Author Topic: great dump find...stupid people.. (Read 1976 times)

zopi · « **on:** May 16, 2009, 02:08:15 pm »

Went to the dump station this morning to drop off a very dead dishwasher...and sitting there is a pressure washer..looked it over, and its got one of those base model honda engines on it...five horse horizontal shaft just like my splitter...so I ask the fella working there isf I can have it...No Scavenging! So he says its alright, but not to
bother the pile of stuff he was taking home

I figured to save the engine for a spare....but I hooked a hose up to it and it works like a charm...the pump even unloads right...won't re-load without throttling down..but for free I think I can deal with it...

now, both tillers are clean, the tractors got washed, and I'm eyeballing the house....but I am holding out for a
24' house wand...

Life is good sometimes.

timberfaller390 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2009, 02:34:00 pm »

One mans junk.... I have made some pretty good dump finds myself. The best was a loader bucket with broken mounts in the scrap iron pile.

Raider Bill · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2009, 02:42:53 pm »

Great find!

Dave Shepard · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2009, 02:57:51 pm »

I was given a pressure washer that does the same thing. There is a pressure relief valve on the pump, and the plunger galls the bore. Turn it 90 degrees, and it should re-load just fine.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2009, 04:02:32 pm »

Somebody is picking up a Dish Washer and commenting about who left it there right about now.

Warbird · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2009, 05:58:46 pm »

Quote from: Mooseherder on May 16, 2009, 04:02:32 pm

Somebody is picking up a Dish Washer and commenting about who left it there right about now.

That's what I thought.

zopi · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2009, 10:13:46 pm »

Nahh...the dishwasher was trash...literally...it was a cheap dishwasher 15 years ago...

's been a good day...two possible sawing jobs fell into my lap...

olyman · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2009, 10:18:36 pm »

's been a good day...two possible sawing jobs fell into my lap...
[/quote] bet that was heavy in your lap

zopi · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2009, 11:02:39 pm »

Ha....

ha...

Bibbyman · « **Reply #9 on:** May 17, 2009, 04:20:46 am »

My ol' dishwasher is going on 57 but if I took her to the dump, she'd just thump me and make me take her back home.

Dan_Shade · « **Reply #10 on:** May 17, 2009, 04:39:43 am »

Hey, Bibby, how would that be different than any other day?

PC-Urban-Sawyer · « **Reply #11 on:** May 17, 2009, 10:14:59 am »

Quote from: Dan_Shade on May 17, 2009, 04:39:43 am

Hey, Bibby, how would that be different than any other day?

Dan,

Well, for one thing, he'd get to see the dump...

Herb

isawlogs · « **Reply #12 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:25:17 pm »

And he'd get to feel da thump

LeeB · « **Reply #13 on:** May 17, 2009, 07:20:05 pm »

And mebbe even a swift boot in da rump.

maestro · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2009, 07:26:42 pm »

And just think, this whole thing got started over a pump!

Warbird · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:57:10 pm »

And on his head would be a lump.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:26:04 pm »

Then he would feel like a chump.

John Woodworth · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2009, 11:28:27 pm »

Zopi: I have a 24' house wand and want to forwarn you, you'll earn your pay using one, they are a chore to use especialy when you have it fully extended and almost vertical and hit the spray, makes a fine dance trying to keep it from blowing over backwords.
Good luck with your find.

zopi · « **Reply #18 on:** May 18, 2009, 10:53:44 am »

I had figured on that...I used one a few years back..and it is a pain..but not nearly so bad as moving my 30' extension ladder around...two story house with big shrubs up front.

Thinking about it, I might split the difference and just get a longer tube for the gun..and use a shorter ladder...it'd sure be cheaper..

Modat22 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:15:26 am »

Never understood why scavenging was bad, some of my fondest memories where mom and I keeping an eye out during junk pick-ups...

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Author Topic: great dump find...stupid people.. (Read 1976 times)