I know this is an "oldish" thread; however, I have a question about this tool. I'm 6'2" tall, is this thing longer enough where I can walk straight up and still pick up a can? What about if I'm riding a bike?
Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper
I smash 'em by foot, then pick them up with this:
If I had the money and knowledge, I'd like to build a pneumatic crusher.
Experienced Scrapper
THose grabbers are only about 3 feet long.
Experienced Scrapper
Dig 4 inches deep into ground in like a 3x3 area throw all your cans in the 3x3 area and drive over em a few times
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HI,try putting a bag between 2 sheets of scrap plywood,just a thought! Oops and then run over with truck!
Last edited by stephenholseberg; 08-12-2011 at 04:42 PM. Reason: Forgot to include last part of instruction,s
Experienced Scrapper
I like the idea of running things over. Just hold out on crushing your cans until you have a load of iron to take in. I never come across enough cans at a time to need to resort to any method but my foot. Never even used to crush cans at all until I started scrapping and I just don't have room enough in my garage for 20 some bags of cans anymore. Got me some bins set up. Totes, trash cans, buckets, and those plastic tubs from inside washers are useful. Sorry. Gettin sidetracked.
Eat. Sleep. Scrap.
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we tried most of the above. problem is most cant understand just how many cans we were dealing with, we finally jut gave up about half way through and hooked up the inclosed trailer, baged the cans up whole, dont remember the lbs but we had $359 worth at .71
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Thats alot of beer... olddude knows how to party.
Experienced Scrapper
Let's see...a beer pyramid at 8 levels high is about...120 cans. One full pyramid fills 2 bags uncrushed. The last time I took them in like that I had 22 bags @.60/lb. and got roughly $25 so...I forgot where I was going with that but anywho. Olddude...wow. That's over 500lbs of cans. Now I remember what I was trying to get at. Figuring out how many cans that is. My conclusion...alot. Sorry...beer kills my math skills.
So, what do all you can "harvesters" use to "pick" cans? Do you bend all the way down and pick with your bare hands? If a can is in a paper bag, do you pick up the bag, too?
I've got a concrete driveway, so I'm not going to be digging out a hole or channel to run over them. Also, the really tall AL cans are 24oz. size ---- the small wall mounted crushers appear to only accept up to 20oz. size can. Houston, do we need a bigger mouse trap???
I saw this idea on another forum. Don't know if I can find it again so I'll try explaining it.
I doubt this would work for cars, due to clearance.
Take 2 2x6 or 2x8 boards. Figure out the width of one of your tires, then cut a board to that width. This will be your "end cap".
Stand your boards upright, then nail your end cap on. At this point it will look like a trough of sorts.
Don't recall how the other end was, but you wouldn't want it nailed, because you need to be able to drive your tire between the boards. Maybe a 2x4 nailed on the bottom, and then drive over it.
Fill the trough with cans and start driving back and forth.
The poster of this idea didn't like the amount of cans he had to scoop up. I say lay a tarp down and then the trough.
Sounds like it would work, but I have never tried it. If anyone does, let us know how it turns out.
Experienced Scrapper
How about a piece of plywood that is the length and width of your vehicle's wheel base plus the width of 2 2x4's on the sides and one on the front. Build the sides and front up according to however high you want with the 2x4's. Place another piece of plywood on top that will fit inside this partial box only longer towards the back to allow it to bend to make a ramp for you to drive up on. Place the cans under the top piece and drive over. Not quiet a good idea for doing a bunch at once but if you do aquire alot more than just your own drinking then you could throw them out under the top board and just pull forward a bit before you leave and when you get home drive back up on it then back up to allow more cans to be tossed under. When it gets to overflowing the side boards then it's time to pick em up.
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Don't know about the rest but I use an old homemade walking stick and drove a fairly large nail in it, then ground off the head(of the nail) to a point. Just wear some lightweight gloves while picking. Just spear the can, also works on snakes and other vermin(2 and 4 legged) you might come across in your walk.So, what do all you can "harvesters" use to "pick" cans?
So, you "spear" them? OUCH!!! Doesn't that hurt the cans??? Do they die a painful death?
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No more painful than Olddude's can shredder he was thinking about,
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I used to fill up 3 gaylords of cans (which was the most I could fit on my truck with the tailgate down and find a reasonably private place (cul-de-sacs with no houses where new subdivisions are being built are great) and dump them out and just drive my truck in circles over them. It works great and is fairly quick. A snow shovel puts them back in the gaylord.
Usually even if anyone shows up they tend not to care too much.
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Mick's gonna have your a$$ come day break janny!
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesaler
Certified Zip-Tie Mechanic
"Give them enough so they can do something with it, but not too much that they won't do nothing."
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im thinking a roller crusher like this,
or the tire method with a basket hopper on top. the video here is made from a treadmill, which isnt difficult to get for free on craigslist.
the only benefit to this design over the tires is that the opening/crushing surface would be wider than the tire design. that would save on jamming.
please tell us what you come up with olddude. im interested in what works best to maximize your can load.
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Didn't take that long this time.
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
Experienced Scrapper
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oh, that's why I was so confused !!
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