From picking up bottle caps off the ground or collecting paperclips... what is the most ridiculous you have done to make a buck...or less?:)
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From picking up bottle caps off the ground or collecting paperclips... what is the most ridiculous you have done to make a buck...or less?:)
Brass from ammo might be a little frugal to some.
Or perhaps normal.(at least at my house) MikeQuote:
Originally Posted by Patriot76
Not me, but I saw a guy digging threw a box across the street from my house and take out a snow flake decoration made of pipe cleaners
I almost always save the brass connectors at the end of wires and power cords and put it in my brass pile....
I try to save every single screw and bolt and nut from every breakdown I do convincing myself that the 5 cents per pound is worth it.
Thats an easy 10lbs a week right thereQuote:
Originally Posted by BHNathan
I have no qualms about picking up a penny if I see it laying on the ground. But I would have to be careful about how I'd do this if my daughter was with me- as she would get embarrassed. I might say something like "Sweetie, you go ahead and I'll catch up to you"- just before squatting.
A bit more closely related to actual scrap, I have no issues with picking up a single aluminum can.
The question is how much of your time do you sacrifice for $0.30 ? I know sorted & graded nuts and bolts are worth a lot more per /lb, but that takes a lot of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by greytruck
Me personally, I do not go 'scrap crazy' if it takes too much time. I'm not going to spend several hours to recover a few cents worth of scrap. I only have a limited amount of time left in this life.
IDK man I have seen you break down some pretty low grade e-waste in your videos! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by RLS0812
I collect all my screws but I spent 50 bucks on a real nice roller magnet with an aluminum case. All you do to release the nuts and bolts is pull up on the handle and everything just drops off. I get prepared price for them so at .0775 cents a pound I should have the magnet payed for in about a year or so! lol
Always nuts and bolts and screws. Always pick up change. Always walk with a bag for caNs. Its a way of thinking man, there is no turning it off for me.
I scrap computers in my garage and yes all of the screws go in the metal bins. I can only assume most people clean up their work areas. I have a push broom and a dust pan and my garage is swept when I get through. Before I empty the dust pan I run a magnet across it. It only takes a few seconds.
I also pick up pennies in parking lots.
I throw them right into a 5 gallon bucket next to my work area and when full i dump it in a dryer. extra 50-60 lbs. Takes no time at all. I probably make more money off screws than that garbage you take apart in your ewaste videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by RLS0812
It's worth saving the fasteners if only to save your tires.Quote:
Originally Posted by BHNathan
I do the same thing and put them all in an aluminum can while I am working so I can throw it in with my ferrous. It takes virtually no time since I don't sort it - it would take the same amount of time or even more find them and then sweep them up and throw them into the trash. Yes I clean my garage and put away/lockup my tools after every time I work in my garage. It is never a mess for long.
FIRST OFF... mind your OWN business.... I don't HAVE a scrap addiction... I can stop anytime I want. Its not like I HAVE to do it.... LOL With that said... ugh I do it from two aspects... scraping for money and environmental stewardship. I hate throwing things in the trash that can ultimately be reused. That said... ((Clears Throat))) I save the twist ties from bread wrappers and I take the metal handles off of chinese food containers and it all goes in my shred pile. Whew.... I feel better now. Long story short I scrap everything. Metal = money...... even if it takes a while.
What complicates this for some of us is stubbornness, and in some cases, doing something for the first time just to get the experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by RLS0812
I have to admit there have been things that looked really simple to tear down or strip initially. Then, when I'm knee deep in the job and swearing like crazy, I justify finishing the job by saying to myself "I will let this be a learning experience, but this will be the last one of these that I ever scrap."
Six months later I find another doohickey and say to myself "Wow- never seen one of these. Let's give it a shot." (and I've already forgotten the one from six months ago) :)
I totally agree with the environmental stewardship. I feel an obligation now to make up for all the things I threw in the trash when I was younger and not as environmentally conscious.Quote:
Originally Posted by NJSouth
I save all my screws in a small bucket while doing breakdown. When I am finished, I dump my small bucket into a five gallon bucket. Anything that will go as short steel in the bucket, and in a pile for the large items. When I have several buckets full, and a good pile, I take it off. Tin/shred is $90/nt. Short steel/#1 prepared is $130. Big difference in price, it makes a difference when you have at least 1000 lbs. That $20 extra is gas money for a day, ( if I don't go nowhere else except home in my gas hog).
2003 Dodge Dakota, V6 Magnum. 12-14 mpg town driving. 12-14 mpg hwy driving. Loaded or not, it uses around the same amount. As long as I don't have over a ton, or pulling a trailer
at times im like a drug addict-- when im walking to the mosque, i will be scanning the pavement & surrounding area for any metal...
i often see drug addicts doing the same thing as im walking along- they look at me & i can see them thinking:
"this guy doesnt look like a druggie but u never can tell for sure these days"....
Is yours a 4x4? Quad cab? Extended cab? I have basically the same truck - 98 Dakota V6 Magnum, regular cab 4x2. I average 17-20MPG overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by mseashell
Wait... wasn't this thread about scrap addiction or did I miss the context of this message?
SCRAP WHAT YOU DRIVE....DRIVE WHAT YOU SCRAP.... I feel a tattoo or something coming on... for someone else of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by SKWrapper
It's 2X4 extended cab. Most are 6000GW. Mine is 10000. Heavy duty frame. Made to pull heavy payloads.
I also scrap dogfood cans. Like 24 or more a day. My mother in law rescues dogs, and when we feed,(usually me and/or my wife) the cans are put into 250 gallon water tubs with tops cut off. When they get full, we back up and load them in the truck. Sometimes we crush them, if we don't have anything heavy. It usually just pays the gas, but it keeps them out of the ground, and keeps her mom from paying extra trash
I can't walk by a trash can and not look in, I see a penny I only pick it up if it looks like a 84 or older, I might forget to grab the keys but never the magnet, royobi is a name brand, and almost everything I see I start analysing what's in it
No I am not addicted.
Oh and ummm. I uh... I collect Aluminum foil darn it!!! I can't ever throw it out! I have bags of it waiting to go to the scrap yard. How did I get like this!!??? But then again... Metal = Money!!