New place to look for cans - Page 2

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

used to be a joke about them, I read that and started snickering.

Originally Posted by Focker

i understand scrap is scrap and all.but i dont think i could bring myself to dig stuff out of garbage

I don't go into regular dumpsters, but construction dumpsters have been a gold mine for me - you bet I go in those. Would have missed out on a HUGE stainless steel double oven sitting at the bottom of one construction dumpster if I hadn't dug around. The excavator guy took it out for me with a backhoe, it was so big.

Bed rails are worth way more then scrap unless they are bent, rusted, or made unuseable somehow. Put them on CL and they will sell easy. People that do storage auctions find tons of headboard/footboards but the rails are only in there 40% of the time it seems. Complete set ready to use is worth more then the head/foot by itself.

Careful with construction dumpsters, always ask first. It isn't legal if it's fenced in, on an active construction site, or is a private dumpster (at least in PA). It is a misdemeanor at the least but can be a felony if the cash amount of what you're picking is over $1,000. A lot of construction companies don't want people digging around because of the liability issue if you get hurt. It is always safest to ask. If you plan on coming back after they leave the site, ask for a signed letter to show your local law enforcement officer when you get stopped. Just a tip.

Need to get your cans together and haul them to michigan

Originally Posted by Focker

Need to get your cans together and haul them to michigan

Maybe parttimescrapper could help out with a truck

Thats a long drive from my house in denver to PA then to michigan Allthough I am going home to PA this summer. Anyone along the I80 corridor need anything hauled from denver area?

I read online somewhere that there was a guy that had a load of cans.Was taking them to Mich and he had no tailgate and cans where coming out.He got pulled over by the state police.He also had a trailer full of cans.

Total cans where 60,000 He got lucked up and charged a felony because it is illegal to haul cans from one state to another for the .10 cents thing that certain states do.

Missed your intro Junky...welcome to the forum. Where are you coming from. I love learning new words and phrases from other countries.

Originally Posted by injunjoe

Trash cans at public boat ramps!

I started collecting cans a year into my picking career, mostly just from where I work, but I have a germaphobic issue with it. I just imagine that the person drinking out of it either put out 3 cigarettes in the can, or spat chewing tobacco juice until it was full to the brim.

So yeah, mostly I like to only collect cans that I drank out of, lol. I wash out the ones that I can, because the drops of soda/energy drink in each can will leak out after you crush them, and eventually your bucket/container is a moldy mess.

But, I always see it as free money. Why go recycle it at the center when you can get part of what you paid for the can back? Another good tip when buying canned drinks with scrapping in mind for later - never throw away a 12-Pack box from a Coke product (including Powerade, Mello Yello, Sprite, etc.). These codes, when entered on their website, will give you free 12-Packs, which completes the circle

gonna try the orange pickup bags on the side of the road in NC. will let ya know how it goes!

Originally Posted by scrapmonkey

Careful with construction dumpsters, always ask first. It isn't legal if it's fenced in, on an active construction site, or is a private dumpster (at least in PA). It is a misdemeanor at the least but can be a felony if the cash amount of what you're picking is over $1,000. A lot of construction companies don't want people digging around because of the liability issue if you get hurt. It is always safest to ask. If you plan on coming back after they leave the site, ask for a signed letter to show your local law enforcement officer when you get stopped. Just a tip.

Yes, most definitely. I always ask the construction super, and in the process usually make a goldmine of a contact for future scrapping.

Originally Posted by skylinejackjr

Translation, please.

go the the campsites that the homeless have abandon (If your in with the crowd you can even get some body to guide you there). These people who spend so much time on the street often know where there is good scrap but many times they may be a competitor for scrap as far as cans go i found hundreds at one long ago shanty town and im sure its a reoccurring phenomena.