire weights
1 lb 15 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum
1 cell phone

4 golf balls

$3.79 cash

[CrazyTom]

Had to work overtime Saturday ( managed to grab some cans from the trash, but they don't count!)
Sunday brought

11 lb steel (a tossed out For Sale sign). Got a Kobalt 7/16 socket
8 oz pop cans
5 oz wheel weights

3 pennies
1 dime


2014 totals

70 lb 10 oz steel
10 lb 9 oz pop cans
4 lb 1 oz tire weights
1 lb 15 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum
1 cell phone

4 golf balls

$3.92 cash