Know a guy that went to our county landfill and weighed out more than he weighed going on, they called him on it. Had to offload until he was equal or less than incoming weight. They didn’t care what he took, but he had to meet the weight requirements. The county charges by weight, and leaving heavier messes up their accounting.
His answer is now to make sure he has sufficient weight going in to offset anything he might find at the landfill. Rides around with a truckload of trash everywhere he goes. Finds something and sorts through the trash he went in with to offset the weight.
To say he’s frugal would be a colossal understatement.
I like his style, but I don’t want to go out.
When I was fly by night tree service (pre pro) you could make bank hauling out the valuable stool (good shit) that people PAID to get rid of. THEN lawyers/saaaafety was mandated and NO salvaging. If it hit the ground, it was off limits. If you pulled up next to someone that gave you their trash, you were golden. So. Cal.
Same in The Peepul’s Soviet of Washington.
First, let’s shoot all the lawyers.
Over due by about 150 years
BC: Absolute truth here! But with the price of ammo these days, I’d like to suggest hangin’ the bastards with some nice old rusty barbed wire. Not razor wire though, makes the bastards bleed out too soon!
Y’all take care,
Mike in FLA.
Retrieved a near brand new Dayton heavy duty bench grinder from the 30 yd. container at the transfer station. Problem? Bad switch. Runs like a champ.
Man, some of the things I could scrounge from the dump makes me cry. WDS, I can fix darn near anything electronic, and I’ve seen perfectly good TV’s being dumped. BIG ones, too!
Sigh.
Can you recommend “the” book on that?
There’s a big sign at the entrance that says “No Scrounging” so you gotta do it on the sly because the employees hate competition.
And that’s bad – why?
Zactly
Know a guy that went to our county landfill and weighed out more than he weighed going on, they called him on it. Had to offload until he was equal or less than incoming weight. They didn’t care what he took, but he had to meet the weight requirements. The county charges by weight, and leaving heavier messes up their accounting.
His answer is now to make sure he has sufficient weight going in to offset anything he might find at the landfill. Rides around with a truckload of trash everywhere he goes. Finds something and sorts through the trash he went in with to offset the weight.
To say he’s frugal would be a colossal understatement.
I like his style, but I don’t want to go out.
When I was fly by night tree service (pre pro) you could make bank hauling out the valuable stool (good shit) that people PAID to get rid of. THEN lawyers/saaaafety was mandated and NO salvaging. If it hit the ground, it was off limits. If you pulled up next to someone that gave you their trash, you were golden. So. Cal.
Same in The Peepul’s Soviet of Washington.
First, let’s shoot all the lawyers.
Over due by about 150 years
BC: Absolute truth here! But with the price of ammo these days, I’d like to suggest hangin’ the bastards with some nice old rusty barbed wire. Not razor wire though, makes the bastards bleed out too soon!
Y’all take care,
Mike in FLA.
Retrieved a near brand new Dayton heavy duty bench grinder from the 30 yd. container at the transfer station. Problem? Bad switch. Runs like a champ.
Man, some of the things I could scrounge from the dump makes me cry. WDS, I can fix darn near anything electronic, and I’ve seen perfectly good TV’s being dumped. BIG ones, too!
Sigh.
Can you recommend “the” book on that?
There’s a big sign at the entrance that says “No Scrounging” so you gotta do it on the sly because the employees hate competition.