DIY freebiesWhat neat stuff have you found on Craigslist, FB marketplace etc. lately?I just scored 101 retaining wall bricks today. Gonna use em as pavers tho
>>2986990Got an old JC Penney TV in the free section of an yard sale. OEM is Toshiba. 1979. Works perfectly. I used it for old video game systems that are RF only like the 2600, Intellivision, etc. Picture from eBay.
I got a relativity new LG refrigerator. The one I wanted was about $700 new but after browsing craigslist for about two months a free one popped up. It needs a new evaporator fan but for $20 in parts that isn't bad.
>>2987021>those stickersshit looks straight out of max payne
>>2986990I got someone to haul away my old crap by leaving it at the end of my driveway. Some scraggly guy with a trailer pulled up a few days later and loaded it all into his trailer. This is much easier than taking it to the dump and paying disposal fees.
>>2987173I did that with my gay darkroom piss/coom fridge. Some guy in a white pickup picked it up lmao
>>2986990I got 10 yards of topsoil for free a couple days ago. I also made a couple planter boxes (4'x8'x20") out of scrap 2x4 and pallet wood that I threw on top to take out to my garden.
>>2987194Also pulling from a mountain of mulch the city lets us take for free.I'm cultivating a sizeable garden this year and it's going go to cost me about $80, mostly in soil amendments and some plant starters. I'm making 3 more beds just like that, hopefully I can have all this shit done before last frost. I'm already running late. I am getting most of the plants/seeds for free, but I did purchase some specific varieties that I want to grow.
>>2987173I tried this with an automatic reclining sofa once. That thing was heavy as fuck with all the automatic reclining gear. The people who came to pick it up were an old Mexican couple, like at least 60 years old. I felt bad for them so I ended up loading it for them anyways.
>>2986990That picture makes my leaf springs cry
>>2987213About two months ago I got two truck loads of free pavers. I just had to remove them from the homeowners back yard. Those jerks got kind of put out that I had to make two trips.
>>29872182001 Tacoma, 6 banger, extracab, my best guess. I think the six lugs are only on the 6cly engines.Mine is 2002 4 banger, you probably have much larger payload than me. Although I did just buy a sequoia salvage title for 1 grand. Gonna get a nice trailer and haul whatever the fuck I want lol
>>2987219>you probably have much larger payload than me.The manual says 750lb or something like that. I have had a 1400lb pallet in the bed before.
>>2987213It's a 2500, tho it did have it squattin a little
>>2987194>>2987195The county will bring us as much roadside dirt scraping as we want. I found out the caveat pretty quick though, tons of litter and rocks
>>2987238I suppose in this case I somewhat lucked out. There were some sizeable sticks but no trash. I sent a soil sample off to my state uni, and I also did a NPK/pH test kit at home. Loads of Nitrogen, almost depleted in Phosphorus, K is on point... had to go pick up some bulk bone meal to amend it. Hopefully the state aglab doesnt come back and tell me it's saturated with paraquat and glyphosate.
>>2987238what were you expecting besides litter and rocks?pretty sure thats considered hazardous waste where i live
>>2987620Uh, dirt
>>2987195Sometimes the mulch is from diseased trees. YMMV
curb finds:7 - computers1 - 23" lcd monitor3 - lawn mowers (refurbished)1 - lawn mower engine (to be refurbished)2 - different security camera DVR's1 - set of high end speakers from the 60's that I replaced the surrounds.1 - found in the desert that I rebuilt.1 - 4 stroke leaf blower (repaired)I live in a somewhat rich neighborhood. the things people throw out here you could furnish a house with. most of what gets thrown out is lightly used stuff that should have been donated.
>>2987899trailer found in the desert
Just got this this for 25 smackers.
>>2986990I don't have any creativity, so I just did this
>>2988744Looks decent. You can always use them to make a path or something later.
>>2988754I was just surprised at how far they went, there were 101, including two that were broke in half for end pieces
Found a fuckoff huge CRT in a pile, it works
More often than not the free appliances I bring home have roaches. I need a quarantine procedure. Maybe one of those ozone machines and a plastic tarp.
>>2987195oh man I would bust a nut if my county had something like that. one year I was able to get a tree trimming company to drop off a truckload of mulched leaves and trees and stuff and I put a 5 inch thick layer out back. eventually broke down into the best soil I've ever had.they wont do it again even when I try bribing them with money though, something about people suing them over driveway damage.
Curb picked xDThe threaded lids are neat, will be very practicalDoes anyone know how airtight they are?
>>2988932Is there a gasket?
>>2988977No, but there's still a gap between the outside of the lid and the bucket when you tighten them all the way down so the fit is pretty tight
I picked up a bunch of beekeeping stuff this morning.
>>2989099Is the beekeeper aware of this or was this some.boomer neighbor that said lied and said to come take all this stuff
>>2989105Yes
>>2987218>I just had to remove them from the homeowners back yardthe classic "why do all the hard work and pay someone to dispose of my crap when some sucker will come do it for free and take it away for free" scam
>>2989933There are certainly cases of that all the time >Free firewood, all you have to do is cut it down, cut it up and haul it offPavers are actually worth legit money with very little effort to actually get tho
>>2987159You live in a society
>>2989940>Pavers are actually worth legit moneyHow?
>>2990052As in, if you wanted to acquire them otherwise, you would have to pay for them.
