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Don't forget the "throw it all in there and sort it later" bucket. Most of us have one. And the ones that say they don't are lying. Lol.

Originally Posted by Mike1286

Don't forget the "throw it all in there and sort it later" bucket. Most of us have one. And the ones that say they don't are lying. Lol.

I have two gaylords of just this that have been sitting at the top of a rack for over two years. I don't even remember at all what got tossed in there...only that it was a mix of everything that was lying around when I was cleaning up one day. I do remember a few months after my wife getting into one and just cutting wires got about 100 lbs out of it.

Originally Posted by Mike1286

Don't forget the "throw it all in there and sort it later" bucket. Most of us have one. And the ones that say they don't are lying. Lol.

Thats half of my garage!

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I recently added ac adapter bucket to my storage rack. Yard "B" buys them whole

Originally Posted by greytruck

I recently added ac adapter bucket to my storage rack. Yard "B" buys them whole

With the plastic case on them? I had a yard that would buy them that way for copper content price which was the same price as cracking open the plastic and selling the transformers as. But now no longer, I have to break them out of the plastic shell or they go into the shred...

Originally Posted by hobo finds

With the plastic case on them? I had a yard that would buy them that way for copper content price which was the same price as cracking open the plastic and selling the transformers as. But now no longer, I have to break them out of the plastic shell or they go into the shred...

Yes with the plastic case. I dont know what they pay for them tho, i saw one of there box's that had ac adapters painted on it. So i figured i would just save them up because my main yard buys them as shred and then i could save some time from smashing off the plastic

Stainless Breakage Bucket. Dont think it was mentioned.

Still getting my operation organized. Have some of the many listed. Plastic coffee cans, totes, garbage cans. Love them Tidy Turd buckets with the hinged lid. CurbCo provides.

I seem to have gone from buckets to boxes this year. Been doing ewaste for awhile now so that was pretty well organized. Got into copper and brass this year and it was a bit of trial and error to see what worked best.

Eggs are delivered to the grocery store in 12"x12"x12" boxes. Those boxes are pretty sturdy hand hold 50 lbs of #2 copper.

Plastic shopping bags are delivered to the grocery store in 12" x 12" x 6" cardboard boxes. They are just the right size to hold 50 lbs of bare bright or brass.

Everything stacks neatly in a small corner of the shop and it can sit there without getting in the way till prices go up a bit more here in Maine. There's about a dollar a pound difference between here and out of state so i thought i would sit on it for awhile.

The margin on brass hasn't been that wide, and the price has been fairly stable, so i dropped off 350lbs at the scrapyard a few months ago. It was a super easy process with seven boxes at 50 lbs each to unload at the small scale. In and out of the yard with check in hand in under 15 minutes. It's a good day when there are no hassles for me and no hassles for the guys at the yard. Everyone is happy and things go smoothly.