jw7783 Scrapping Thread- Finds, teardowns, etc.

[jw7783]

Thanks KZ! and parttime I have a feeling these people might be at the least, slightly wealthy. This is the same house I got a 55" LCD from a few months back

[PickerBenny]

Nice lawntractor there, all you need is a 2 inch lift and some car tires and a pulley swap to make it like a homemade quad!.. or use it to mow grass

[jw7783]

Haha, Benny if it wasn't so nice I probably would build it into a wheeler, but I'm just gonna sell it and then I might pick up a cheap one with no deck to build

[jw7783]

[jw7783]

5-4-14
Cruising around running errands in the GF's Protege5 (wagon) and decided to take some back roads. Glad we did. 3 beach chairs (2 steel 1 Al), vacuum, stainless lamp, 2 weedwackers, and passed a stainless grille right up the road from my house, so we unloaded the car and grabbed my truck to go get it. Not too bad of a day!

[jw7783]

5-6-14
More finds, of course while driving the wagon. Had to leave some fencing behind but other than that got all the metal. Misc. pipes for what looks like a canopy thing, a homemade rotisserie?, grille, metal tractor seat, and a microwave.

[jw7783]

5-8-14
I think her car is lucky because we never seem to find anything in my truck, which is good because it only gets about 10mpg. Anyway, more stuff from a neighborhood across from where the previous post was from. Had to pass on a stove since I didn't have any straps with me. I'm hoping the VCR still works

[src3collector]

I'm hoping the VCR still works

If it does I have about 5000 vhs movies in my garage I'll sell you REALLY cheap! If it doesn't I have a couple vcr's that do work that I will give you for free if you buy some of my vhs movies!

[jw7783]

If it does I have about 5000 vhs movies in my garage I'll sell you REALLY cheap! If it doesn't I have a couple vcr's that do work that I will give you for free if you buy some of my vhs movies!

what a deal
My girlfriend and I were looking at tapes at Goodwill and there's so many good movies for cheap! Tag sales too

[jw7783]

5-9-14
Craigslist score! 20 mile round trip to pick up this Kenmore stainless grille. Big and heavy is the easiest way to describe it. Luckily the boards in my truck bed aren't attached so I use them as ramps if necessary.

[jw7783]

5-13-14
Cleaned up my scrap area today, got the grass down to a reasonable height, and moved some things around. The pile grows!! I've accumulated a large amount of tubing/pipes/poles recently.


Moved the old motorcycle table over for easier teardowns instead of being on the ground or dragging to the garage

[jw7783]

5-14-14
4th grill in the past 10 days. This one was right in my town on the way to my school. Guy even threw in a brand new regulator! All thats wrong with it is the bottom tray fell out, but should be fixable

[pjost]

5-13-14
Cleaned up my scrap area today, got the grass down to a reasonable height, and moved some things around. The pile grows!! I've accumulated a large amount of tubing/pipes/poles recently.


Moved the old motorcycle table over for easier teardowns instead of being on the ground or dragging to the garage

Nice scrap. Nice looking puppy too. What breed? Dog LOVER here.

[jw7783]

Thanks pjost, i like when it piles up quick. and he's a german shepard from poland 3 years old

[Gravitar]

5-14-14
4th grill in the past 10 days. This one was right in my town on the way to my school. Guy even threw in a brand new regulator! All thats wrong with it is the bottom tray fell out, but should be fixable

Ah, it's a Weber! Sirscrapalot loves him some Weber grills!!!

[jw7783]

5-15-14
Picked up a set of aluminum crutches in awesome shape and then found this while sitting at a stop light, right on the yellow line. Opened the door and scooped it up, unfortunately 2 prongs are broken off but its still a good 1.5-2 pounds.

[EcoSafe]

[QUOTE=jw7783;196500]4/3/14
Saw this at the end of a driveway 2 houses up from my GF's. Knocked, the lady asked her husband about it, and he said its all yours. Sweet!!! Loaded it in her car (a small wagon) with it touching the rear hatch and about 2 inches from the radio. Broke it up into more manageable pieces (it was all 1 long piece) and it weighed in at 33 lbs. 1.8oz.

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Most yards down solder bearing copper to #2. Cut the ends off sell as #2 sell the rest as#1.

[dayvirus]

Hey quick question.. Probably should know better.. If I leave fittings or solder on copper pipes and have clean copper will a yard worker just pull a fast one and weigh it all as copper#2 and not weigh it separate.. I think that's what they have been doing to me. Since I didn't know any better... That stinks if it's true

[dayvirus]

Btw GREAT SCORE 30+lbs....nice.....

[EcoSafe]

He/she is not pulling a fast one. Read my post just above, solder or brass fittings will down grade it to #2.

read and understand what we say here, and you will learn in a short time more then most yard graders know.

Yards are in business to make money. most are basically as honest as a pawn broker, but some will bend the rules a little and some will just plain take advantage of any one they can.

for example all computer or power supply wire is NOT com wire its #2, but you have to have enough knowledge to prove it. its all here, do your home work like you would any other profession. just my .02