Hualed a small load of iron

[slick4x4]

Hauled a small load of iron into the scrapyard today
Mostly just old cut off pieces of metal
A few pieces of copper & aluminum & brass
Just cleaning up the shop & buildings
The big stuff will go in later ....
Had it in the F350 (tonner)
1700#
I figured that should be enough to make it ride a little softer
Nope ... I don't think that made it go down an inch
But at least I got enough $ to fill up the gas tank & take the wife to Wendy's

[grump]

That's a triple win, you get things cleaned up a little more, a tank of gas and you got to take Colleen out for a meal. Hey, it doesn't get much more romantic than a nice meal at Wendy's, but you have to go inside to eat, you lose the romantic part if you drive through.

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

Pat when we bring in some iron, Truck gets fuel, Kathy gets a share of the $$$ since she is helping in loading, I get a little of what's left in which is not much anymore

[slick4x4]

When I went in to get my money
Car pulling a trailer of stuff
Very nice looking cub cadet riding mower.......
When I say "nice looking"
I mean , if you would wax it up.. it would pass for used one season
All tires were up & looked good
I told the guy " I would have killed for that when I was a kid"
He said " it don't start & im tired of fooling with it"
Him & i are on opposite ends of the spectrum ...
Getting a "dead" machine running , is just a challenge

[unibody madness]

I am with you Pat, My cub cadet seems to have a two or three issues a season.
I am cutting about two acres of natural meadow that grows a new crop of rocks every year, right now the charging system is only extending the battery charge I have to give it about every three mows.
It is just one of the joys of keeping and maintaining equipment and trucks.

[slick4x4]

I had a mower that wouldn't keep battery charged
I made a box on the side that held a car battery
Usally could get by with 3 recharges a season

[Anthony]

Bet Colleen enjoyed dinner.. I do a lot of scrapping myself, that is how I pay for most of my truck parts..

[slick4x4]

It just piles up
Then I get into cleaning mood
Copper.. brass... radiators
"Prepared" (less than 36")
And bulk (full sized chebby parts)
Its not easy work ... makes a guy respect people that do this day in & day out

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

Pat here is what is left of a 78 long bed when we finish with stripping a truck, they call it shred metal,, Was able to buy Cooper a Bag of Food, Kathy went and got some groceries to take to Carlisle next week and that's it

[36truck]

When I was cleaning up my shop in Michigan before I moved I had a scrapper come out and clean up all the metal. He paid me more than I could get at the scrap metal place & I didn't have to touch it. He brought a mini excavator with a thumb on it. Worked great loading the metal scrap bins. I came out with a couple grand when he was all done. He was happy & so was I.

[slick4x4]

About 15 years ago I sold a bunch of stuff to a scrapper
Price was high & he gave me a good bid
I took the money
Then the price dropped quick
If he broke even it would surprise me ...
Ive hauled about $250 in ...
Probably about 1/2 of it so far
But the buildings around here are looking good !!!
(I can actually park vehicles in them )

[My wife's nightmare]

Hey Tom, see if you can haul a little bit more next time, hopefully you can get enough to patch the tube on my wagon tire!

[slick4x4]

Got two 5 gallon buckets full of insulated copper wire
3 car batteries
And probaly half a ton of "prepared" metal in the f350
Some aluminum & some brass water meters ....
probably in the $60-$80 range is my guess....
The trash dumpster is full ! But the truck comes Tuesday
......

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

Pat here is a pretty much of full load of Iron, this old 67 was rotted out real bad, cut up a camper top so the junk would no go through the bed floor, we save a lot of parts since it was a 67 and lot is one year only,, talk about over hang and have heavy at the rear

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[slick4x4]

Dang near pop-a-wheelie with that load !

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

Pat the place we go to has a axle scale, front axle was 4250lbs and then the rear was 15,150 so yes it was a little light on front end , at least it's on 20 miles from here