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    Couple of good days!

    Monday: Took in a decent iron load...$979, and did some much needed shopping.

    Tuesday: Don't mention Tuesday...everything I touched turned to crap.

    Wednesday (today): Went to see client #1.....simply went to pick up a dead cow/calf pair to feed my dogs. Ended up getiing a few goodies from him. 28 car & tractor batteries, 1 motorcycle battery, two 55 gallon barrels filled with a nice mix of #1 iron and cast aluminum, a water heater, an aluminum bbq grille, and 2 dozen farm fresh eggs.

    All this cost me $47

    Client #2.....Paid me $100 to tow his broken car 40 miles.



    Client #3....2 free bags of cans....no big deal, but it was only 3 blocks from................................

    Client #4.....Got 3 washers, 3 dryers, 2 car batteries, 1 aluminum wheel, 2 brass/copper radiators, maybe 10 ponds of other assorted metal, and a complete Subaru wagon 4x4with battery & all...Total cost...$110

    All this with with a total of about 165 miles of driving (everything is far away out here in the sticks).

    Have at least one client with a couple of cars, an Intrepid and a Century, lined up for tomorrow.

    All in all, a decent start to the week. Feelin' pretty good.


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    That is a really nice week I'd say! Great job

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    wait..what? it's not wednesday yet.

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    Long day....that explains why I can't remember a thing about that day in between yesterday and today....that's great news

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    haha it's cool. I've had days like that.

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    Sounds like you're hustling, good job! It pays off for sure!

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    you definitely made a lot of money good job

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    Taking it a little easier today....too old to work like that all the time. Will hit hard again tomorrow. I'm glad I found this sight. I've been doing this since iron was $20 a ton, and have still found some useful tips and encouragement. You guys are great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper View Post
    wait..what? it's not wednesday yet.
    I don't know why, but I really felt like yesterday was wednesday too, I even went driving around for Thursday night bulk trash for 30 mins before realizing it was tuesday night

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    Our kids have a 4 day school week...Tuesday through Friday. They had Monday school this week because of Good Friday. Throws me off every time.


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