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rawfuls · 09.24.2009, 08:36 PM

Meh, if only we had that, I know quite a bit of my neighbors have lots of trash that I like

Anyways, nice collection.. and pretty colors...

jayjay283 · 09.24.2009, 08:40 PM

lol man After my sales went to crap after Y2k that was my job, pulling out heat sinks amd pcbs from computers then driving a big truck I wasn't licnesed for to recycle them. Was about 25 cents a heat sink and $1 a pcb $2 a processor. We made a good $200k a year. I saw $42k of it, nice profit margin. Fackerz

J57ltr · 09.25.2009, 12:23 AM

We have whats called heavy trash pickup I go around and pick up weedeaters and chainsaws (I fix them) and even found a good electric scooter that just needs batteries. I catch flack about it, but I went into a big dumpsterr here in out complex at work and found entire motors and conveyors made of 80/20 (think Aluminum erector sets for adults) I had more than 120 pounds of aluminum 60 pounds of brass, 20 pounds of magnesium, and 35 pounds of copper. That brought in a pretty penny

Jeff

I don't mind being called a dumpster diver.

pb4ugo · 09.25.2009, 09:17 AM

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I don't mind being called a dumpster diver.

When I was growing up in CA, we got chased out of every dumpster we tried to dive. In fact, my buddy got "arrested" (he was a minor, so he was just returned to his parents) for diving into Team Associated's dumpster!

Bondonutz · 09.25.2009, 09:27 AM

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When I was growing up in CA, we got chased out of every dumpster we tried to dive. In fact, my buddy got "arrested" (he was a minor, so he was just returned to his parents) for diving into Team Associated's dumpster!

Thats a bit excessive ? They must have some dam good garbage ???

pinkpanda3310 · 09.25.2009, 09:36 AM

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Thats a bit excessive ? They must have some dam good garbage ???

That's what I was thinking. Soo what did he get??

pb4ugo · 09.26.2009, 12:05 AM

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Thats a bit excessive ? They must have some dam good garbage ???

All he got (and returned) was a couple CF pieces. This was around the beginning of the '90's, just a short time after the '89 worlds and the infamous Stealth car. They may have been discarded prototypes of what, essentially, now is the B4. Or maybe not, we will never know.

pinkpanda3310 · 07:54 AM

Big greg already made that comment brushlessboy.

I have seen your earlier shots before zeropointbug. I tried looking up what other people have done and as far as I can make out you were one of the first to do this kind of mod. I definitely won't use the fan as I don't have room for it

J57ltr · 09.25.2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by pb4ugo

When I was growing up in CA, we got chased out of every dumpster we tried to dive. In fact, my buddy got "arrested" (he was a minor, so he was just returned to his parents) for diving into Team Associated's dumpster!

That's Ca for you. Here in Texas once it's out on the curb it's like saying come take it. Most people don't care if you take stuff out, it's putting it in that is a problem here. We have to lock down our dumpster because on the weekends everybody that missed trash day will fill it up.

Another good place to get good scrap is a scrap yard. Most of the ones here will sell you anything they have mostly by weight. I almost bought a Jet 7" X 13" cut bandsaw for $40 but by the time I got back with a truck someone else bought it.

Jeff