tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post114837877044968491..comments2024-03-23T05:42:07.516-04:00Comments on The Deliberate Agrarian: Dump DayHerrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148907935554097132006-05-29T09:05:00.000-04:002006-05-29T09:05:00.000-04:00ififHerrick Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148638129358918312006-05-26T06:08:00.000-04:002006-05-26T06:08:00.000-04:00Whimsy:.... That's a great way to get firewood. W...Whimsy:.... That's a great way to get firewood. We heat our home with a woodstove only (have done so for 20 yrs) and I've scrounged a lot of free firewood. But I don't typically get it all free. Good going!<BR/><BR/>Lynn:..... I read at your blog about the indian casino on your grandfather's farm. How tragic. That would be the ultimate piece of junk, but you wouldn't want any part of that. <BR/><BR/>KS:..... The funny thing about Dump Day is that sometimes we bring home stuff we find and then bring it back to Dump Day the next year.<BR/><BR/>Scott:..... People threw away JD lawn mowers??! Wow, that would be a find. I know a guy who, 20+ years ago, used to go around every spring with his dad looking for snowmobiles that people had put out by the road to toss, or that were junkers sitting in the yard, and they would ask if the people wanted to throw them away. He said they collected hundreds of them and accumulated a snowmobile junk yard. They are still at his dad's place and he said they have a goldmine of vintage used parts that they now sell.<BR/><BR/>Justin.... Oh, now I feel bad. I should have kept that phone wire! Best wishes with the sale of your house and getting out of debt.<BR/><BR/>Leslie:.... Yes, you really need to find a dump somewhere to pick. :-)<BR/><BR/>Emily:.... We have salvaged furniture too. The swap shop is a great idea.<BR/><BR/>Barbara:.... Yes the sewing machine is all metal. I don't think there is a bit of plastic on it. It's a beauty. Nice of you to stop by.<BR/><BR/>Scott:.... I guess that the good part of materialism and the disposable society is that it provides lots of opportunities for resourceful scroungers. But I'm sure there is an incredible amout of really good junk that gets by those of us who could put it to good use.<BR/><BR/>Thanks everyone for your comments.Herrick Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148538013830989122006-05-25T02:20:00.000-04:002006-05-25T02:20:00.000-04:00Herrick,Sounds like you got the best of the bargai...Herrick,<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you got the best of the bargain (your sons as well) in a disposable society that demands everything new and "not <B><I>sooo</I></B> yesterday". It is an invaluable resource to find an open classroom in <B>Thrift 101</B>.<BR/><BR/>Though I abhor 'junk' & clutter there can be a fine line between it and what I refer to as "wanton waste" or an "excess of exuberance" which is what occurs when people go 'shopping' with no defined purpose or need.<BR/><BR/>Even if you never use it, give it a way or find it didn't work out as well as you though it might.....you know one thing. <B><I>You didn't over pay!</B></I><BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>ScottHexdek16https://www.blogger.com/profile/14588128744203671494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148501069722533972006-05-24T16:04:00.000-04:002006-05-24T16:04:00.000-04:00Hi Herrick! Great post! We're full-fledged trash p...Hi Herrick! Great post! We're full-fledged trash pickers in this household. With my cousin in cahoots, we have practically furnished and decorated our home with curbside finds along with what we've scrounged at the dump. Our local dump doesn't have dump day, but they do have what they call a swap shop where some folks can drop off their unwanted "trash" and others can picked up "treasure"! We love junk!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02224478477510925985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148496100251055982006-05-24T14:41:00.000-04:002006-05-24T14:41:00.000-04:00What a GREAT idea! I would love it if our town ha...What a GREAT idea! I would love it if our town had something like this. I think I will look into it. I don't even know where our nearest dump is (still kind of new to the area).Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06173202724588547447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148477813186261792006-05-24T09:36:00.000-04:002006-05-24T09:36:00.000-04:00Hi Herrick,About that telephone wire. Assuming it...Hi Herrick,<BR/><BR/>About that telephone wire. Assuming it was copper phone wire, even though the wires were very small the whole thing could be thrown in a bon fire and later pulled out clean and ready to sale for scrap copper. I did this with some phone cable salvaged from a construction project I worked on and made something like $330. It was 400 par I think though -- lots of tiny little wires. <BR/><BR/>Your post reminds me of a few years ago my father-in-law came home from the town dump with a jalepeno plant full of beautiful jalepenos. I thought they were great until he told me they came from the dump. My pride kept me from enjoying them fully--but I still enjoyed them. <BR/><BR/>BTW, just this past weekend I put my house on the market to deliver myself from debt and to move back to the farm where I grew up and my parents still live. I would appreciate prayers that the sovereign Lord would orchestrate the details of the sale that we get a good price and the buyer gets a good deal and that I would be content with the Lords timing.<BR/><BR/>May the Lord bless you,<BR/><BR/>JustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148431364476931732006-05-23T20:42:00.000-04:002006-05-23T20:42:00.000-04:00Where I grew up in western NY they had "spring pic...Where I grew up in western NY they had "spring pick up". Every house in the county had a mountain of stuff out front. They traveled around with big trucks and scooped it up and away. That week was the greatest week of the year!!! We would cruise the roads for hours collecting stuff. There were a lot of wealthy Kodak workers in our area....oh, the stuff they threw away! We would get nice JD riding mowers that just needed a new set of plugs, chainsaws that needed some gas, scrap steel to sell and of all things...old farm equiptment. When my buddy Ethan was 15 he hauled home a disc with a geared down bicycle he rigged up for hauling stuff :) Those were the days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148431070179567122006-05-23T20:37:00.000-04:002006-05-23T20:37:00.000-04:00Herrick:How could you actually support such a noti...Herrick:<BR/><BR/>How could you actually support such a notion? I have seven packrats who would just love something like this. I can see it now. Fuller family arrives with a trailer load of junk. Milkman starts to unload it and puts every third piece back in because it is good junk. I stand and argue that if he hasn't used it in 15 years that it really doesn't need to occupy our yard. <BR/>While we bicker, the clan works swiftly and finds every piece of junk imaginable. We have to go home and get a second trailer to haul all the stuff home. We left our homestead with one trailer load of junk to get rid of and then return with two loads back at the farmstead. Ohhh....I just can't read this to my group. They would just love it and begin working as a home school self appointed project to start one in our community. I have to draw the line. I think it would drive me over the edge and only encourage my packrats. I was cleaning out Brian's drawers the other day and the three year olds walk in and start chattering..."Mommy is donating Daddy's stuff. You better go tell him." <BR/><BR/>All humor set aside, it does sound kinda fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148413882962009732006-05-23T15:51:00.000-04:002006-05-23T15:51:00.000-04:00Thanks for the post. The boys and I were just sic...Thanks for the post. The boys and I were just sick when we drove through Fargo, ND on our way to my folks' earlier in the month, as it was the beginning of spring clean up week there. The boulevards were piled high with everyone's junk. I think we could have built a barn with all the scrap wood, etc. that we saw. Too bad we didn't have a trailer with us! Since moving up here the boys have become excellent scroungers of stuff, and at least here we have a place to store it!Lynn Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435825858991342289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-1148387354735090362006-05-23T08:29:00.000-04:002006-05-23T08:29:00.000-04:00We've found that people who have recently had land...We've found that people who have recently had land logged have lots of tree tops they need cut up and/or removed. <BR/><BR/>We heat our home every winter entirely with people's "leftover" wood. We have people come up to us and say they have a tree down and can we come cut it up and haul it off. <BR/><BR/>It's a blessing for everyone. They get rid of a tree they have no use for, and we get wood to heat our home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com