the end of my hiatus

So, due to a recent flare up of my health condition and also due to a new member of our family arriving I have been taking a bit of a siesta from scrapping with the exception of taking a desperate load in to make an end meet. The farm cleanout I was on got put on hold and I haven't been alley scrounging at all. I usually don't even look in my own neighborhood due to too much comp in this area. Well I guess these other guys retired. I literally searched 3 blocks of alley today and wound up filling my truck bed once each block and having to go back to unload. The first alley I took I found an entire aluminum shed that had been torn down and thrown out. Filled my truck bed until overflowing with sheet. Next block, a huge steel bbq grill and a smaller cast one, and a steel dishwasher. Third block, a refrigerator, two weedeaters, a lawnmower and three mountain bikes. For this amount to be in such a small area I'm guessing these other guys must have been slacking as long or longer than me. I'm hooking up the trailer and tearing out at 6 am sharp tommorow!

I had a great night shopping as well, and I dont normally bother. Not sure if its competition or if there is a certain week people can throw out big stuff, but i filled up the girlfriends car, then went and got the truck and filled that up too! Feels great, don't it?

So far from yesterdays pickup:
Right under 600 lbs unprep steel
9 lbs brass
6 lbs insulated
Haven't torn into all that alum yet or sold the tin. Got 4 compressors and 5 motors I picked up this morning. I'll post weight on the alum when I tear it up tommorow

I live in a rural area and people pay for their trash service, it's not city pick up. Also nobody seems to have a consistent trash day. Should I expect to see anything out here

Not out by the curb. Try talkin to a few of them redneck boys out there they tend to have lots of "I could oneday maybe use that" laying around and even though they see value on a lot of stuff they keep, when presented with the opportunity for you to take it away for free they might find a few things they want gone. I know cuz I've been both that redneck and that scrapper.

Anyways, right under 400 lbs of mixed aluminum from that shed.

And I'm back

Good score!