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>>2986990
Got 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.

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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 stickers
shit looks straight out of max payne

>>2986990
I 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.

>>2987173
I did that with my gay darkroom piss/coom fridge. Some guy in a white pickup picked it up lmao

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>>2986990
I 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.

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>>2987194
Also 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.

>>2987173
I 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.

>>2986990
That picture makes my leaf springs cry

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>>2987213
About 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.

>>2987218
2001 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.

>>2987213
It's a 2500, tho it did have it squattin a little

>>2987194
>>2987195
The 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

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>>2987238
I 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.

>>2987238
what were you expecting besides litter and rocks?
pretty sure thats considered hazardous waste where i live

>>2987620
Uh, dirt

>>2987195
Sometimes the mulch is from diseased trees. YMMV

curb finds:
7 - computers
1 - 23" lcd monitor
3 - lawn mowers (refurbished)
1 - lawn mower engine (to be refurbished)
2 - different security camera DVR's
1 - 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.

>>2987899
trailer found in the desert

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Just got this this for 25 smackers.

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>>2986990
I don't have any creativity, so I just did this

>>2988744
Looks decent. You can always use them to make a path or something later.

>>2988754
I 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

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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.

>>2987195
oh 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.

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Curb picked xD

The threaded lids are neat, will be very practical

Does anyone know how airtight they are?

>>2988932
Is there a gasket?

>>2988977
No, 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

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I picked up a bunch of beekeeping stuff this morning.

>>2989099
Is the beekeeper aware of this or was this some.boomer neighbor that said lied and said to come take all this stuff

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>>2989105
Yes

>>2987218
>I just had to remove them from the homeowners back yard

the 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

>>2989933
There 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 off

Pavers are actually worth legit money with very little effort to actually get tho

>>2987159
You live in a society

>>2989940
>Pavers are actually worth legit money
How?

>>2990052
As in, if you wanted to acquire them otherwise, you would have to pay for them.

>>2988744
looks good put the corner piece on the side with the door so the low traffic area is the one missing the corner piece

unlimited alabaster

>>2988744
Hello Ted, how you doing?

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>>2986990
Found a nice set of pliers at a German flea market. Wasn't free, more like 1 Euro a piece, but I'm real excited about them. Also came with a vintage Toyota Motor Made in Japan flathead screwdriver.

I cleaned the rust off with citric acid, sharpened them, and now they're good as new. Caliper for scale.

Love the little Bonum pincer pliers a ton. Going to use them for cutting bike cables and Gunpla sprues.

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>>2991390
Here they are post cleanup. I messed up sharpening the small Bonum one initially and rounded off the cutting edge on one side, instead of just flattering the bevel. Managed to re-sharpen them though, and now it cuts through everything from steel wire to tissue paper like butter.

This was my firat time restoring a flea market tool, and I think i'm gonna try and do this more often. 1 Euro for these is a steal. Probably a lot of quality tools to be found on German flea markets, with all the Marshall Plan funded industry we used to have here. Boomers dying off in droves too rn, good time to stock up on their old hardware.

Not sure what the Stubai pliers are for though. Anyone know?

>>2991390
Very noice

I totally would've used them to trim my horse's hooves

>>2989099

>flow hive
garbage

the pro nucs are nice to have though, and you got fun colors

>>2991869
>garbage
In what way?

>>2987219

make sure you change the lower ball joints on the sequoia

>>2991902
expensive
plastic frames break easy
bees rob the honey as you extract it
not interchangeable with other hive equipment

The local grocery store was remodeling and I scored a big table they used for produce, but I'm gonna slap a piece of plywood on top and use it as a work table

I see some amazing furniture being given away locally. But I don't have a car. And live on the fifth floor. I think I was supposed to be a furniture restorer and redesigner. If you just keep up a little with architectural digest and stuff like that you know what rich people will buy for $3k+ ez.

>>2993190
If there's not enough stuff nearby on FB marketplace, they'll suggest stuff out of your search radius. It pisses me off to no end what cool free shit is like 150 miles away.

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>>2986990
this 100 year old solid wood desk.
sanded the top, applied poly coating, cleaned up the rest.
solid fucking desk.
guy delivered it for free too.

>>2993193
Very naise

>>2993190
the car thing is easy if you have a license, home depot truck rentals are $19 for 75 minutes. can't help with the 5th floor thing, maybe worth renting a storage unit. you can even set up a little workshop in them.

>>2993193
What obsession did people have with painting wood? Literally just use metal or plywood at that point. That's one step below putting linoleum over hardwood

>>2987219
>>2987220
It bumpstops around 2000lbs
I have one as a ag sprayer, so when the tote is full, thats about when it hits the bumps

I really hare lazy faggots who post "free whatever" but it is really that they want you to remove a tree, pavers, bricks, gravel or rocks for free.

>>2993317
Pavers and bricks have value, and you can't just go pick some up wherever.

You can get trees and rocks for free all over the place

>>2993320
>You can get trees and rocks for free all over the place
You're probably not supposed to steal trees and rocks from private or public lands either there Jamal...

>>2993324
I'm also not supposed to sleep at work either

>>2993300
its my new work bench, i put 6 layers of outdoor spur polyurethane. i need a solid working surface.

>>2993300
oh and if you mean why was it painted blue? no fucking idea, it used to be a local business display desk. owners probably rolled some paint on it.
i got it paint matched and touched up a few flaking areas

>>2993335
Noice noice

I have an old curb picked dining table I use as a medium duty work table.

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My wife and I were getting ready to get quotes to see how much it would cost to get someone to install pavers vs. doing it myself. However my neighborhood announced that they were redoing the pool area, and that residents were welcome to come and get as many pavers as we wanted. I was able to get enough to the the center section, and ended up buying the outer grey ring that you see in the pic.

