Spring Cleaning is in the air!

**hobo finds** · 03-31-2015, 03:18 PM

4 truck loads of metal today! And prices still suck... but I just cant leave it behind! LOL

**Junker** · 03-31-2015, 05:23 PM

I know the feeling hobo finds; once the scrapping bug hits you, it's hard to walk away.
It's like being used to picking up quarters and then only finding dimes!
This business is as cyclical as they come and I've seen it change alot over the 40 or so years I've messed with it and I'll still pick up the dimes waiting for the quarters!

As the old saying goes....."This too shall pass"

**charn** · 03-31-2015, 06:56 PM

Soggy weather.

**charn** · 03-31-2015, 07:49 PM

More work more tired.

**F350scrapper** · 03-31-2015, 08:38 PM

For sure. Filled trailer up with washers and a grill tonight in my quick 5 mile loop.

**Gravitar** · 03-31-2015, 08:59 PM

I hit the jackpot on my way home from school yesterday literally right down the street from me at the local pool:

All of those white loungers are aluminum.

**greytruck** · 03-31-2015, 10:14 PM

It was a good day yesterday for scrap. Did manage to get the truck filled 2 times yesterday. All Right! About $60.00! :/

**ScrapperTrecycling** · 04-01-2015, 02:40 PM

Yep hobo, I tried to step back for a minute on the bulky shred. But a friend of mine, who hates his day job and REALLY wants to get into scrapping, went out and bought a big ole hauling trailer. Now I produce the shred, he hauls it and we split the "fortune." <-- LOL!
He gets totally scrap addicted at $60 a ton and I'm still spoiled rotten for the $180 I started out in. But seeing it through his fresh newbie eyes has made it like a treasure hunt again. It's fun watching him have fun. Gotta stay in the game for that!

**hobo finds** · 04-07-2015, 01:36 PM

Today 4 patio table umbrellas, 2 steel 2 alum and steel (just going to take them as dirty Alum) fake Christmas tree, pool pump electric motor and hopefully my neighbor gets home soon, as there is a big AC unit in the alley behind a house a few streets down from mine! Will need his help loading as this thing is big!

**Kalvlin** · 04-07-2015, 02:50 PM

It's getting nicer outside, time to clean up the mess and make a trip to the yard to get rid of these computer carcasses

**Kalvlin** · 04-07-2015, 02:52 PM

Loaded and ready

Also taking in Aluminum heat sinks, insulated wire, stainless steel and CPU power supplies and a couple of brass lamps... will post results

**Mechanic688** · 04-07-2015, 03:46 PM

Kalvlin, When you were tossing them in the trailer did you keep an eye out for the occasional alum. carcass??

If it feels light then check it with a magnet. I've had a few over the time.

**Kalvlin** · 04-13-2015, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Kalvlin, When you were tossing them in the trailer did you keep an eye out for the occasional alum. carcass??

If it feels light then check it with a magnet. I've had a few over the time.

Yes I had a few AL carcasses , I put them in with my AL heat sinks

**charn** · 04-15-2015, 09:25 PM

And jogging season. I was never a runner, and they're probably all too young for me, but I can appreciate the benefits of exercise.

**Gravitar** · 04-15-2015, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by Gravitar

I hit the jackpot on my way home from school yesterday literally right down the street from me at the local pool:

All of those white loungers are aluminum.

So far I've sold 1 of them for $10, kept two, and I've cut up 250 Lbs of clean extrusion out of them. I still have about 50 lbs left to cut up. Nice little present IMO.

**charn** · 04-17-2015, 06:38 AM

I saw some competition. Where a truck turned I passed and did the next street. I got one TV and he got the heavier TV loaded with fiberboard.

Spring Cleaning is in the air!

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