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General Category => CF Bedford Chat => Topic started by: John Abbott on June 15, 2010, 12:47:45 PM
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Well guys i must admit i even surprised myself how much crap i have collected over a few years. This was what i chucked out because i have to clean up our back yard for the misses. I am off to the scrap yard to see what i can get for it. I will let ya know how much i get for it...
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa315/johnabbott_2007/Scrapsteel1jpg.jpg)
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I had on there 920kg of steel and i got $107.00 for it. ;D ;D Not to bad for something i was going to chuck down the tip!!! ;D ;D
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yeah down here if you went to the tip we go to they charge you 100 bucks a tone to tip it so you did very well
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old car batteries are good too, we get $5 each for them here
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G'day
We are getting $450/ton for batteries out here in the bush. At 50 batteries to the ton that works out at $9 each.
A few years back a mate brought 1000 batteries down from Nyngan and got 3c each for them. He didn't even cover his fuel costs. He has since died and I bet he is rolling in his grave.
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John
For $107 how many beers did he get out of that esky, and are there any more in it for the next run, given I've missed the last two.
I didnt realise they would pay for crap like old tin etc. I might see if i have a load myself.
cheers
Dave
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Ha Ha..Dave thats what i keep all my tie down ropes in. If anyone nicked it they would be very disappointed to find no beers. ;D Just remember Dave you would need pretty much a ton to make it worth your while....
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what a waste of perfectly good steel, you should have just used some of the steel to make a nice compact rack to hold the rest of it.. ;)
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Matte
I am afraid I also keep this crap just in case, but I dont have room so it makes my yard look more crap than it is. And I will never have a use for it as I cant weld, but who knows just in case....
Dave
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Hey MaTTE....Most of that stuff had been in my yard for so long that it had gone rusty.! :-\ I have to fix up the backyard so the wife and kids can enjoy the back yard again. Gotta get those brownie points on the board so i can spend some big hours on my beddie van project down the track!!! ;D ;D ;D
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I am afraid I also keep this crap just in case, but I dont have room so it makes my yard look more crap than it is. And I will never have a use for it as I cant weld, but who knows just in case....
dont you mean you dont have the right tools to weld?
welding is easy and any 12 yr old could mig weld perfect if the settings are right so no reason why you couldnt dave:)
my first welder was a big chunky arc welder.. cost me 30 bucks.. was a buety.. why dont you keep your eyes peeled?
ben
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hey john, your inventive, lol ;D you could of told them that you designed a scrap steel climbing castle for the kids, and as for your wife, just tell her she can plant in between the steel, tell her it's a new age structure. ;D and when you need steel for something, just discretely remove what you need from your new age structure, if your wife queries it getting smaller, just tell her its climate change and erosion.
Yep i have time on my hands, my bloody sheet metal guy just cancelled again, so no work untill end of next week. This is his last chance, he either turns up when he says he is going to or i will find a new metal guy to finish up. As for my grill, well that is still getting done, a 1hr job has now taken 4 weeks, time to lay down the law.
george
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Hey George...My misses would definately see thru that ploy. A happy wife means a happy life. You should of seen her face when she came home and saw the white donor car parked in the driveway. ;D ;D 6 vehicles now around the house. Better keep my head down
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lucky u now hav 6 vehicles to hide behind johnno ;D ;D i only hav 2 plus 2 woodpiles 1 fully internally lockable mancave, and a lockable musiccave, but im notscarefd of mrs skippy . . cept her tongue ::)
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hey ive got a great idea.. im sure your missus will like it johnno..
i just saw a fibreglass bed car on ebay.. i should make a fibreglass beddy bed!!!! double sized of course!.. wonder if ill ever get married if i did that? lol
ben
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maybe I could weld up a bed frame for you ben as my first welding project.
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sure
:)
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Could you imagine the look on your one nite stands face, there proberbly won't be a secound