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    Still going strong

    Of course I keep scrapping even if I don't hit the post's
    So here's a nice story .
    My nephew is with us and I said hey you wanna come to the scrap yard Ok is the response
    on the way I hit a dumpster AND it was a mother load $1400 pounds of bath room stalls along with Aluminum
    and a water fountain with some copper SS & compressor . So there he was helping me load the truck, took about 3 hrs to load and dismantle some items
    well when he saw the pay out of $175 - my 24 year old nephew went WOW I can't believe it. I gave he $50 & he was so happy to
    earn money from the street .




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    Would the trash guys have taken all those bathroom stalls or left them??

    Last winter, I scrounged a couple of rear projection tvs and some other stuff from an apartment complex dumpsters because the trash guys wouldn't take them and the suckers would just lay next to the dumpsters for week or so. I would think a trash company might jack the rates to a business if they would put out unusual loads like that or charge a special handling fee for such a load. Or is the dumpster used by multiple places and the trash guys won't know where that big load came from??

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    This was in a proper dumpster so yes they would take . But the GC was glad as he told me take just keep it neat

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    Awesome. I wish someone told me how to make $ out of metal when I was younger. Aren't bathroom stalls composite or plastic? Maybe older ones are metal? Just wondering.

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    Copper Head
    Sounds like you just created your own competition.
    WHATS THE OLD SAYING:
    You made your own bed and now you can lay in it. LOL

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    I wish all family outings were this fun and profitable lol


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