Strange Dumpster
Found On: SF Bay Craigslist By: David L
Free dumpster – strange looking, to say the least. Has two front openings . Please take a look and ask any questions. I assume that the larger lid opens as well as the smaller one shown, but it is VERY heavy so I haven’t tried to move any part of it. Hopefully there are some dumpster experts out there that will recognize the strange allure of this dumpster and come and get it. Has wheels.
Dumpster expert? I prefer “connoisseur.” I appreciate the many subtle distinctions between the various Dumpster-brand trash receptacles. From the first Dempster Brothers mobile garbage bins of the ‘30’s, to the Dempster Dinosaur trash truck of the ‘50’s, to the still-available Open Top Tilt Type container with T1 Bail, I enjoy the Dumpster in all its iterations. In my humble opinion, mankind’s finest inventions have been the wheel, the aqueduct, the cotton gin, and the Dumpster.*
So if anyone can understand the “allure” of your Dumpster, it’s me. And all I see is a rusty, graffiti’d, unwieldy pile o’metal – with scrap value at all time lows. But I want to help, so I’ve done a little brainstorming. Maybe you could start an “Extreme Hostel” and make this one of your rooms?
*That’s been my solid top four for years. Number five wavers between and microscope and waffle iron.
I’m only taking it because it has wheels. That sold me on it.
Could this possibly be the Cattle Grain Feeder from INAD’s May 14th, 2009 post? Same lid, kinda the same shape, same geographical location but this one has gotten sandblasted to reveal the original brown color underneath and then redecorated to possibly lure in a buyer/picker upper of free stuff. Who knows… a lot can happen in 2 months.
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i actually think this may be a grease trap bin
You’re right, Malchia. I work at an italian restaurant and our grease bins look exactly like this.
Dumpsters, like garbage cans, are impossible to throw out. You leave them on the curb but garbage collectors will only take what’s inside.
So you put them inside of each other.
That much scrap steel would be worth at least $100. Or you could cut it up and use it for metalworking projects.
That much steel must be worth something. If you can find a way to move it.
If you had the ability to haul it off, and it was no longer usable as a dumpster, then this is a pretty good deal, actually. Scrap metal merchants pay by weight, and an old dumpster has got to be a few hundred pounds or so.
Yeah, just think of all the scrap metal recyclers in downtown SF!
Seriously though you’d only have to push it a couple hundred blocks. Pushing it up the hills is the only hard part. Reminds me of Sisyphus.
Dumpster diving should be an Olympic sport.
Only event where you can win gold, silver, bronze, and a tuna can lid.
That’s not a Dumpster. Dumpster brand trash bins are top-of-the-line. That’s just a TrashCo Waste Disposal Unit.