Been on a bit of a hiatus the last few years. Quit my day job last May. Scored some new wheels back in March. a '98 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. So plush compared to all my other beaters. Got it for labor trade. V8, full time 4x4, power everything. Not ideal for hauling scrap. Only brought in several hundred pounds of aluminum cans with it. At $.15/lb, it sucks.
I passively amassed a pile of materials to process over the last few years. Lawnmowers, microwaves a plenty. Recently picked up a 7cf chest freezer right across the alley from me. Works fine, keeping it!! Also picked up an older Weber Spirit E 320 gasser. Keeping it!!!!!! Great shape for it's age, works fine as is and very refurbishable. Plenty of other stuff piled up.
Still prowling CurbCo on bicycles. Spent more money on insurance than fuel all this year. Been giving alot of my steel to a fellow scrapper up the alley from me because I don't have a suitable way of taking it in. The blue Brat has a bad tire, no muffler and cracked windshield so I don't drive it much or too far. Been thinking of getting a folding trailer from everybody's favorite national discount tool store. And a full size pickup.
Bought a couple Coppermine manual wire stripping machines last year. Still brand new in box. Now that I have some time, I'll take them to the 50lb rat nest I got stashed under my van.
I got quite a bit of work to catch up on. Doesn't help if I bring more stuff in than I can process or haul off. But I enjoy it.
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