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Amazed at what's tossed #6540501
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At ther dump by people. My 2nd trip the today I saw a fairly new propane grill, a nice looking patio set, a saddle. I was really tempted to jump into the pit and grab ther saddle but the dozer started making his way to it.

My first trip was mainly yard waste from most people there. Not sure why they don't have an area to drop yard waste off to be mulched and composted

Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540529
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People throw away stuff they don't use anymore even when there is nothing wrong with it so they don't get their place cluttered up like a hoarder.I try to force myself to do that once a year.


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540553
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Yep....hauled trash for 21 yrs and found some amazing stuff in there.
One town mixes grass clippings and leaves with solids from the sewer plant and compost it, then sell it to farmers for fertilizer.
Another town just mulches grass and leaves into compost. Another town sells it.
This town, there is no place to take brush, as the local refuse company is also a tree trimmer and wants $100 a load to take your brush. So, folks just get rid of it wherever then can find a place.
Batteries are another thing. People throw out a lot of batteries that are good. I carried a battery tester with me in the truck and it paid for itself many times over.

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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540580
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Go onto Scrap Metal Forum under the grouping called "A Day in the Life of a Scrapper" and search for "curbco shopping". In some locales, guys do very well finding what people have out for the trash men, especially in upper middle class (who don't seem to care about spending money) or neighborhoods that have a lot of turnover in people coming and going (like Florida). Amazing what people trash if their own muni lets them toss it out...


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540639
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Boco I figured that was their reasoning or they just upgraded and didn't want the hassle of giving it away or selling it. Saddles bring good money even for a well used one and is not hard to get rid of in nm.

Gary, I'm sure you found some awesome stuff and a bunch of batteries. That's cool several of the towns around you do that. Ther city here does a mulching once in spring once in fall and Christmas trees.

NonPCFed, there's a couple trucks I se driving around my area picking up scrap. My neighborhood is mid class upper lower class. The area's around me are mainly upper class so the guys with the trucks just drive around and make great money

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Another reason is hardly anyone fixes stuff anymore.As a matter of fact a lot of stuff is made to break down and be unfixable.
People have so much money nowadays and stuff is so cheap that things get thrown away that could easily be repaired,or even when people just want a new one. It is more convenient to just buy new stuff,and not really worth the money to fix cheap stuff,even if you can find a part(which is often half the price of a new unit).


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540685
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I had a garage sale this weekend with stuff other people didn't want to deal with. I made about $850 from stuff I got for free. I do it at least once a year. Go ahead and leave your stuff at the curb, Im not to proud to pick it up.


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540690
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Planned obsolescence .


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540700
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I thought about Garage sales for my own clutter.Then I thought about just giving it away,then I realized I would still likey need to make a trip to the dump after all that waste of time,so just easier to toss right off the bat.
Maybe this year I'll pile up the stuff on the trailer and put a sign-"free stuff"and leave it in the driveway for a week..That might lighten the load to the dump.
Got an old snowblower,old chainsaw and old lawnmower and old BBQ that might get taken.

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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540709
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You cant give away a perfectly good working TV today, no matter how big it is. Folks want new smart tvs now.

Putting a "give away" sign on stuff gives that bad element an invite to come down your road.


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: trapper les] #6540712
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Good point Les.They can pick it up at the dump.


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540714
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That's awesome strike2x. You're right things are disposable now. I'm sure that grill I saw was fine and they just upgraded to a bigger one, it looked brand new too. The only thing I saw wrong with the patio set was a couple of chairs were missing the caps on the legs.

Yeah you might have to make a trip to the dump afterwards but it's still less stuff you gotta haul. Make sure you make it clear the trailer isn't free too. Lol. I've put stuff on ther curb a few times and within a couple hours it was gone. My neighbor last year put an older propane grill on the curb it was gone within 30 minutes

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Around here free stuff sets for a while, put $10 bucks on it and it's gone the next day! (for free) Lol


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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540770
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Every time I go to the recycle center, looking thru the metal dumpster is a must. Find lots of short pieces of flat steel and angle iron that come in handy when welding, LP tank connections from grills to replace my older crescent wrench type, tractor tire chains and one of my better days was finding three receiver hitch’s with different drop heights and a half dozen balls to go with them. The two young guys working the center that day thought I was crazy for taking stuff back out. Can’t be too proud to pass stuff up that has value.

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Re: Amazed at what's tossed [Re: adam m] #6540780
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In Holdrege, NE, people set their clutter out on the curb, then everybody goes around town digging thru each other's stuff. After a week, the city picks up the junk that's left over!


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One time my neighbor had a garage sale. Out in the yard he had a snow plow for a garden tractor leaniing against the telephone pole along with other stuff that said "free". I loaded her up and sold it at the flea market the next day. That Monday at the post office bulletin boards I saw wanted signs for the snow plow. I guess it wasn't free but it was way far away in the yard with other free stuff pile.

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Originally Posted by lumberjack391
One time my neighbor had a garage sale. Out in the yard he had a snow plow for a garden tractor leaniing against the telephone pole along with other stuff that said "free". I loaded her up and sold it at the flea market the next day. That Monday at the post office bulletin boards I saw wanted signs for the snow plow. I guess it wasn't free but it was way far away in the yard with other free stuff pile.


So you're the one who snagged my plow!!

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I did buy some stuff from him...…..

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Thanks for selling me that plow, lumberjack. I fastened it to my ATV with duct tape and used it all winter.


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It was a nice, quick sale at the flea market

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Back when they lived in town, my folks bought a new fridge and placed the old one by the curb- with a sign stating that is free and still worked. After about a week of setting there ( no one wanted or took it) they put a sign saying "for sale $25". That night it was taken, stolen! LOL
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I think it's ridiculous at how much perfectly fine things people toss! People as so wasteful. If nothing else, donate it to a thrift store or try to pawn.

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I set a rolloff box at a construction site where a cellphone company put up a new tower. They threw away enough copper-lined conduit for me to earn $600 salvaging it. $3000 from an ethanol plant project.


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Lots of guns and traps end up in trash cans too.


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