Curbside Bonanza

[Tom Wesenberg]

Every fall our neighborhood of 67,000 has a clean out day when you can put anything on the curb for free pickup. It's amazing how much good stuff gets thrown out, and I think it all goes to the landfill, even though they keep talking about recycling. Wish I had my trailer the other day when I went for a drive through the neighborhood. I brought home some plywood, 5 ten foot lengths of conduit, 3 fans, an N scale model train layout on a piece of 3/4" plywood, a car top carrier with 8 suction cups, 2 rocking horses, one without the frame can be made into a swing, a kids scooter, lots of cords, and a few other parts. I had to pass on an electric lift for a wheelchair, a like new snow blower, and a remote control hospital bed. That's a Lasco fan with electronic speed control and a timer if you want it to turn off after 1, 2, or 3 hours.

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[slammin]

Our neighboring town, Grand Junction has their clean up week in the spring. It's a trash pickers paradise. I think most of the flea marketiers stock their tables for the rest of the year! It's a great recycling project and beats filling the landfill.

[Kevin in NJ]

Wont riding those horses take time from your hobbies?

[Tom Wesenberg]

Wont riding those horses take time from your hobbies?

I never had a rocking horse as a little kid, but at least my niece and nephews can have one. That fan can come in real handy when I'm working on Model A parts. If I'd have had that suction cup car top carrier a couple years ago, I could have bought the overdrive Model A rear end at the Gilmore swap meet.

[2manycars]

My whole town only has 9,000 people, so we dont get a dump day. Most of these old folks dont throw out anything anyway. For that matter, I have too much stuff already.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

If anyone needs a COMODE Chair, come on by!
I've put out stuff "FREE" & nobody took it, mark it $5.00 & someone will STEAL it! BUT, once I put something out for $5.00 & it DISAPEARED! ---3 DAYS later, I found a $5.00 bill, layin' flat in the bottom of my mail box!
Dad Rich