Today in the Garage. Questions & Pics!

I have gotten a bit backed up with my scrap piles and today it was finally time to get out into the garage again! Some of the pics are a tad blurry since I apparently cant hold a camera straight, but any questions/comments/concerns are welcomed.

QUESTION!!
I recently picked up a safe that is about 2ftx2ftx2ft. It is closed and seems to be empty. The front electrical panel part is hanging off of it. Its a cheap safe. I put an axe through the side of it and its filled with some sort of clay material. Can I bring this to the scrapyard? If not, can I not bring it since its locked? Or since the clay material is giving it most of its weight will they deny it?

First on todays list is this snazzy Trolling Motor I picked up. It has only been used a few times, and was then put into a closet like 15 years ago. Supposedly works great and it still looks in excellent condition! Im not sure how my 12ft aluminum boat will like that 60 pound thing hanging on it... but we will see Foot controls n all!


So, I was moving a few 4ft rolls of carpet around a few days back and out of the end comes one of these... nuts?? I then bang it on the ground and THIRTY FIVE of these things come tumbling out!! Some squirrel was a PROFESSIONAL horder. The best part was I left them sit on the ground there and they were gone within 48 hours!!




The wife getting her hands dirty! Very nice to have some help on the simpler things out there O.O I can only cut so many cord ends off plugs before my eyes start to cross.


Got some work to do on this stack of AC units tomorrow!! Freon evacuated and ready to be ripped up! Get all sorts of goodies from these. Last batch was only 4. I haven't figured out what to do with the compressors yet... I also havent asked much. They weight like ~20 pounds each. Hoping my yard just wants me to drill a hole and empty the oil.

I bet there is 100+ pounds of copper/alum rads alone


Felt a bit dumb today! Got this HEAVY backup UPS from the hotel and started ripping it up. Did I think I think about the power this things may have in it still?? Nahhhhh
Got it opened up and when I was cutting the cords that ran to the socket I got a quick jolt up my left arm and a lil shower of sparks!! What should I do?? How can I get the juice out of those big ol batteries!?




Ren fest in a week!!!

Originally Posted by PickerBenny

Looks like a nice day to be in the garage! Thanks for the pics, that helps a lot in these posts!

That mini kota motor, we have one for our 16 ft boat with a 25 hp evinrude on it. Include 3 more people + equipment and it pulls us like it's gas powered. It would be perfect for the 12 ft boat

I currently have a 7.5h on the 12 footer and I FLY across the water haha! I hadnt thought of just sticking the trolling motor on in its place tho... that is a much better thought. I was thinking it would weigh me down too much with the 7.5h and the trolling mtr