*Edit: Some of the pics are upside down again! This was a quick attempt, did not workš„ can anyone help? I want to start blogging again!!
Saturday scrap run. Actually, we drive around looking for scrap during the week on garbage nights and turn it in on the weekends. It puts a little extra cash in our pockets, sometimes we find such cool stuff that we keep it! Scrapyard is always good pics too!
the can pile
There are other scrappers on the road, it's a bit competitive actually. It can be tricky timing when people put their trash out and also beating other scrappers to the trash! We have been doing this for years, we went the last few without a trailer or truck, so have just started again this summer. It is best to drive around just before and after dusk I find. Make sure you wear work gloves and have ratchet straps and you are good to go! We cruise the neighborhoods on their garbage-night-eve, with a focus on the more well-to-do neighborhoods. Truly, they seem to toss the most valuable stuff. It can also pay off to do a run on weekend nights to search for the stuff left out from garage sales that are headed for the trash.
This scrap yard is the best around. They put massive effort into proper separation of the different metals that come in and keep their grounds debris free, so it is safe for your vehicle.
You drive onto a scale with your full load, then get weighed again after unloading all the scrap
It pays to separate your scrap and turn it in clean, you get more money for it. We have an aluminum pile at home right now we are always adding to. We save it for when we've accumulated enough to turn it in as it goes for a lot of cash. Copper is a good one too, lucky if you find discarded copper wire from renos!
So far this summer we have kept a hydraulic jack, a cool metal shelving unit for the living room, a sick little weight bar for curls that my husband loves, a gazebo frame that was turned into a safe run for the chickens, a few chairs and a metal garden cart that is in great shape!! It is crazy what people throw out!!
We stopped at the quarry afterwards, but it was almost empty. We used the pump to rinse the trailer out while we were thereš
Clean trailer!!
Do you scrap run? What was your best find? If you never have, try it out!
Thanks for reading! Take care of you and yours ā¤