In the scrap bin

A couple younger guys that were on my crew took a job on a maintenance crew at a TRG plant.
Last night one noticed a gun barrel in a scrap bin. Upon a closer look the bin was full of brand new Gamo air rifles they rack got to take 4 home.
There were also new Redriders in the bin.
Walmart dumping these I suppose?

tadams(OH) wrote:    they also have guards that are off duty police officers inside and at the door to keep fights down.

when Bomgaars took over Country General farm stores, the products that wasn't sold by Bomgaars went into the big truck dumpsters placed at the store. chain saws, gas/electric power washers, welders, tools, clothing, boots, shovels, about everything of different brands went right in the dumpsters. the dumpster company made thousands of $$ on what the farm store threw away! i was at Sams Club one day, had to go around back to load an oil drum. their big dumpsters were full of new stuff too. workers said it was discontinued items, nothing wrong with any of it, the workers couldn't take the stuff, but they gave me permission to grab anything i wanted out of the dumpsters. i hauled pickup loads outta that dumpster for 3 nights after work! was told by several companies that it costs them more to restock shelves with new in the box items than it does to just pallet them up and sell everything on the pallet for pennies on the dollar. PfffffT! not really sure how they pencil that way out?

jaybmiller wrote: I get my steel, legally, from a scrap bin Saw a great deal, 6' sections of 7" square tubing, 5/16" wall thickness.LOTS of them.. STILL trying to figure out WHAT I can use them for. BTW they're mighty dang HEAVY

Could weld up some rocket stoves with that size.

Dumpster diving is one of my favorite pass-times! Many's the time I go to an estate sale or auction, and hit the dumpster, FIRST!  If I find a load of stuff there, I don't have to go to the sale, or auction!

Edited by DiyDave - 12 Feb 2022 at 6:55pm

Back in the 80s my dad knew a guy that worked at the Gleaner plant. He had a shed full of parts that came from the dumpster. Dad bought new Gleaner parts pennies on the dollar.
A friend if mine used to work at Lowes. He said they would have 5 gallon buckets of bolts, screws, etc. that were not properly replaced on the rack by customers so the employees were told to pitch them rather than track down the correct placement. They would take turns taking them home.

Bull wrote: Back in the 80s my dad knew a guy that worked at the Gleaner plant. He had a shed full of parts that came from the dumpster. Dad bought new Gleaner parts pennies on the dollar. A friend if mine used to work at Lowes. He said they would have 5 gallon buckets of bolts, screws, etc. that were not properly replaced on the rack by customers so the employees were told to pitch them rather than track down the correct placement. They would take turns taking them home.

Just picked up 20 aluminum pallet skids. Company bought by another company and the name of old company was stamped into the metal. Warehouse manager said he was going to need to “pay” a scrapper to pick them up and get rid of them. I gladly helped him out.    As I was leaving he said “hey, need a pallet jack?” Said he needed those gone too. So tossed one on the trailer.
Going to use the pallets for my implements and skid steer attachments as they won’t rust or rot!
May go back for more if ge comes up w more.

Scott B wrote: Just picked up 20 aluminum pallet skids. Company bought by another company and the name of old company was stamped into the metal. Warehouse manager said he was going to need to “pay” a scrapper to pick them up and get rid of them. I gladly helped him out.    As I was leaving he said “hey, need a pallet jack?” Said he needed those gone too. So tossed one on the trailer. Going to use the pallets for my implements and skid steer attachments as they won’t rust or rot! May go back for more if ge comes up w more.

Spot on Dave.
Some time back my boss and his son threw out a Rigid 14” planer. It wasn’t very old but they couldn’t get it to adjust.
I took it out of the dumpster and had it working within minutes.

Iv heard of dumpsters from Walmart full of brand new trailer hitches. And everything related. Balls, receivers, hitches

GARY(OH/IN) wrote: I sold a house last Thursday to a cash buyer. He called me the day before the closing to ask if he could get a key that morning. I dropped off one on the kitchen counter at eleven assuming he wanted to measure etc. for getting materials. Went by about 4 pm and there's a dumpster in the driveway. He and two young guys had removed all the carpet which was a year old and stripping out everything else he didn't think looked like new. Went by today and the are ripping off the vinyl siding and installed a new front door. Remodeling his dream home? No, he's going to rent it. I guess some people grew up different from me.