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>>2993061

>>2991390
>found a nice set of pliers at a German flea market.
>I cleaned the rust off with citric acid
I'm watching your show, right now, Gerolf

>>2987899
I live in a rich neighborhood and "donate" random shit that I don't need by putting it on the curb.
The stuff that I throw out goes in the bin. Donating to whoever picks up from the curb is just simply easier than having to load it and drive it somewhere like a charity shop or whatever, plus finding a place that will take it especially if it's furniture for example

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>>2989099
>I picked up a bunch of beekeeping stuff this morning.

OMG BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!

freebies the best I ever got was a 4 pack of IKEA metal legs. they're on my desk now so can't complain too much

Bought a 1996 Quigley conversion F superduty from a guy today and he gave me an extra battery, and then threw in 2 arctic cat snowmobiles and the trailer they were sitting on.

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Scored a free meat grinder and steak cuber/tenderizer today... Also scored a bunch more pallet racking (four 8' uprights, another smaller upright piece, 36-40 beams and some wire racks) for $100. Score!

>>2987238
That is straight up waste. The amount of salt an contaminants in that shit around here (Québec) was so rough it ended up on the news how companies were illegally dumping it everywhere and not treating it.

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>>2986990
I was at the dump a little while back chucking some stuff. I got to the metal scrap area and saw this piles of tools in there. I asked one of the employees if I could take it, since it's tossed. He asked his boss who hopped into the container and fished it out for me.

A lot of huge sockets and shit. I think it may have belonged to an old diesel mechanic who discovered family was more precious so he tossed his tools. Or a dead guy.

>>2995935
kick ass
that snappy new logo flank drive plus 15/16 end wrench is give or take a hundo alone
the recycled center here is a subsidiary of waste management (the literal mafia) and if you so much as drive in the wrong lane there you get yelled at and threatened with being banned so picking is way off limits

>>2995933
I'm in the south. Maybe a smattering of motor oil here and there but no salt. Just trash and rocks

I had fun going apeshit on an old desk yesterday xD. It was MDF crap on the curb, one drawer was locked and I had to know what was in it so I went to town with a claw hammer. Was empty, not even a paperclip. Still had fun tho

Since new year's
>1 industrial ventilation fan, just needed cleaned and oiled. working fine.
>1 patio heater. one of those ones that work by remote. didn't look it was ever used, they just lost the remote. bypassed it, now it's an emergency heater in my pump room if it gets really cold
>1 pushmower, 21 inch. took literally 3 minutes to clean the carb. runs perfect. couldn't have more than 5 hours on it
>1 bose sound bar, again lost remote. ordered cheapo knockoff ebay remote. works fine
>half dozen 2x12x10 pressure-treated boards, not rotted

All from the dumpster at work. I've gotten all kinds of things from there. Some security outfit in the complex used to install cameras in schoolbuses and the like went out of business. They threw away hundreds of 2.5" 500gb sata drives. About 230 are still good with less than 100 hours on them. Some other building was remodeling so they threw out about 60 feet worth of ducting I redid my furnace pipes with.

Come to think of it, all my lawn equipment was free from people who didn't want to or didn't know how to fix anything. One tractor had a bad compression release on the camshaft. Another had a blown head gasket. I don't think I've ever actually bought a mower.

>>2996147
>hundreds of 2.5" 500gb sata drives. About 230 are still good with less than 100 hours on them.
imagine the fucking rack
are you using them or reselling?

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>>2986990
Neighbor just tossed this overbed table and a motorcycle helmet.

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>>2989933
cleaning the place up and had a pallet of bricks to get rid of
>flaky mcflakeson in picel shows up and wants to sort through and only take the bricks with the right kind of sand because apparently free is too expensive
whatever i aint playing fucking games or loading less than the whole lot
id have told him to fuck off but my mother has more patience for bullshit

>>2996148
Using them.

>>2996534
You can't realistically tell if the helmet foam is still good. I wouldn't use it as my main helmet.

>>2996560
It won't, but it's in good shape. Btw, the main issue with helmets is not in absorbing high impact crashes, but in the inability to absord low impact crashes. This happens across all fields of use: moto, bicycle, snow, etc.

>>2991396
they look like seam opening pliers, almost

>>2996554
jelly

>>2988803
See if ChipDrop operates in your area and take the caveats seriously. Every spring FBM is full of posts from people whose driveway to blocked by a mountain of mulch that they invite anyone to come over and take as much as they want.

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>>2996586
>Every spring FBM is full of posts from people whose driveway to blocked by a mountain of mulch that they invite anyone to come over and take as much as they want.

Uh guys... what am I supposed to do with all these wood chips?

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I live in a a poorish rural area where most people are handy so free curbside stuff is kind of rare compared to when I was in the burbs. This year I picked a maybe 100 year old wooden chest of drawers that I'm using to store tools, wheels for my hand truck, a semi complete winter car shelter that I will use for housing my rabbit and quail hutches, and today an really clean 80's panasonic wood tv that I will use for my NES. That thing weighted a good 150 lbs.

>>2996666
Nice quads. CTH-2502? You'll want a TV with at least RCA ports for the NES. It would be better for earlier systems like Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, etc. A Panasonic back when they were still just a brand name used by the Matsushita Corporation. Likely out of their manufacturing plant in Canada (it will say on the back). It will probably have a tube made by Mitsubishi.

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>>2996670
Right, it's a Canadian model, PC 21N01. I even got the instruction manual with it. It seems to be working altough it has some kind of a rattling sound coming out of it. What's wrong with a NES on RF? That's how I used to play as a kid, even my PS2 was tuned to channel 3 on an old analog tuner tv.