Best score, and odd scrap

**Scrap man** · 02-06-2011, 11:46 AM

Oddest thing I've ever scrapped was a 2 gallon water heater. I didn't even know they made those that small.

Biggest score I've had to date was a construction site I'm still in the process of "looting". I was grabbing some ductwork off the top of the dumpster and a guy came out and told me that "I was wasting my time with the small stuff" and that they were keeping the scrap wire inside. He gave me half a bag of small gauge wire and about 50 feet of thick wire. They tore up a few hundred pounds of cast iron pipe which I have yet to pick up. And they haven't done the wiring yet, so I have to go back once they start that.

**Bigblue12v** · 02-07-2011, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Scrap man

Oddest thing I've ever scrapped was a 2 gallon water heater. I didn't even know they made those that small.

Probably out of a camper or RV... Another possible use for one that size might be something like a restroom at a building that has no other plumbing, like a storage facility that has a "courtesy restroom" for customers to use, but no other need for hot water... Couple gallons will do the trick easy, a small heating element can have 2 gallons of water boiling in moments...

**Scrap man** · 02-07-2011, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Bigblue12v

Probably out of a camper or RV... Another possible use for one that size might be something like a restroom at a building that has no other plumbing, like a storage facility that has a "courtesy restroom" for customers to use, but no other need for hot water... Couple gallons will do the trick easy, a small heating element can have 2 gallons of water boiling in moments...

It was actually out of a building under renovation. I'm not sure what the building was before the renovation or what it was supposed to be once completed.