A pound of metal per mile 2015

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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:31 pm

And sometimes you just don't wanna get out of bed in the morning when its hot outside.

9 oz pop cans
1 lb 3 oz steel (and a deep 9/16 socket 3/8 drive)
1 oz tire weights

6 pennies

1 golf ball


2015 totals

11 lb 14 oz pop cans
58 lb 10 oz steel
2 lb 11 oz tire weights
15 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$6.66 cash

10 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:19 pm

Didn't even try to weigh last week's bag. Caught up a little today.

15 oz cans
2 lb 6 oz steel (a good pruning shear)
2 oz wire
4 oz tire weights

5 pennies
1 dime

3 golf balls

2015 totals

12 lb 13 oz pop cans
61 lb steel
2 lb 15 oz tire weights
1 lb 1 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$6.81 cash

13 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:29 am

You know I can't go too long without getting more free metal!

11 oz cans
1 lb 10 oz steel

1 quarter
3 pennies

2 golf balls


2015 totals

13 lb 8 oz pop cans
62 lb 10 oz steel
2 lb 15 oz tire weights
1 lb 1 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$7.09 cash

15 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:28 am

Hitting it!

1 lb 2 oz cans
1 lb 8 oz steel
3 oz tire weights

7 pennies
1 quarter

3 golf balls


2015 totals

14 lb 10 oz pop cans
64 lb 2 oz steel
3 lb 2 oz tire weights
1 lb 1 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$7.41 cash

18 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Aug 30, 2015 1:44 pm

Dang! Earlier in the week I found two $5 bills scrunched together in a parking lot, but I wasn't
riding so I can't count them!

11 oz cans
2 lb 4 oz steel
1 oz tire weight

2 dimes
1 nickel
9 pennies

1 golf ball


2015 totals

15 lb 5 oz pop cans
66 lb 6 oz steel
3 lb 3 oz tire weights
1 lb 1 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$7.75 cash

19 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:36 am

Still trying to get out there. Found a couple of heavy steel pieces that I had to stash by the road and retrieve later and turned into 32 bonus pounds. And also got a cute little 1/2 socket.

12 oz cans
1 lb 4 oz steel

5 dimes
1 nickel
1 penny


2015 totals

16 lb 1 oz pop cans
67 lb 10 oz steel
3 lb 3 oz tire weights
1 lb 1 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$8.31 cash

19 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:28 pm

Man oh man, I got to work OT early tomorrow, no scrap ride. Here's a little from this morning.

1 lb 1 oz cans
11 oz steel
9 oz brass/copper (a hot water tank blow off valve!)
1 oz tire weight

3 dimes
1 nickel
5 pennies


2015 totals

17 lb 2 oz pop cans
68 lb 5 oz steel
3 lb 4 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$8.71 cash

19 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby Thogey » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:01 pm

I love this thread.

Thanks for keeping it up.
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby AGgressive Metal » Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:01 pm

I found a tire weight in the driveway of Jiffy Lube the other day. Not wanting to "steal" from them if they scrapped in-house, I asked the girl if they recycled them. Shes goes "what is that, a bullet?" *FACEPALM* I said its a tire weight, do you recycle them? Its on my desk now LOL Apparently I need to go around to all the jiffy lubes and tell them to save them for me, you know, for the environment.
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:39 am

Its like an obsessive compulsive habit!

13 oz cans
2 lb 4 oz steel (a 8 mm and a 14 mm socket for the tool kit)
4 oz tire weights

4 pennies
3 dimes

1 golf ball


2015 totals

17 lb 15 oz pop cans
70 lb 9 oz steel
3 lb 8 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass

$9.05 cash

20 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:44 am

AGgressive Metal wrote:I found a tire weight in the driveway of Jiffy Lube the other day. Not wanting to "steal" from them if they scrapped in-house, I asked the girl if they recycled them. Shes goes "what is that, a bullet?" *FACEPALM* I said its a tire weight, do you recycle them? Its on my desk now LOL Apparently I need to go around to all the jiffy lubes and tell them to save them for me, you know, for the environment.


And from the Internet news file...... One reporter thought that orange ear plugs on the ground were rubber bullets (obviously he never did any useful work a day in his life). And a gal saw a pile of some various lost screw driver tips, Torx, phillips and slotted, and was appalled that "assault rife bullets" were just laying on the ground.
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:15 pm

Halloween free metal is never scary! And found a 1941s wheat penny in a drive-thru!

9 oz cans
1 lb 13 oz steel
1 oz tire weights

1 quarter
3 dimes
10 pennies

1 smashed cell phone


2015 totals

18 lb 8 oz pop cans
72 lb 6 oz steel
3 lb 9 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass
1 cell phone

$9.70 cash

20 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:54 am

Came across a broken leaf spring and muscled it all the way home.

22 lbs 5 oz steel
14 oz cans

2015 totals

19 lb 6 oz pop cans
94 lb 11 oz steel
3 lb 9 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
4 oz brass
1 cell phone

$9.70 cash

20 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:18 pm

A little chilly in the mornings now so I don't go out until later (a pleasant Arizona 70 degrees). But it eats into
my drive thru cash. However, it always helps when you see a $1 bill blowing down the street!

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

1 penny
1 FRN


2015 totals

19 lb 14 oz pop cans
96 lb 13 oz steel
3 lb 11 oz tire weights
2 lb 5 oz copper/brass
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
1 cell phone

$10.71 cash

20 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Nov 29, 2015 12:34 pm

Between work and holidays I scrounged one ride of Thanksgiving metal.

8 oz cans
2 lb 3 oz steel

2 dimes
1 penny
1 nickel


2015 totals

20 lb 6 oz pop cans
99 lb steel
3 lb 11 oz tire weights
2 lb 5 oz copper/brass
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
1 cell phone

$10.97 cash

20 golf balls
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Re: A pound of metal per mile 2015

Postby scrapman1077 » Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:38 am

Time for year end totals and the new thread :)
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