What do you do besides scrap metal? - Page 9

I own a daycare with my wife. Its doing well. I started scrapping by accident and what was just play money is now really good money. Its really awesome, I'm selling a product that does not cost me a dime. After subtracting for mileage, I am pulling in 95% interest.

Currently working as a lab tech at an oil refinery. Blessed to have a job and be making good money. Between downsizing and plant closings, I've dodged the bullets a few times over the past five years, but one is bound to hit me soon I fear. I just want to have something else in place for when it does. Plus its a heck of a lot of fun at times! I've always enjoyed treasure hunting :-) Besides this, I was an architectural photographer for many years, operator for an enviromental remediation company, petroleum inspector, and carny (mini nascar racing).

Been scrapping for a long time before it became a full time gig.

Now I'm starting a resale store inside the warehouse as a proof of concept.

Sales have kinda ebbed and flowed since I started this venture (eBay and craigslist) and now I'm moving forward with doing it almost exclusively.

I actually love scrapping computers and will do it as long as I can get them.

I currently am running a landscape company also running a snow removal company as well as snow making at a ski mountain. I help a logging company out on weekends and a dirt pit as well on weekends i cook at a restaurant occasionaly usually holidays and large functions. tuesdays and thursdays during the summer i work as a farmhand and cattle hand. when none of those things are happening i will help out any member of my family who are all tradesman plumbers electricians framers roofers. i am only apprentice as an electrician but have a journeyman in plumbing and will pursue these further for sure. I sell any number of things including scrap metal firewood vegetables mushrooms mineral samples and raw gemstones moose antlers refurbished house hold goods refurbished firearms and refurbished power equipment.
I know i missed a lot of jobs but lets just say i'm busy!
Edit: I forgot helping my father on odd mechanic jobs he gets from time to time. it's not like he needs me (he's a master at anything with an engine) but I know he enjoys spending time working on these things with me and wants to pass his knowledge on.

Dam NH...what do you do after lunch?

These days, tree climber, firewood and build 2smokes among other things. Worked too many types of auto/truck buss to list. Towing, body shop, collision and rest. Built all kinds of toys from minibikes to stock cars, street muscle, drag pieces, boats, 4x4 trucks and street rods. My father had a towing outfit at the house/shop also. Pretty much grew up around anything with a motor. Did two years of general repair as an equipment diesel mechanic. Been scraping and flipping stuff forever. Hoping to get back into recycling PM this time around. Most times can pretty much fix, find or build anything I need. Sometimes it's just easier to go buy new or a very good used one. Long time consuming work tools projects are getting old. Say, building the 12" drum wood chipper. Worked in the housing market when I was younger building homes. Did just about ever job from felling the trees to capping the roof. I need something diverse with many income streams and angles these days. This time round shooting for me, myself and I. Getting back into doing porting work on small engines and heads. When you run something like doing tree work "storytime" and no shows gets old. Trees never talk back and neither has metal, yet. Just want to cherry pick climbing jobs and put more time into recycling and custom engine bench work.

I've been a sub contractor off and off for a few years, mostly off, was really busy for about 2 years then everything came to a fast stop. was in the Army cadets and reserves for 5 years, was laid off a hundred times at a hundred different jobs afterwards. drove taxi, did air port runs, ran a demolition crew, GPS Technician, road crew foremen for an advertising company, rock truck driver. Been full time scrapping for 3 years while working other full time jobs. money was good now i'm just scrapping, money is ok lol. I need a job scrap is to slow this time of year in my neck of the woods that sums up my under achievements lol every time i get into something i seem to get promised everything under the sun with apprenticeships and all that stuff then you get laid off and the phone doesn't ring for 4-6 months tired of it. farming occasionally for ten years on a sheep farm

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

Dam NH...what do you do after lunch?

send the paper work to the tax lady she just loooooves me