twenty eight bucks and change
Big hunk o' steel. A machine table.
About 5 feet by 3 feet by 2-1/2 feet. Welded together from 2-1/2 inch angle iron - 1/4" thick... heavy duty stuff.
I tilted it over on the bed of my pickup truck. Tried to lift it on but it wouldn't budge. Tried a second time and there was less than a foot of it on the edge of the truck gate... i bobbled, it slipped off and came crashing down on the concrete.
Turned it 90 degrees and leaned it on the truck gate again. Got a hammer and hammered off a bunch of little studs that were sticking out of it so it would slide easier
Now the shortest (2-1/2') side would be vertical as I lifted it. Perhaps easier to lift, except now the weight was all asymmetrical left-to-right.
I braced for the big push, thinking "use your LEGS"... lifted it a little, struggled to get a better lower grip and lifted it more. Bore my weight (all 130 pounds o' wiry non-musclyness) into it, quivering and grunting.
It slid on a little at a time. Once it was more than halfway on, i rested.
Yeah... I was wearing board shorts and flip flops the whole time.
Went to D's house, smoked through 2 jigsaw blades and only got a single one-inch-deep cut. So much for cutting to pieces and dumpsterizing. Had to dump it in one piece.
Drove it down to Carson to a salvage yard. They paid me $28.57
Which is the going rate for 400 pounds of scrap steel.
Comments
the whole time i'm reading this, i'm thinking, *i hope he was wearing flip flops while doing this.*
isn't it cool to get cash for trash? even if it was just $28.57. i sold two books this week for $5 and it made me really happy!
Posted by: presley | July 13, 2007 06:41 PM
yes. I am very glad that you were wearing board shorts and slippers. Im glad you didnt break yourself. I do, however, wonder how much it is worth in table form.
Posted by: red | July 14, 2007 04:14 PM
all i have to say is: fucktard!!!!!!
Posted by: fur | July 25, 2007 12:06 AM