A picture made of words.... (A day in the life of a scrapper)

My daily scrapping procedure


For some, this may seem like a boring experience but for me i find it a thrill and a passion in which we can all play our instruments to....





Every day, i get up work from 9-5 predominately collecting aluminium cans, some E scrap, and and prized tokens when the scrap is good. I hope on my red 100% green friendly red bicycle with all recycled parts. With my recycled wheels of justice, two fairly used fat beach cruiser style tires, I plow my way up and down the massive hills of the edge of our states capital. I mash the bicycle trails to get to the college campus cycling out 2 1/2 t-27 50 gall bin/bags worth of cans out of the campus plus all the access e scrap a man could need. I cut cords, disassemble yokes, and keep all electrical motor scrap for pretty pennies on the dollar. On my breaks i like to enjoy a nice donut/maple bar from my local Safeway (KUDOS) when i can daily. Those little pastries may sound like nothing but it can change a exhausting day into a energetic tasty power that is fitting enough to keep going. All my my items i transport in book bag, trash bag loads on my back while i plow my way back home. People would ask why would i want to scrap all year around on a bicycle?

my answer is why not?

It's makes me one of the unique grinding recyclers in this world.

I Was a bigger business that broke off into a smaller business.

Had a 8cyl truck, lost a 8 cyl truck, replaced a 8cyl truck with a 4 cyl manual truck new truck and it struck out.

since then i scrapped for months with out a truck just a over capacitated stroller made of aluminum.

I save on costs of mechanical problems and bad dealerships vs giving my hard earned money to buses and scammers.

why pay for gas? if your business is small enough to operate of sheer genius and athletics, you could profit out the same amount from expenses of scrapping by eliminating cost.

This was a day in a life of a scrapper..



thank you comment please :P

I think this post strikes at the heart of one of the big reasons why *I* scrap. I don't really do it trying to start a second career (the money is definitely a perk, though!), and I certainly don't do it for the prestige. I do it because a) I get to work for myself (no deadlines or schedules, no quotas, no evaluations, no annoying management, always a new and different challenge) and b) I get to feel good about what I do. I'm not saving the planet single-handedly any more than I'm feeding my family from scrapping, but dammit- at least I'm not doing something useless for someone else.

This also boils down the question of how much is "enough"? What is "success"? People sometimes have a hard time wrapping their minds around the fact that what truly makes them happy is often not what the advertisers, newspapers, politicians and universities *say* should make you happy. Everyone has to eat, everyone needs a roof over their head, some sense of personal security and maybe some basic healthcare. Sometimes it feels like 97% of society exists only to convince you that you need something *else* (that they can offer you for a low, low price) to finally attain happiness....

tbg

yeah some times scrapping gets overwhelming specially if you are married with kids. I kind of gained a attitude with what i do with pride i am going to install a little sound system on my bike soon. My recycling must be seen at all costs which will be my trade mark... most people have clean cars well i am making a clean bike lol

You sound like a very relaxed gentleman. I was at a scrap yard once and saw a fellow with a bike towing a trailer made from a couple of wheels off the back of a small riding lawnmower. The scrap guy told me that fellow once brought in 850lbs of scrap on that bike and trailer in one trip!!!! He wasn't young, either, but obviously tough as nails!!

If you have a steady route that rewards you well, and in a laid back neighborhood, again sounds like it is--who can get uptight in a college setting--you have it made. Especially if you are able to lean back and enjoy it and be happy. There's so many of us who get on the hamster wheel of life and don't enjoy a minute of it.

You are a lucky man.

Jon

Qoute of the day "Empty stomach full load I'm gone get it, gone get it, I'm generating digits I'm generating digits"

Its the thrill of the hard work, ill sling cans like bread to ducks daily.

my family is my life.