Scrapping Kinda Sucks

The other day my son (union electrical apprentice) brought home another 65lbs of 12&14 gauge wire for me to strip for him.
do you guys know if the scrap yard will take un preped data cable. He also brought home a bunch of that , not only is it too thin to strip its very time consuming because its inside a rubber type covering
 
Dom 332 said:
The other day my son (union electrical apprentice) brought home another 65lbs of 12&14 gauge wire for me to strip for him.
do you guys know if the scrap yard will take un preped data cable. He also brought home a bunch of that , not only is it too thin to strip its very time consuming because its inside a rubber type covering
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You mean cat/ethernet wire? Some places have a tele-com type category for wire(phone line, cat wire n such). The ends are gold plated on cat wire. Baordsort.com buys e-scrap but you gotta have enough to be worth the flat rate USPS shipping. And sort it well or they downgrade.

 
BOOT said:
You mean cat/ethernet wire? Some places have a tele-com type category for wire(phone line, cat wire n such). The ends are gold plated on cat wire. Baordsort.com buys e-scrap but you gotta have enough to be worth the flat rate USPS shipping. And sort it well or they downgrade.

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i guess it would be called cat wire. I / he do not have enough to make shipping worth while
 
Dom 332 said:
i guess it would be called cat wire. I / he do not have enough to make shipping worth while
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Just to be clear i wasn't suggesting shipping the cat wire but saving the ends for e-scrap.

Same, e-scrap is a collect and eventually ship type. I'll have enough to be worth it someday. Some local places buy e-scrap and I'm sure local places will buy cat wire. They may just call it low grade or w/e. Every area is diff.
 
So, I think my wheel hustle is over, at least for now. Just when good things are on cruise control, everything turns to shit.

The old cunt busy body that lives behind, who I have never seen or spoken with in the 3ish years I've lived here, me strolled over as I was cutting wheels today, and started asking questions - what are you doing - is this a business - are you going to be doing this all the time - you're making a lot of noise - and on and on. I wanted to tell her to mind her own fucking business, but I didn't. I was yes mam - no mam - I understand, mam..

You guys have seen pics where I store my uncut wheels behind the house. One stack of my wheels was on the cement curbing and overhanging it by a half inch. I put it on the curbing to make the stack level so it wouldn't fall over. It was hovering above, but not touching her property. The cement curbing is the property line. She said that stack was blocking the lawn guy from spraying and trimming the grass (b/s). As a result, her grass died. I pointed out other sections of her dead grass, 30' away from my curbing. That didn't amuse her.

Admittedly, I have rolled wheels across her grass to place them behind my house. There is kinda no way to get them back there without doing that. I have been told by her that she doesn't want people walking on her grass. That is her right, and I get it, but wtf.

I got a feeling I'm gonna have the town knocking on my door in the near future. She seems like the type to bitch to whoever will listen. The cops here have nothing to do here (white, safe, quiet, zero crime) so they'll have plenty of time to harass me.. When/if they do show up, I don't want them seeing anything that has to do with tires/wheels.

I am convinced that she is the reason I didn't get approved for the shed.

On a positive note, this week was much better.. Good thing, considering my income stream just came to abrupt end.

rant/
 
AutomaticWeapon said:
So, I think my wheel hustle is over, at least for now. Just when good things are on cruise control, everything turns to shit.

The old cunt busy body that lives behind, who I have never seen or spoken with in the 3ish years I've lived here, me strolled over as I was cutting wheels today, and started asking questions - what are you doing - is this a business - are you going to be doing this all the time - you're making a lot of noise - and on and on. I wanted to tell her to mind her own fucking business, but I didn't. I was yes mam - no mam - I understand, mam..

You guys have seen pics where I store my uncut wheels behind the house. One stack of my wheels was on the cement curbing and overhanging it by a half inch. I put it on the curbing to make the stack level so it wouldn't fall over. It was hovering above, but not touching her property. The cement curbing is the property line. She said that stack was blocking the lawn guy from spraying and trimming the grass (b/s). As a result, her grass died. I pointed out other sections of her dead grass, 30' away from my curbing. That didn't amuse her.

