Depew Redo

scrap yard by Sarah

On Saturday, Sarah Vahle and I ventured to the metal scrap yard to exchange my junk for dollars. I had been saving miscellaneous wiring, pieces of my old electrical panel, the bathroom sink from 1948, and more. One notable item I planned to cash in was a huge coil of TV camera cabling. Left behind by a previous owner, I learned this 1984 cable connected rolling tv cameras to some sort of mixing board.

Took me about 20 minutes to drag the tv cabling to the door

We loaded everything up in Joe’s truck and headed to Austin Iron and Pipe on East 4th. Its just across the old rail yard from Progress Coffee. This scrap yard has been in business since 1913 – and was very friendly to a metal recycling novice like myself.

First, we were weighed on the truck-size scale with the metal in the truck bed. We unloaded in the yard and then were re-weighed. The difference in weight indicated the number pounds we brought in. They weighed the TV cable separately, as it was more valuable than the rest of the metal.

What to throw first? (Did I say I love my red trash cans?)

Joe’s truck vs. the magnet machine

The bathroom sink off to the recycling heaven in the sky

For all this junk, I made $126.25! Totally worth the effort!

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