improvise, addapt, overcome

`Buddy of mine hits up the yards near the sandbar, an buys their propane tanks to make pig cookers.(Big tanks, not the iddy biddy grill ones) He does well with it.

Another one does fire pits.

One can sell anything..as WBSTS said, you just need to know the outlets to sell them. My sandbar, yard sales can bring good business. Spring, Summer or Fall. Winter times not to many as we got some nice and cold winds out of the NE here. Not a lot of wind blocks on a sandbar.



If one is wasting their time spending 3 hours on a toaster...I'd have to say, you should find something else to fix up an sell. I know folks who spend time fixing washers & dryers, Fridges, Flat screen TVs, Cell phone screens, etc. They get a lot of the stuff as scrap. Washer & Dryer guy gets his stuff from the curb, or buys it from one of the yards here. Fridges..same deal for that guy. The Flat Screen tvs, an cell phone guy buys a bunch from me. Why I never have tvs to ship out. Heh. Cell phone guy buys phones from me(parts)screens, batteries, etc. I never know what he'll ask for, but most the time when he calls I got what he needs.

So yes value your time, pick things you can do fast. As one of our posters like to say...Turn n Burn. Not only applies to scrapping but to rehabbing/fixing items.

An thanks Eco/Olddude, for reminding me...I need to schedule some time with one of our blacksmiths down here. I've been wanting to do so, so I could learn about some of the things I'm interested in the smiths do. We've got a couple down here that know their stuff.

Sirscrapalot - Only you can decide what your time is worth, not me, him, her or any other poster. - One of our members.