Free!! V-belts

It sucks when you're under pressure but it can be a blessing in disguise. I got rid of a lot of stuff recently and I don't miss any of it. In fact I should get back to ridding myself of "material surplus to current needs".

I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get $140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was working on one of them.

I was able to barter a lot of scrap metal for clean up labor and got a pretty good price for two vehicles. Now I have some space in my yard.

A lot of scrappers, are equipped with machinery and experience to deal with junk and scrap efficiently, and cleaning up your place is no big deal to them.

I recently bought two junk forklifts for $100 (for both), and one was not even junk.

I buy and sell machinery, and fix it for a living. Im not retired, nor am I in any position to retire and will likely die on the job in the far distant future,

So, such Stuff is part and parcel of what I do, and how I generate income. Particularly in this economy. And Im feeding 6 adults and 3 grandkids, as well as a shitload of dogs and cats.

One simply doesnt run them all off or kill them. Its not polite.

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake." Malcolm Wallop former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

The container..with the belts in it...will get me at most ...$10 for the container. Those belts are standard V belts..neopreme....you know..that black rubber stuff? Like tires...there is no cost benefit for recycling them.

The dead forklift is easily repairable..if one has money. And without a forklift..Id be even more screwed than I am now.

What the hell are you thinking?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake." Malcolm Wallop former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

And you havent offered up the engines to a trucking company? Why the hell not?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake." Malcolm Wallop former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

I am selling the one good engine.

If it does not work, you do not have a working forklift. Sell it for scrap and buy a working one later.

I would easily pay $200 for a not too rusted container.

You said above you are selling it to the scrapers

Whats up with dat?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake." Malcolm Wallop former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

It needs $200 in parts. A working one later will cost me a couple thousand.

How do you want it trucked?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake." Malcolm Wallop former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

Gunner, come on, with your scrounging ABILITIES YOU CAN FIND ONE FOR A LOT LESS.

I meant locally. I could just pick one up.

One of the trucks, is scrapped with engine, and the other, without engine.

A lot less than $200? Good luck

So...are you saying then that its that way all over this nation? Even way out here in the high desert? Fascinating!

Lets see..Kern Co is .the 3rd largest county in California (the third biggest state) ..and our population is 800,000 total.

Is that like where you are at?

Sure you dont want to pay the shipping? Its only 2066.7 or so miles.

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake." Malcolm Wallop former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

You're like a combination of Fred Sanford and Walter Mitty. What were you going to do with those belts? How were they going to generate any income? You need to take some advice from Comrade Iggy on how to run a business.

.... and get an intervention about the hoarding. All his talk about making $75 an hour and he can't afford $200 to fix a forklift. You'd think that his "world class economist" friend, or one of his "black tie dinner" chums would chip in. :)

If you scrap your forklift for 500, and add 200, you can buy a working forklift for that much.

Try to advertise this and call a few scrap yards, you should have it sold no problem.

What does it need. Maybe one of this bunch of miscreants has parts laying around for cheap?

I just picked up a plastic one for $150. It will be used at the fire station to keep the trash in after we hold events. (Trash company picks up for free so the least we can do is keep it all in one place) Would have liked a steel one but the plastic I can carry. My days of tossing a steel 4X4 basket over my head to carry it are over.

I have been looking at the prices on shipping containers again, they went way up in my area.