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searching4silver
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 09/25/2008 : 15:11:28
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I live in a one bedroom apartment. Thus far I have been hoarding scrap in my garden plot and taking it when I happen to go the direction of the scrap metal dealer. Anyone else have a simular situation? any tips in how and where you store it?
Also, I only have a car to transport it in. No truck. So that cuts down on what i can bring per haul. It also cuts down on what i can scrap. (I never look at Steel. Too little money for the weight) I have been concentrating on copper wire and cans.
Any other tips for good sources?
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/25/2008 : 15:30:08
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| If you have a garden plot maybe you can get a shed. If not, maybe they will let you park a trailer somewhere. Or beg, borrow a little space from a friend or family member and park a shed or trailer there. Apartment hoarding is definitely a challenge. Good luck. |
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Treasurekidd
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 09/25/2008 : 17:39:01
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I use my garage to store my scrap, using yard waste bags for aluminum cans, plastic and glass deposit bottles, and copper wire. I use plastic trash cans for my copper, brass, and stainless, and a 55 gallon metal drum for steel. It allows me to keep everything fairly neat so the wife doesn't holler at me, and leaves me with plenty of room in my garage.
I too have only a car, so I stick mainly to the manageable stuff like cans and bottles, copper and brass. But the weight of this material is light, so I can still fill up several boxes with small items of iron, steel and stainless. These small amounts may not add to to a lot of weight, but what the heck, I'm going there with my cans anyway, right? Good luck! |
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Posted - 09/25/2008 : 19:33:39
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I live in the country with nobody on 3 sides of me as far as the eye can see. I built a 30 ftoot privacy fence to hide stuff behind. I also rent space from a friends parent in a very large pole barn that sits approx 3/4 mile from the road. I occasionally use ny parents garage as well as my inlaws pole barn. All 4 of these locations are in different towns. I have 2 trailers 5 x 6 and 5 x 10 as well as a f150 to pull them. I alao have occasional but limited free use of electric dump trailer/ car hauler/ tow dolly/ 24 ft box truck from friends, family, and work.
we semi regularly do large pickups involving several vehicles and trailers |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/25/2008 : 22:53:14
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I have an "extra" garage that I store my scrap in. I have two cargo vans, and access to many trailers. As well as a few other family members that are constantly scrapping things.
The trick is the family members. Just give your stuff to them, and maybe if you buy them a beer and some gas, they'll be happy to take your stuff to the scrapeyard.
I'm kind of far from a scrap yard and have to figure cost of gas for big vans and trailers and weight. |
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B-Power-B
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 09/26/2008 : 12:21:14
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Hey Silver Searcher, welcome to the boards! If there is a solution to your problem, your gonna find it here.
I have always had the space and trailers/trucks so I have not put too much thought into it, but Ill throw in a solution anyways.
Many apartment/condos offer extra parking spaces or even better garages. If you can get a garage for around $100 a month you could easily make that worth while.
If all they can offer you is a parking spot, I would call up PODS and have them deliver a POD and work out of that. 
As for your car situation:
If you want to expand your capacity without buying a truck I would get a hitch welded on to your car and keep an eye on craigslist for a cheap but functional small trailer (when buying the trailer pay attention to how often the bearings have been packed)
Just my two Copper Cents,
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bruce hylton
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 09/28/2008 : 16:05:40
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when I first started scraping, we pulled the rear seat out of a 47 Desoto. Cut cable to three foot lengths and filled the trunk and area behind seat. Averaged about 2000 pounds a trip. |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 05:02:34
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I don't have any metal besides copper and silver at this point, but of course the copper (at least when I have surplus on hand) is what takes up the most space. But as Hoard has pointed out before, the footprint covered by a ton of copper pennies is really pretty small (like the photo he posted at You must be logged in to see this link. which looks like about $4000 in coppers, which would be right around 1.3 tons). But think about all the nooks and crannies where you could fill excess space with either a $25 brick of pennies or (in my case) a Mylar envelope with $50 in coppers. Horgad bought $650 in Mylar-bagged pennies from me earlier this summer and they didn't even fill probably one-third of the trunk of his car. I think the problem for most of us isn't space but a perception that we don't have enough space. If I need the space, I could fit about $2000 in Brinks bricks behind furniture in my living room and it wouldn't be noticeable to anyone who didn't know it was there. Try not to think of one central place where you could put all your metal, but rather think of several small places.
Having said that, I don't really scrap non-coin metals at this point because of my crazy work/travel schedule and the fact that I try to keep from putting any more miles on my car than is absolutely necessary. So you guys can have first dibs on the copper scrap that miscreants haven't stolen from my neighborhood yet.
EDIT: I was wrong about not having any other metal. I'm buying my first big batch of lead next week, so if any of you need any .40-caliber... |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 10/02/2008 : 06:18:48
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Originally posted by Nickelless
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EDIT: I was wrong about not having any other metal. I'm buying my first big batch of lead next week, so if any of you need any .40-caliber...
I can't wait. I'm probably as excited as you are that you are getting one.
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