Dreaming of Chickens
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Wish we could pick at ours. I'm jealous. You got some great finds.
Our dump finds
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MrBubblingbrooks
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Today was sort of a tough day for picking. Didn't seem to be very much there; but as I dug, more and more stuff emerged. I managed to get a new burn barrel, a bike that needs a new deraileur and will work fine, a set of wheels for a chicken tractor, some plywood pieces and two by four studs, , a piece of diamond grate to put a mud kicker in front of our door, a whole bunch of small 18x12" steel mesh shelving, aircraft cable, both new and used, bungee cords, and I filled an entire truck bed with topper stuffed full of reclaimed fiberglass insulation.
The shelving and cable gave me nearly everything I need for a winter project: building portable tree stands. These cost anywhere from $60-$200 to buy, and will cost me about a dollar apiece; I need to buy crimp sleeves for the cable, and possibly a few nuts and bolts. If I can design them right, I should be able to easily sell them for $30-40 apiece for a nice little profit. The insulation goes into our root cellar and chicken coop, and the goats will get some if it gets too cold in there.
The trip cost about $20 in gas, and I also went grocery shopping, dropped off a resume, and looked into retraining options. I reclaimed 1700 pounds from the local landfill.. woohoo! Now if I could only get our landfill to issue trade credit
The shelving and cable gave me nearly everything I need for a winter project: building portable tree stands. These cost anywhere from $60-$200 to buy, and will cost me about a dollar apiece; I need to buy crimp sleeves for the cable, and possibly a few nuts and bolts. If I can design them right, I should be able to easily sell them for $30-40 apiece for a nice little profit. The insulation goes into our root cellar and chicken coop, and the goats will get some if it gets too cold in there.
The trip cost about $20 in gas, and I also went grocery shopping, dropped off a resume, and looked into retraining options. I reclaimed 1700 pounds from the local landfill.. woohoo! Now if I could only get our landfill to issue trade credit
Our region pushes the "reduce, reuse, recycle " all the time and yet will not let anything be removed from the dump. I've seen quads sitting in there that still run.
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THEFAN
Lovin' The Homestead
That's just not right.kstaven said:
Our local taxes pay for the dump so shouldn't we have the right to pick stuff off from it if there is a set up for it.?
See we can't pick household garbage. That goes in a hopper and shipped off island.
We have a burn pile, metal pile, building waste pile, concrete and brick pile, old furniture pile and a computer tv building. Then
we have the take it or leave it pile. Surrounding that is a lot of wondows and doors.
Recent finds
Old Tools hammer, drill bits, hand saw and books. I'm going to the dump today on my way to a job I need to finsh.
Todays finds
2 new brushes
1 back pack and frame
a 50 gallon drum set for holding water Frame and everything!!! WOOHOOO!!!! All set up with a spicket too.
