Author Topic: Garbage picker project.. (Read 2283 times)

chainsaw · « **on:** January 24, 2010, 08:30:32 PM »

Say what you will but..

I just moved to Orlando from Michigan to attend school at MMI. My wife and I moved in to a one bedroom apt. close to the school were many other students live. After living here for a couple months, I noticed on my daily walks with my dog that there is always tons of interesting looking #$%* by the dumpster. I don't know anyone here and honestly I could care less what anyone thinks, so I started to check this stuff out. Two months of living here and first good find was a fender guitar amp worth about $800. Sold it on craiglist a couple weeks later and that funded my 1977 cb550f donor bike, no money out of pocket! Since that score I check the dumpster area weekly. Workbench, plastic storage bins to soak parts in, rubber mats, all kinds of #$%*. My goal is to keep my budget at $1000, and so far things have been working out pretty good! I'm doing a total rebuild on this bike and being a cheap little bastard about it!, but I'm finding out that with patience and good networking, you can find anything you need for next to nothing.
Oh, did I mention that this whole project is taking place on my 8x10 second floor balcony!... If you want something bad enough, you find a way to make it happen!
So call me a garbage picker if you want, but your garbage is funding my build!!

Chainsaw.

Don R · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2010, 08:47:39 PM »

Too cool! did you see the new TV show pickers? A friend bought a 48 indian chief from one of the guys. On the history channel.

bender01 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2010, 08:55:29 PM »

!m watching pickers now! People come and go in Orlando alot so diving is good.

mrblasty · « **Reply #3 on:** January 24, 2010, 10:38:38 PM »

I scrounges my motorcycle ramps out of a dumpster.

Alan F. · « **Reply #4 on:** January 24, 2010, 11:40:16 PM »

subscribed!

dave500 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2010, 12:11:44 AM »

i drive a dumpster truck!!in australia its a "skip"ive got a great sthill chainsaw,sold a few perfect bicycles,a 4 horse out board after i fitted a new water impellor,makita drop saw,electric plane,kawasaki weed wacker,the list goes on,most of this stuff needed an easy repair like the starting rope!!ive been driving this truck for 8 years,so much good stuff from time to time,i found my cb500 motor in one !!i also recycle copper wire for cash.

chainsaw · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2010, 07:16:34 AM »

People do come and go a lot here, I'm quickly noticing that. And when they go, they simply leave half their stuff by the dumpster rather than moving it!

I'll try and look for that tv show. Sounds cool.

I think dave500 has me beat on the good finds!

mystic_1 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2010, 07:30:30 AM »

Reduce, reuse, recycle!

To hell with "what anyone thinks". Not only are you helping yourself, you're helping the planet!

Oh and BTW

Quote from: chainsaw on January 24, 2010, 08:30:32 PM

I just moved to Orlando from Michigan

Excellent move, I'm jealous

mystic_1

dave500 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2010, 07:57:48 PM »

my wife says not to bring anymore "rubbish" home,so i have to hide it under the house,eg,good hardwood timber,i gave away boxes of brand new beer glasses from a hotel,still new in unopened 2 dozen packs!ive got a great seiko multi function analouge watch i put a new battery in,i can spot good stuff a mile away,,i might change my name to steptoe500!!one of my mates at work came back with a perfect 2004 harley exhaust,i took it to the guy who painted my bike and got $50 quick for it.

fmctm1sw · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2010, 05:16:35 PM »

I'm an accomplished dumpster diver as well. No shame in it whatsoever...

blackhog02 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2010, 05:29:23 PM »

ahh dumpster diving!!! I live in the back of my neighboorhood so on trash day I have been known to pic up a few items, Bicycles, skateboards, weed eaters, the list goes on and on. Most need little to no wok to get going again. One summer my buddies and I had an informal contest to see who could pick and sell the most $$$ worth of used yard equipment.

I have even converted my wife. If she sees something good she will let me know so I can go get it!

dave500 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 26, 2010, 11:34:48 PM »

i went to a wife swapping party and went home with a perfectly good lawn mower!

jeepster · « **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2010, 12:40:38 AM »

Amazing what people throw away... I found a 1967 silvertone amp in the trash and my friend found an old ampeg.

Grnrngr · « **Reply #13 on:** January 27, 2010, 12:59:19 AM »

I got a nice 50 gal aquarium with lid and lights a few weeks back...

oldbiker · « **Reply #14 on:** January 27, 2010, 01:03:47 AM »

Wife for Lawnmower

Sounds like you got a good bargain

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #15 on:** January 27, 2010, 06:38:34 AM »

cool John

Messing about in what you call dumpsters can also have devastating results.
Back in the late 70s early 80s I had a shop and late one afternoon, took delivery of a case of eggs (36 dozen).
I was starting to clean up towards the end of the day and kept getting a rather nasty niff of somthing. I sussed it was coming from the egg case so I opened it and took one out.
When I broke it open, it was full of putrid green slime, the stench was vile.
I phoned the egg company and they told me that they had delivered the wrong case, I had got a case being returned on account of the smell eminating from it.
They asked if I could disspose of the case as it was getting late and they would get a fresh box to me first thing in the morning.
On my way home, I called at the local dump. There were about 5 large dumpster skips about 8 foot tall with concrete stairs going up to them.
I loaded the case on my shoulder and started out up the stairs. When I was up them far enough, I launched the case over lip of the skip, not knowing that there were three scabbers rumaging about in the skip.

the language was unrepetable

Sam.

JS550 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2010, 04:32:14 PM »

Haha, thats great!

73hutch · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:14:37 PM »

i'm always on the hunt and hustle. people throw out all kinds of things around here. gas weed eater, bikes, nice furniture, antiques, firewood. i get to clean out houses and garages and find tons of stuff too. the best score was at thrift store. a Guild hollow body electric guitar for $10. sold it for $500! me and my girlfriend went on vacation.

wardenerd · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2010, 10:40:21 AM »

My wife and sons are pickers. So far 6 under armor loose shirts, 2 down filled comforters and shoei helmet. My hands remain clean......

number13 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2010, 12:01:58 PM »

I went to a wife swapping party....

...I had to kick in some cash.

Old Scrambler · « **Reply #20 on:** January 28, 2010, 04:56:25 PM »

Student dorms on move-out day provided the nice capeting in my garage workshop. No more scratched chrome parts.

bucky katt · « **Reply #21 on:** January 28, 2010, 06:36:03 PM »

i did AMI in 2005, i did all new gaskets and seals, brakes and fork seals all in my 285 sq feet Studio apartment in Sanford, about 2 miles from Jacks Cycle Salvage

wardenerd · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2010, 11:47:01 AM »

old scrambler I work at a University and pick up tons of stuff thrown away. Big screen tv's radios, ipods car parts off rice burners. I even had a suzuki that a student crashed parte out. Book bags and books are all over. My kids 4 are in college and we scrounge books all the time. Free education is a fringe benefit.

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