A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2013

[plus1hdcp]

This is what I do with recycled wheel weights which came from these miles

[CrazyTom]

They are beautiful and I'm quite honored.

Are you sure they're not silver?

[MUTiger]

They look awesome and I have been finding a few wheel weights. Unfortunately, as time goes by the percentage of Zn and Fe wheel weights is increasing like it is in the Zn pennies.

mutiger

[CrazyTom]

A good holiday weekend for riding as I was able to get to some spots I haven't been to in a while.
Got a number of heavy pieces of steel and by the looks of them they put up a fight with the car that ran them over.

And my N2O huffing morons are back in town. Found 22 of the little steel cartridges.

15 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 1 oz wheel weights (a magnet shows a few as steel, weighed here then tossed in the steel bucket)
9 oz copper/brass (found a number of keys strewed down one road)
1 lb 7 oz pop cans
1 oz aluminum (a motorcycle license plate)

1 quarter
3 dimes
7 pennies (again!)

1 golf ball

2013 running total

79 lb 5 steel
12 lb 3 oz pop cans
13 lb 1 oz wheel weights
5 lb 14 oz copper/brass
9 oz aluminum
$2.70 cash
3 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Not as many miles this weekend but a nice find of a Federal Reserve note $1 fluttering in the gutter.

8 oz pop cans
5 lb 4 oz steel
1 lb 6 oz wheel weights
3 oz copper/brass

1 dollar bill
5 pennies

2013 running total

84 lb 9 steel
12 lb 11 oz pop cans
14 lb 7 oz wheel weights
6 lb 1 oz copper/brass
9 oz aluminum
$3.75 cash
3 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

A vacation day ride brought the numbers up.

13 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 7 oz pop cans
1 lb 5 oz wheel weights
6 oz brass/copper
3 oz aluminum

1 quarter
3 nickles
2 dimes
8 pennies

1 golf ball

2013 running total

98 lb 6 steel
14 lb 2 oz pop cans
15 lb 12 oz wheel weights
6 lb 7 oz copper/brass
12 oz aluminum
$4.33 cash
4 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Fun find this weekend was a ninja throwing knife.

8 lb 3 oz steel
15 oz pop cans
1 oz copper/brass
1 lb 8 oz tire weights

2 dimes
4 pennies

1 golf ball


2013 running total

106 lb 9 steel
15 lb 1 oz pop cans
17 lb 4 oz wheel weights
6 lb 8 oz copper/brass
12 oz aluminum
$4.57 cash
5 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Work got in the way again of getting long miles.

14 oz pop cans
2 lb 9 oz steel
1 lb 6 oz wheel weights

1 penny
1 nickel

2013 running total

109 lb 2 oz steel
15 lb 15 oz pop cans
18 lb 10 oz wheel weights
6 lb 8 oz copper/brass
12 oz aluminum
$4.63 cash
5 golf balls

[frugalcanuck]

a ninja throwing knife is a pretty cool find.

[CrazyTom]

a ninja throwing knife is a pretty cool find.

Thanks canuck, it has some road wear scratches and had it got into a tire it would have done some serious damage.
I don't know how much I'm saving drivers in my town!

[CrazyTom]

Friday and Saturday rides;

11 oz pop cans
5 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 1 oz aluminum (pieces of a broken cast wheel)
8 oz tire weights
1 lb 4 oz copper/brass (some big hose parts)

1 quarter
1 nickel
5 pennies

1 golf ball

2013 running total

114 lb 15 oz steel
16 lb 10 oz pop cans
19 lb 2 oz wheel weights
7 lb 12 oz copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$4.98 cash
6 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

A good week for miles and metal. Nice find was a 4 foot section of copper pipe and a ball hitch!

1 lb 2 oz pop cans
10 lb 1 oz steel
2 lb 4 oz copper
2 lb 3 oz wheel weights

1 nickel
9 pennies
1 dime

2013 running total

125 lb steel
17 lb 12 oz pop cans
21 lb 5 oz wheel weights
10 lb copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$5.22 cash
6 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Work got in the way again. But a week doesn't go by without some free metal.

12 oz pop cans
3 lb 9 oz steel
14 oz wheel weights
1 oz brass/copper

1 nickel
3 dimes
5 pennies

2013 running total

128 lb 9 oz steel
18 lb 8 oz pop cans
22 lb 3 oz wheel weights
10 lb 1 oz copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$5.62 cash
6 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

A good Memorial Day weekend run.

