Skip diving

[wugamumtafish]

I cannot walk past a skip. About 6 months ago I fetched a crosscut saw out of one. Nothing wrong with it at all!! And this air wrench i've had under the bench for about 2 years waiting to rebuild it. Its 3/4 drive, and I got it out of a skip in a quarry I sometimes work in. Stuck a fitting in it, plugged in the airline, and its away. Why do folk throw stuff away. Not complaining though. How do you add an image??

 

[kbuhagiar]

I cannot walk past a skip.

Hello wug,

Yes, we live in a disposable society, and dumpster diving is practiced by many here in the USA. I myself have scored several working tools and garage cabinets through that method.

*** Dumpster = skip in the UK and many other parts of the world.

Cheers, KB

 

[jakemac]

You haven't lived until you've wrestled granite curbing out of a 30yd dumpster at 2am without dropping it over the edge, on top of yourself, or giving yourself a hernia.