After hauling garbage for almost 35 years, we are still amazed at what people throw away. And the number one question we still get is, “you find a lot of good stuff in the garbage, don’t you?”
Well yes…yes we do.
But don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of nasty stuff too. Actually more nasty than good, but when we do find good stuff–it’s real good. Some of it we keep(like the leftover pizza, beer & donuts). But for the non-consumables, thank God for the internet and eBay. That’s where we convert our trash to treasure!
Trashman Treasures is our way to show you some of the ‘treasures’ we discover in people’s trash. And yes, sometimes we do have to ‘mine’ for the ‘gold’ in the back of the truck.
GROSS!
It’s not as bad as you think. We have gloves on ( ;
If we don’t think it’s worth it, we don’t go diggin! The following list is some of the ‘treasures’ we have found and what we sold them for:
- 3/4 large pepperoni pizza(saved $15 and put it towards beer for the super bowl party)
- bicycles for 5 kids for the first 6 years of their life–nice bikes, Giant mtn. bikes, Huffy, Schwinn’s, etc.
- DeWalt 6 inch rechargeable circular saw–SOLD $50 on eBay (can you say ‘cha-ching?’)
- Old assortment of Monster and Marvel Comic books–SOLD $155 on eBay
- Craftsman 50 piece tool set–(that was a keeper even though it wasn’t edible)
- Yakima Bike Rack–SOLD online $150 (Merry Christmas to me)
- Honda lawn mower–I should’ve thrown that away so I could maybe hire that job done
- Sorel snow boots–my last pair has lasted me 20 years so far(SCORE!)
That just a few of the things we’ve found. I’ll expand the list and we’re looking for contributors here. Garbagemen of the world, please send us your pics of some of the ‘treasures’ you taken home from the job. I’m sure your wives all love you for it. There’s nothing they like to see more than a dirty man coming home with a car trunk or truck loaded with your neighbors garbage.
Look for future ‘finds’ to be posted soon.