the absolute best way to scrap ! - Page 2

The dump is the best option here, it is the only place that permits disposal of ewaste, the scrapyards do not allow escrap. Have you checked your scrapyards rules lately?

One time I was paid to bring a boulder to the top of a mountain and so was a friend of mine. It didn't matter how we did it. We couldn't afford great big crains like some guys. I decided the best way was to break it into manageable peices ; not to big, but small enough to carry. My friend laughed an said it was better to work at it really hard and break the boulder down so far; it would be fine as sand. He liked the way his sand looked in his 5 gallon bucket. So much so, he forgot about the bigger picture.

By the time he had gotten his boulder down to granular size pieces, I had already moved all my manageable peices to the top, in fact, I had started on my second boulder by the time he reached the top with his first bucket of sand.

The moral of the story? Working really hard at something doesn't always get you ahead. Being efficient does.

I guess I worded my point wrong. Some people are completely careless with hazardous material and should not be dealing with them. I understand some people dont have much of an option with the low grade boards but when you see or hear of people dumping tvs on the side of the road it worries me.

Point is some people are just completely careless and they are going to be the one to ruin it for all the small guys. The low grade boards in shred was a bad example.

well your kind of up the creek when your dump wont take it, your city dosent care about doing anything and the scrap yard wont take it, at that point the side of the road looks like the best option

Originally Posted by jghilino

well your kind of up the creek when your dump wont take it, your city dosent care about doing anything and the scrap yard wont take it, at that point the side of the road looks like the best option

If it comes down to the side of the road the best option is not to have it to begin with.

best way to scrap, hmmmm how about a cold beer in one hand electric screwdriver in the other?

Originally Posted by jghilino

best way to scrap, hmmmm how about a cold beer in one hand electric screwdriver in the other?

And not having to go to work tomorrow.

Originally Posted by olddude

I used to belong to a well known food forum, and in that forum it got to the point where the hotel owners looked down on the rest owners who looked down on the mobile food people who looked down on the hot dog cart people and so on.

so far that has not happened here but I do see some small creep in that direction by a couple of the newer posters.

we are all born naked. just my .02

i use to belong to a poker forum and the same thing happened there. they finally added a high roller section to help seperate the talent. i think it is just an inevitable evolution of all forums.

just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by olddude

Lately I have seen some discussions between scrappers that are getting a little testy.

what we have to remember is that for the most part the independent scrapper is just that, independent.
there are as many ways to scrap as there are scrappers.

from the person who picks cans on the week end to that one who send off semi loads of gold scrap every few days.

when I started a year or so ago , I was cutting the copper from class 2 transformers for a few pennies each. the best method to do that s important to some, ridicules to others, ( I now have buckets of them just setting around.)

the point is: each scrapper has to use the info on this forum to fine tune his/her own operation.

I used to belong to a well known food forum, and in that forum it got to the point where the hotel owners looked down on the rest owners who looked down on the mobile food people who looked down on the hot dog cart people and so on.

so far that has not happened here but I do see some small creep in that direction by a couple of the newer posters.

we are all born naked. just my .02

I agree with olddude's comment and I think he was referring more to people being at different levels, having different resources, and having different situations and there is no right method that works for everyone. He wasn't saying that it is ok to dump CRT's on the side of the road, steal, or any other illegal activity in order to work out your method. Most of us know that it is not right to steal, illegally dump, etc and it is ok to tell other people on the forum that they are doing something wrong if it is an illegal activity. Although I feel that it is not ok to tell someone off because they choose to do curb shopping instead of passing out fliers, for example.