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    It was another good day yesterday. That job at the mall paid pretty well! I negotiated a 50/50 split of the metal plus a $0.40 a mile. Not too shabby IMO. Here's the haul.



    They were pretty happy when I got back and forked over some cash (I was too!) and they said they may have more stuff tomorrow. Cha-ching! I may just give them some cash up front and then take the haul for myself, depends on what they're interested in.

    After the mall job I picked up some junk around the mall, namely a beat up shopping cart and some aluminum. Then I decided to cruise through the UAlbany campus and check out what the college kids may have tossed since graduation was this past weekend. Holy crap, they throw EVERYTHING out! I got two futon frames, some metal shelving, pots and pans...AND A WHOLE FREAKING COMPUTER from a dumpster. Their waste, my gain! I'm at work right now and I left the PC at home (didn't want to leave it in the truck while I'm at work for obvious reasons) so I'll post a pic later. Here's yesterday's haul...



    ...minus the computer, which I am going to have fun breaking down. Haven't had a chance to scrap a computer yet and I'm looking forward to it!

    Bonus: In order to get those futon frames, which were in a dumpster but nowhere near the top, I had to improvise. BEHOLD! The Scrapgrabber 3000!







    Going with my tools for sure! I also have two because I needed another one to grab the original that I dropped in the dumpster. OOPS!

    Anyway, tonight should be good to me again. Spring cleaning night in one section of the city!

    Until next time...
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    Interesting and thank you. You appear to be a young guy so you shouldn't need tools to retrieve stuff from a dumpster. Just DIVE IN !! LOL
    Yep, you got the 'bug'....happy scrappin.

    Oh, and how did you get your name?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yunkman View Post
    Interesting and thank you. You appear to be a young guy so you shouldn't need tools to retrieve stuff from a dumpster. Just DIVE IN !! LOL
    Yep, you got the 'bug'....happy scrappin.

    Oh, and how did you get your name?
    Young, yes. Good shape? Nope!

    I really have no qualms about diving into a dumpster, especially when it doesn't look nasty and gross with food stuff...I just would have a legitimate problem getting back OUT of some of these big ones.

    Name is an old college nickname. Long story short we had a "Mafia" party and we gave each other gangster-like names. I ended up with MattyNoNeck since I'm a big guy and look like a meathead...my girlfriend at the time got "Missy Meatbags" I'll let you guys figure that one out

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    We dig the Scrapgrabber 3000!! Thanks for posting your adventures!

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