Admittedly, I have rolled wheels across her grass to place them behind my house. There is kinda no way to get them back there without doing that. I have been told by her that she doesn't want people walking on her grass. That is her right, and I get it, but wtf.

I got a feeling I'm gonna have the town knocking on my door in the near future. She seems like the type to bitch to whoever will listen. The cops here have nothing to do here (white, safe, quiet, zero crime) so they'll have plenty of time to harass me.. When/if they do show up, I don't want them seeing anything that has to do with tires/wheels.

I am convinced that she is the reason I didn't get approved for the shed.

On a positive note, this week was much better.. Good thing, considering my income stream just came to abrupt end.

rant/
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I have one of those that bitch at the township all the time they know her by first name .
Most of the time I get a letter and its for nothing that they can do anything about .
One time just to piss her off I took all my antique cars with legal plates backed them all up along the property line for a week for her to look at thats like 3 cars.
Have not heard any complaints since .
She has been a pain in my ass before we even put a shovel in the ground .
Put up a privacy curtain so she can't see whats going on and keep noise to a legal time their is nothing she can say .
You have a hobby thats noise thats all
 
As Mixed said LEGAL time to make noise. Educate yourself on the town laws/ordnances.

For example, around here they can not come on the property, to inspect if a vehicle's plate is current. So long as it's rear isn't in view from the road. I've seen some simply put a piece of plywood, leaning across the back of a truck blocking the plate.

I got a letter once bout my Ratty TA but i took pictures of the cops footprints in the snow, walking behind my car to inspect the plate. Cameras are nice to have these days.

Still at least that lady was up front and talked to you. I've had some pretend to not care and then find out they complained.

Part of why I'm glad of where i live, not too much tah deal with or that is visible from the road. But that don't stop others with nothing better to do sometimes. Still i try and keep my shit from getting noticed and admittedly, it has gotten a bit visible. I'm working on that part but honestly, it had to get worse for a bit to get better. I've had some of these vehicles too long and I am slow due to health and weather.

Hopefully i get it reeled in soon and work on it some most days :)
 
I kinda regret not making complaints(for the record). Like the time my one neighbors German Shepard got out, came on my property and tried to attack me(dog was in my backyard, far from theirs and no direct access). But meh, i honestly want to get the shit cleaned up and partly why i told them, that i was gonna(i saw them out one day and went over to talk about it. But since they have brought it up). Their mistake if they think it's out of fear, I did it to help motivate myself. As i try to do what i say. Not that much could be done about it ;)
 
Also just because you can, don't mean yah should sometimes. For example, i try to not make noise early on weekends, to respect those sleeping in(Guy who use to mow our lawn, would always ask if he woke me up when i went to pay him. I worked 2nd/3rd and he did it out of pleasure, not concern). Might be worth a chat, to see if you can work out when would be a good time to make noise. Not that she has a real say, if it's allowed but if you're willing to extend an olive branch.

Still far too many take pleasure in others difficulty or try to make it worse. So be careful who you tell.
 
AutomaticWeapon said:
So, I think my wheel hustle is over, at least for now. Just when good things are on cruise control, everything turns to shit.

The old cunt busy body that lives behind, who I have never seen or spoken with in the 3ish years I've lived here, me strolled over as I was cutting wheels today, and started asking questions - what are you doing - is this a business - are you going to be doing this all the time - you're making a lot of noise - and on and on. I wanted to tell her to mind her own fucking business, but I didn't. I was yes mam - no mam - I understand, mam..

You guys have seen pics where I store my uncut wheels behind the house. One stack of my wheels was on the cement curbing and overhanging it by a half inch. I put it on the curbing to make the stack level so it wouldn't fall over. It was hovering above, but not touching her property. The cement curbing is the property line. She said that stack was blocking the lawn guy from spraying and trimming the grass (b/s). As a result, her grass died. I pointed out other sections of her dead grass, 30' away from my curbing. That didn't amuse her.

