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Feb 14, 2008 15:59:52 GMT
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No mods as yet but picked this up, thrown out at the tip:  Honestly can't believe what some people chuck, has a good assortment of tools, some of them Britool, Kamasa, Stanley. Not Snap-on but not cheap rubbish. Some nice small nut drivers, a couple of decent drifts, a good set of needle files etc. Added it to my nearly complete Kamasa 3/8" socket set and other fold out box, all saved from the scrap metal bin. Makes me laugh when I think of the old 'make do and mend' approach of my Dad who's never binned a tool in his life. |
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street
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Feb 14, 2008 17:00:22 GMT
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Lol! What a find! I'm amazed someone threw that away, makes me quite angry to be honest! I was at the tip watching this bloke offloading all these kids toys into a skip just before christmas, none of them broken or anything, straight in the bin. Made me angry because he obviously had a bit of cash and didn't give a toss, but why didnt he just give them to a charity shop or something? People like that boil my pee  Anyway rant over, good haul! |
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Last Edit: Feb 14, 2008 17:01:22 GMT by street
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Feb 14, 2008 17:17:16 GMT
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Well.. Their loss, your gain! Stuff like nut drivers are surprisingly hard to come by now. Old tools rule.
Always pays to take a peek when you walk by a skip. It's like the lottery, but your chances are much better.
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Feb 14, 2008 17:29:38 GMT
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Thats a nice little "pick and pull yard" kit. I like the colour of the box.
Il have to take a pic of my old "Beach" 2 peice box for this thread. Damn bank computers... not allowd to hook up my camera.
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Feb 14, 2008 18:48:07 GMT
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Not bad for nothing!
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slater
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Feb 14, 2008 18:48:36 GMT
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I found one just like that in a skip over the road from me last year. Simlar selection.
Not to mention the stuff they chuck out at work that i have salvaged.
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Feb 14, 2008 21:50:57 GMT
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[moral of the story] never pass a freshly laden skip! [/moral of the story]
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Feb 15, 2008 13:05:27 GMT
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Lol! What a find! I'm amazed someone threw that away, makes me quite angry to be honest! I was at the tip watching this bloke offloading all these kids toys into a skip just before christmas, none of them broken or anything, straight in the bin. Made me angry because he obviously had a bit of cash and didn't give a toss, but why didnt he just give them to a charity shop or something? People like that boil my pee Anyway rant over, good haul! What he said! --- How easy is it to grab stuff these days? My dad retrieved me a massive tin poor quality wobbly children's play pony one night after the pub!  ;D thanks dad, and he used to bring back all kinds of useful sh1te! do you just be desreet or give scrap chap a fiver/tenner, "ain't sin me, right"! ? I have one of those boxes full o curse word, i should liberate it... |
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Feb 15, 2008 14:56:47 GMT
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SWMBO despairs of me visiting our municipal tip. The times I've come back with just about as much stuff as I took is fairly embarrasing. I even once brought home a complete trailer. I only needed the wheels off it, but didn't have tools, so I hitched it up and dragged it home and used some of the frame for some other things. And then there's the stuff that you see in the bottom of the skips and either can't get at, is too heavy, can't get it home because of the size or you just don't have the time or anywhere to put it when you get home!! traveller, me? No!!!!!!!  De ye loike dags? |
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Feb 15, 2008 16:48:48 GMT
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[moral of the story] never pass a freshly laden skip! [/moral of the story] went out for a run in a mate's truck this afternoon - 2 car ramps, fairly heavy duty, foc out the back of a skip - and I even asked at the house before taking them! skip finds FTW!! - kev |
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Feb 15, 2008 19:02:21 GMT
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I never find anything like that! Althogh, if I'm honest, frequently raid my Dad's or Father-In-Law's garages  |
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gearoil
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Feb 15, 2008 21:02:09 GMT
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Nice find, you can never have too many tools.
But why the hell did someone throw that away...?
Still, their loss your gain. ;D
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Feb 16, 2008 19:42:10 GMT
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ive found some good stuff in tips and skips, my fav was a suffolk punch mower, but the best was a couple of those big heavy iron radiators, sold em for a decent price
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;D thanks dad, and he used to bring back all kinds of useful sh1te! 
