The Scintillating Successes of Scrapzilla

So, I didn't think I was going to post one of those "day in the life" threads, but I had such a great say today and just had to share!

It started out a little slow. The weather was great for yard work, so we went to the scrap yard to clear off the trailer (we are neighborhood dwellers, our scrap can't really hang around long.) Our shredder only brought $60, but that was gas money for some curb shopping!

Our curb shopping didn't really yield too much -- a gas grill, an aluminum door frame, and a crazy heavy weight bench thingie. We headed home knowing that we had covered our gas, but not very excited.

Shortly after we got home, Mr. Scrapzilla had a text regarding our Craigslist ad. A lady had some aluminum patio chairs for us across town--not really worth going for, but necessary for great customer service (this was only our second Craigslist response!) The lady was very nice and promised to call us again when she needed to get rid of anything. The chairs are probably about 60 lbs of aluminum--not great, but enough to cover our trip.



But wait...that wasn't the exciting part! We headed over to Subway next for some dinner on the way home. As I walked in the door, I noticed an interesting hunk of metal by the door. I ended up walking in Subway with $16 cash (had to scrounge around in the center console to keep from having to use plastic!) and left with $0.07, 2 foot longs, and an eight foot, stainless steel cold holding table!

That's right! 10 ft for $15.93! Best deal I've ever encountered at Subway before! I was a little hesitant to ask about the table because I know they are super expensive, but you never know unless you ask! It really taught me a lesson!

I didn't really get a good look at it in the dark, but I know that the compressor has been removed (the guy offered it to me for $500, no thanks!) We have a couple of restaurant supply stores in town that sell used equipment, I'll shop it around to them Monday, but I have a feeling that the lack of compressor will be offputting. I will probably end up breaking it down and scrapping it (it was at least 350-400 lbs.)

Has anyone had any experience with one of these? If so, how did you do?