Today I acquired...........

[roofman]

You're lucky, the scrappys with yards down this way are reluctant to let you come in and sniff around

Summit ive learnt over the years with scrap yards who by nature dont like you mooching..
1st and upto 5 visits with a bit of scrap your dropping off, tell them to have a coffee on it as your just glad to get shut of it...
visits after that, tell them to put your name on the wall with what they owe you and you will collect further down the line when its a few quid built up ( this gains trust)...
visits after that, tell them can you buy the vice you have spotted on the heap and just take it off the money they owe you on the bit of paper on the wall..
visits after that, just walk to the office and ask can you have a mooch.. all this could take 6 months or more to gain trust and hopefully Christmas falls in the middle for the 12 pack of cheap larger you give them as a way of thanks. These scrap yard rules have never failed me in even the strictest places.

 

[Craig-S]

SAMANTHA! Here she is guys, the latest member of my team, settle down at the back there, I have told the missus I am going to inject her with a load of Artificial Intelligence and converse with her instead! It didn't go down well. Not to worry her role will be revealed in due course:

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Should be perfect for the purpose I hope to use her for, I would have preferred a plaster version but nowadays we use plastics instead, it's not a leap forward sometimes. I have a plan to mitigate that. I hope.

ah the ol' plaster bandages, and cover it in nuts routine

 

[Nick DV]

Summit ive learnt over the years with scrap yards who by nature dont like you mooching..
1st and upto 5 visits with a bit of scrap your dropping off, tell them to have a coffee on it as your just glad to get shut of it...
visits after that, tell them to put your name on the wall with what they owe you and you will collect further down the line when its a few quid built up ( this gains trust)...
visits after that, tell them can you buy the vice you have spotted on the heap and just take it off the money they owe you on the bit of paper on the wall..
visits after that, just walk to the office and ask can you have a mooch.. all this could take 6 months or more to gain trust and hopefully Christmas falls in the middle for the 12 pack of cheap larger you give them as a way of thanks. These scrap yard rules have never failed me in even the strictest places.

Good point, that’s definitely worth a try

 

[bricol]

I know..stuff people throw away is just insane there was also a perfect 2 bike trailer with ramps and a nice tool chest behind hitch, good tyres and even the built in light board un-smashed.

If the same happens as round here, someone left a perfect 2 bike trailer with ramps a nice tool chest, good tyres and a built in light board in their driveway while they nipped out . . . and some thieving scrap collection scum bag took it as it "looked scrap".