Admittedly, I have rolled wheels across her grass to place them behind my house. There is kinda no way to get them back there without doing that. I have been told by her that she doesn't want people walking on her grass. That is her right, and I get it, but wtf.

I got a feeling I'm gonna have the town knocking on my door in the near future. She seems like the type to bitch to whoever will listen. The cops here have nothing to do here (white, safe, quiet, zero crime) so they'll have plenty of time to harass me.. When/if they do show up, I don't want them seeing anything that has to do with tires/wheels.

I am convinced that she is the reason I didn't get approved for the shed.

On a positive note, this week was much better.. Good thing, considering my income stream just came to abrupt end.

rant/
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I kinda figured that would happen when I saw your pics and the neighborhood you were doing it in.
 
Pretty sure in Michigan you can get an off road plate and stick it on your vehicle. That's counts as a plate and they can't bother you then.

One of my buddy's has that problem with a Karen neighbor, he just reversed the attack plan by finding any ordinance violations she had and turning her in. The bitching stopped.

If you had a tire machine, it would make less noise.
 
^^^ if you had enough scrap wheels , let the income from the wheels buy the machine and you then own one. Bought a xk 988 and a sbm 680 balancer around 5 years ago, so far its done everything asked of it, although if you had a chinese friend to help read the book would be a plus otherwise its youtube.
 
I try keeping thing good but with the son and his projects sometime I have to bitch at him to clean things up .
The old bitch the whole 25 yrs I have lived here we haven't said 2 words but I do make it a point to smile and wave as she drives bye slowly then speeds up after she gets past.
When she gets nosy she will pick up stick in her back yard my son tells her she done picked up all the sticks so just go back in the house and shut the fuck up
 
KwiknFast said:
Pretty sure in Michigan you can get an off road plate and stick it on your vehicle. That's counts as a plate and they can't bother you then.

One of my buddy's has that problem with a Karen neighbor, he just reversed the attack plan by finding any ordinance violations she had and turning her in. The bitching stopped.

If you had a tire machine, it would make less noise.
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Might have to try that, no insurance start/cancel hassle either then prob.
 
BOOT said:
Also just because you can, don't mean yah should sometimes. For example, i try to not make noise early on weekends, to respect those sleeping in(Guy who use to mow our lawn, would always ask if he woke me up when i went to pay him. I worked 2nd/3rd and he did it out of pleasure, not concern). Might be worth a chat, to see if you can work out when would be a good time to make noise. Not that she has a real say, if it's allowed but if you're willing to extend an olive branch.

Still far too many take pleasure in others difficulty or try to make it worse. So be careful who you tell.
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Instead of losing my shit, I stayed calm and I was very nice to her.
Kinda made her feel like I actually give a shit about her concerns.
I do my cutting on Saturdays or Sundays - I never start before 10 am.
 
KwiknFast said:
Pretty sure in Michigan you can get an off road plate and stick it on your vehicle. That's counts as a plate and they can't bother you then.

One of my buddy's has that problem with a Karen neighbor, he just reversed the attack plan by finding any ordinance violations she had and turning her in. The bitching stopped.

If you had a tire machine, it would make less noise.
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I been looking for a machine, now I'm actually glad that I haven't found and bought one.
I have no where to put it. Especially now, since I was gonna put on the rocks behind the house.
I'm not going anywhere near that old lady's grass again. I just don't need the aggravation.

As for noise, it's gonna be a sawzall and a grinder - or it's gonna be an air compressor. Six of one, half dozen of the other. It is what it is. There is gonna be noise no matter what.
 
The Dude said:
^^^ if you had enough scrap wheels , let the income from the wheels buy the machine and you then own one. Bought a xk 988 and a sbm 680 balancer around 5 years ago, so far its done everything asked of it, although if you had a chinese friend to help read the book would be a plus otherwise its youtube.
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I'd buy one tomorrow if I had a place to put it.
After what happened yesterday, the spot I had picked out is now a no-go zone.
I'm not going anywhere near that old lady's grass.
 
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