A lot of my stuff comes from the side of the road. And I have noticed a big decline in stuff in the last several months. Part of it can be blamed on really high prices on light steel. It brings them out of the woodwork. When you see new trucks from out of state picking scrap, the market may be saturated. But, it's not just that. My other job allows me to watch the patterns of other scrappers. The time they pull into the areas I frequent, and of course what they have in the truck or trailer. To tell the truth, I see a lot of these guys running around with very little in the back. They ain't finding it either. I have to say there probably is not as much being sat out by the curb as there was in the spring. And the spring wasn't great either. I just don't think people are replacing stuff like they were a year ago.



I have not seen more than two or three ceiling fans in months. This time last year I was almost tired of stopping to pick them up. I found a lot of sinks and fixtures last year. Hardly any this year. Lots of lawnmowers in 2010. I've seen three this summer. The only thing I have found in similar numbers to last year are those things that people only replace when they break, like water heaters.