Scrap collecting Melbourne Australia

O.K, so at the moment we are having our "spring clean" kind of thing, we call it hard rubbish collection. basically you throw out all your unwanted crap (stuff that will not go in your trash cans)

I told you guys in another thread I would do some daylight videos...

This is my local area, all within about 10 miles around my place.

Sorry for the crappy phone vid quality, but you get the idea :)

Cheers,

Adam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wIeAgs-Gg



..another street..



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC7Zk7EVp38



My first run pick ups.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUUmiTIwKzY


I did a second run, but gotta go to work soon, so I will upload that tomorrow :)

Peace.

That's cool thanks for the tour. We have the same thing here in Arvada, CO, goes over three weeks and the city is divided in thirds. Scrapping in a Benz, now that is classic.

LOL, yeah, a Benz that was saved from the crusher 6 mths ago, owes me $300 :) :)

I have to stay close to home though, fuel here is at $1.70 per litre, which is like $6.50 AUD a Gallon!!!!!!!!!

Thats why no one really scraps in full sized trucks like y'all do. Even a 4 cylinder benz costs me $98 to fill the tank, and I get about 440km range (275 miles!!!)


So I NEVER wanna hear you lot complain about the cost of fuel!! :) :)


Thanks.

But you're all driving on the wrong side of the street - how do you keep from having more accidents?

^^ we are a skilled lot down here Mick!

third video says its private and wont play for me. Man that looks like so much fun to scrap during that week. Wonder if a trip to aussieland could pay for itself during that week.

That video alone just freaks me out with the traffic, but thats how this whole area looks around garbage night every week. good finds and good luck.

I never realised that Aussies drive on the same side of the road as us!

Same road markings and wheelie bins too!!

How come the last video is marked as private?

Ballymoss

Hey great video. I am wondering do I detect a southern drawl in your voice....lol... Mike.

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Originally Posted by Torker Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUUmiTIwKzY


I did a second run, but gotta go to work soon, so I will upload that tomorrow :)

Peace.

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Thanks guys, sorry about that private thing, made a wrong mouse click...Try it now, thats the best one, its the vid of my first full load of the day :)

Great load Torker. I never did read why "Torker Man", it does not translat directly into bad southern English.(bad because I not originally form the south) Please keep posting, Mike.

hey cukoo!

Well the Torker man thing comes from my other hobby, Vintage BMX. I am a collector of Torker BMX products, so if anyone had questions relating to that brand, it was like "go ask the Torker man, he'll know"

Then it stuck from there :) :)


Here is load No 2.. it was just a small one as I was running out of time,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X18W0vEyBeA

I just love the brass. The whole load is great I just like looking at brass. Best to you and thanks for the video, Mike.

All I can say is "that is pretty dang awesome!" Sure wish we had something like that here in Louisiana. Congrats Torker Man!

cheers mate :) I just wish my trailer and the Land Rover were going, it hurts just driving by fridges, ovens, A/C units etc.. Its like seeing a $20 note on the ground but not stopping to pick it up!!


Man, on my way to work this afternoon, I passed 1 pile that had 2 window a/c, and 4 split system a/c units!!!!!!!! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Oh well, make the best with what you have I guess...

I suggest you take some vacation time now and turn it into a money-cation, Mike.

Yeah I would deinitly not be working my day job during this event.

Thanks for the tour Adam. You sure have picked up a lot of computers, heck I'd say like six months worth! Sorry I could not resist.
I could picture that kind of trash action in my town. The traffic would be at a stand still with scrap trucks pulled over at every drive way collecting.