10 lb 5 oz steel (one big catalytic converter shield, and a nice 1/4" socket extension in addition to the regular scrap)
1 lb 13 oz wheel weights
5 oz copper/brass
2 lb pop cans

1 nickel
2 dimes
8 pennies

1 car wash token

2013 running total

138 lb 14 oz steel
20 lb 8 oz pop cans
24 lb wheel weights
10 lb 6 oz copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$5.85 cash
6 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Spent some time in the woods shooting. There was a shot up piece of steel there and I forgot to bring it home. I must be slipping.......

5 lb 1 oz steel
14 oz cans
2 oz aluminum
2 oz copper/brass
12 oz wheel weights

1 nickle
2 dimes
4 pennies

1 golf ball

2013 running total

143 lb 15 oz steel
21 lb 6 oz pop cans
24 lb 12 oz wheel weights
10 lb 8 oz copper/brass
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
$6.14 cash
7 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Its now 110 degrees here. Did you think this might stop me from getting the free metal? NO!
But, the stuff is very hot to the touch.

8 lb 2 oz steel
13 oz pop cans
1 lb 3 oz wheel weights

1 quarter
1 dime
4 pennies

2013 running total

152 lb 1 oz steel
22 lb 3 oz pop cans
25 lb 15 oz wheel weights
10 lb 8 oz copper/brass
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
$6.53 cash
7 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Nothing better than free metal on Father's Day!

4 lb 15 oz steel
1 lb 6 oz cans
1 lb 5 oz wheel weights
7 oz brass/copper
3 oz aluminum

1 dime
6 pennies

1 smashed cell phone
1 Toyota electronic key fob

2013 running total

157 lb steel
23 lb 9 oz pop cans
27 lb 4 oz wheel weights
10 lb 15 oz copper/brass
2 lb 2 oz aluminum
$6.69 cash
7 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

This was the weekend for golf balls.

15 oz pop cans
6 lb 6 oz steel
14 oz wheel weights
2 oz copper/brass
5 oz aluminum

3 nickels
1 dime
11 pennies

6 golf balls

2013 running total

163 lb 6 oz steel
24 lb 8 oz pop cans
28 lb 2 oz wheel weights
11 lb 1 oz copper/brass
2 lb 7 oz aluminum
$7.05 cash
13 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

It's 116 degrees here folks. No ride on Saturday due to work
but Old Faithful Sunday came through.

8 oz pop cans
2 lb 12 oz steel
1 lb 13 oz wheel weights
1 oz copper/brass

2 quarters
1 dime
1 nickel
5 pennies

2013 running total

166 lb 2 oz steel
25 lb pop cans
29 lb 15 oz wheel weights
11 lb 2 oz copper/brass
2 lb 7 oz aluminum
$7.75 cash
13 golf balls

[AGgressive Metal]

I finally found some lead wheel weights - you seem to find them all the time but for me its like hunting an endangered species for some reason, haha.

[CrazyTom]

Some holiday miles added to the weigh.

2 lb 14 oz cans
7 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 13 oz tire weights
1 oz brass keys
2 oz aluminum

1 nickel
6 pennies

5 golf balls

1 live .223 round (not my first found live ammo)

2013 running total

173 lb 15 oz steel
27 lb 14 oz pop cans
31 lb 12 oz wheel weights
11 lb 3 oz copper/brass
2 lb 9 oz aluminum
$7.86 cash
18 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

I finally found some lead wheel weights - you seem to find them all the time but for me its like hunting an endangered species for some reason, haha.

It's all in the miles and the amount of traffic. I've been getting steel, zinc, and lead.

[Treetop]

This thread is great crazytom!

[CrazyTom]

Thanks Treetop! It does have some kind of appeal to the scrounge in all of us!

Not too many miles again due to work. But, I found a working smart phone (the second working one in addition
to many smashed ones). I went through the call log and found "Mom". Called Mom with it and she was grateful.

Also found a nice Snapon 3/8 wrench (weighed but not junked!)

1 lb 9 oz pop cans
2 lb 8 oz steel
11 oz wheel weights
1 oz copper wire

1 nickel
1 dime
5 pennies

1 golf ball

2013 running total

175 lb 8 oz steel
29 lb 7 oz pop cans
32 lb 7 oz wheel weights
11 lb 4 oz copper/brass
2 lb 9 oz aluminum
$8.06 cash
19 golf balls

[hobo finds]

"Called Mom with it and she was grateful." I do the same in hopes that one day when I lose mine I get a call