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Sorry I haven't updated - busy at Portland Mint. I'll get a December thread up to finish the year then I'll make totals.

picked up a soloflex and a treadmill. almost all oversized ie ''torch'' prepared. took apart what I could . but some of the 'bolts' were allen head and were so tight I could not removed parts and pieces. oh well.

the main beam of the soloflew was 46 lb. and for some reason . they paid the higher grade of prepared, instead of 'torch'.

picked up a tote full of non working lights for 3.00 lo and behold one strand actually worked. lol ..

from another thrift...a bar stool, lawn recliner, file cabinet and a lawn chair.--that was the easy one.. the plastic was sun baked to the point of just falling apart. and poof. prepared steel.

yesterdays file cabinet---55 lb for 3.71$ with the drawers and misc still at home. about broke even.

another file cabinet , case, only 33 lb. as they did this one as clean sheet.. you never know how they will grade on any giv3en day.

FICKLE FATES ,,, raining in sunny Tucson. goodwill thrift has 50% off today. 12.50 for a fridge, 7.50 for a dryer.... 1.88 in change fell out as I tipped it over , to get it into the truck. more inside that I heard rattling.

cwgii wrote:FICKLE FATES ,,, raining in sunny Tucson. goodwill thrift has 50% off today. 12.50 for a fridge, 7.50 for a dryer.... 1.88 in change fell out as I tipped it over , to get it into the truck. more inside that I heard rattling.

Dryers are good for loose change! $12.50 for the fridge? Are you going to break it down?

another .34 change.

already broken down. lol this is my 4th one. starting to get the hang of it. pull the doors, shelves. and the sealed unit to get the weight down. to get it loaded into the truck. then pull the backing off the freezer to get at the aluminum 'radiator' .. cheaply built this one.. the shelves and handles were steel not aluminum. pull the wires .
last one I pulled the seals and plastic shelving on the doors. it had fiberglass batting for insulation. easy to pull out. then I had clean sheet. this one had foam injected. impossible to remove. oh well.

bought a second dryer at another goodwill, had no room for it, have to pick it up today.

TURNed in an aluminum chaise lounge... and the dryer tops for 15 lb of ''al clean sheet' at .55
46 lb of 'clean sheet iron' at 135 a large filing cabinet minus the drawers.

today,

34 lb ''torch prepared' which was a twin bed with the springs , and a lightweight headboard. paid at 135

8 lb of 'craftsman 19.2 volt ' batteries. at .23

cwgii wrote:TURNed in an aluminum chaise lounge... and the dryer tops for 15 lb of ''al clean sheet' at .55
46 lb of 'clean sheet iron' at 135 a large filing cabinet minus the drawers.

today,

34 lb ''torch prepared' which was a twin bed with the springs , and a lightweight headboard. paid at 135

8 lb of 'craftsman 19.2 volt ' batteries. at .23

You have a buyer for rechargeable batteries?

cfs ......... I saw one in the bin and asked........ you take these??? ayup.

today..
sealed unit 21 lb
fridge 'body' 120 lb.

hope to take in my bonus load on Friday.

cwgii wrote:cfs ......... I saw one in the bin and asked........ you take these??? ayup.

today..
sealed unit 21 lb
fridge 'body' 120 lb.

hope to take in my bonus load on Friday.

mine on Monday I hope. Funny I had brake rotors in a box and they only paid shred, but I was not going to bother complaining as it wasn't much they did deduct 2 pounds for a beer box full of dirty brass but no deduction for a beer box full of die cast zinc!

yesterday 30 lb of tin cans at 115/t
34 lb prepared at 160

today

for the bonus...
1020 lb I did not go back over the scale. just did the graders lllll 50/50 of clean sheet and prepared.
at 150/ton

the real bonus is on the lower value items
copper content 17 lb today I get .22 vs last week of .10

give and take. I saw an aluminum ??? tray? that would work well as a trash can lid. and not break down in the sun. . I asked if I could 'steal ' it. so the kid took 2 lb off my small box of shred. so I "" paid"" .11 for 1.00 worth of al. makes up for some of the other things they have done.

cwgii wrote:give and take. I saw an aluminum ??? tray? that would work well as a trash can lid. and not break down in the sun. . I asked if I could 'steal ' it. so the kid took 2 lb off my small box of shred. so I "" paid"" .11 for 1.00 worth of al. makes up for some of the other things they have done.

Is it a water heater pan has a hole in the side? If LOL I dropped it off!

Is it a water heater pan has a hole in the side? If LOL I dropped it off!

ayup. here we are recycling........but really just re using.. in my case. it fits my 20 gal trash can that I use for broken glass

I got two of these out of a dumpster that are of a larger size. they fit my brute trash can -45 gal- just right. and kind of fit the 50. these bigger cans I use for the 'tin cans' .

HUGE turn in this morning... one tote of misc shred.......2.43

then in the pm. going to turn in bottles.... closed

bought 5 file cabinets , 600 lb clean sheet ...made a whole 5.00. first time I did not take them home to remove the alum and dividers. ie higher value. but just did not have room.

last week
12-23 26 kb of prepared 2.43$ which was a surprise. .. again with no rhyme nor reason.. bottle caps got paid at the higher price instead of shred.
12-24 120 lb at 115/t

FIRST steel for the year.
whopping 35 lb of prepared at 160/t
brass 5 lb at 1.49/lb

one of my bars changed out the uninal flush valve . nice to get 1.49 versus .08

DAV gave me a recliner.. easy to strip part
prepared 19 lb at 160/t
the base was another story..too many staples,
unprepared 37 lb at 115

3.65$ for about 10 minutes.

1-16
4 file cabinets ...never ending saga.. paid me clean sheet for the 460 lb . when at least 100 was prepared. at 135/t

but in the pm... 3 more file cabinets , 220 lbs. and they got paid at 160 /t for all prepared.

grrrrrr

Yeah kind of hard to figure out still... LOL
I think
sheet iron - shred - unprepared
torch p&s - clean over sized items
prepared - 3'x18" clean
clean sheet - not sure but clean

so on the file cabinets you make anywhere from $5 to $8 each? depending on the grade of steel you get for them...

BY NOW , I know what the grades are,,, just that the 'kids' unloading the truck do not. which is what is frustrating. and economically Russian roulette .

hobo finds wrote:Yeah kind of hard to figure out still... LOL
I think
sheet iron - shred - unprepared
torch p&s - clean over sized items
prepared - 3'x18" clean
clean sheet - not sure but clean

so on the file cabinets you make anywhere from $5 to $8 each? depending on the grade of steel you get for them...

welllllll, that cabinet 'case' minus the drawers got paid as clean sheet, 140/t 7.00 . next week i will take in the drawers , dividers and hope to get prepared. this was a very heavy older, quality or militay. unlike some that are very lightweight.
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took in the drawers and did get prepared at 160/t ,. 50 lbs for 5 drawers==4.00 so . on this one I made out okay. payed 5 , got 11 plus