One mans trash is anothers treasure

[HawkinsHollow]

Went to the dump today to unload a carport I am tearing down the build a new shop/garage (post on that to come) and I SCORED! I look next to me in the metal dumpster and there is a nice looking Husquavarna 345 laying on top of the pile. So I grab it and throw it in the truck thinking, what is the worst that can happen? If the motor is blown I have always wanted to rebuild a chainsaw. Well I get home, throw some gas in it and BAM! fires right up!! No $h!t!!!! It has a gas leak, but by my VERY quick inspection I believe there is a hose missing from the gas tank. I can look down on the side and there is a nipple without a hose coming off it. So yeah, I have always said, my favorite kind of chainsaw is a free chainsaw! Have a good evening gentlemen!!

 

[bullbreaker]

Congrats :thumbsup: I just got back in bought from a couple who just sold their house to move to a condo a brand new in box Echo TIMBERWOLF with an extra new chain 20" bar paid them 200 cash . Felt I did good myself . Enjoy your find !

 

[Industrial Toys]

NICE!

 

[4570Man]

I got a Dolmar 540 from the dump. The oil tank was cracked but some JB weld slowed the leak to acceptable levels.

 

[dragoneggs]

Nice find! Yep another man's trash can be another's treasure. I pulled an old craftsman tool cabinet base out of the metal recycle dumpster a few years back. Fixed up the drawer slides, welded some HF casters on the bottom and a 2 x 4 ft 1/2in piece of steel plate and made my first little welding table. Now I always look in the metal dumpster but they are frowning on it due to safety reasons I guess.

 

[Thomas]

Nice find...they great saw for light duty.

 

[yomax4]

Nothing like a steal of a deal. Kinda like the MS361 I got from a pawn shop, The girl said it Wouldn't run. Had oil in the gas tank and gas in the oil tank. $50 later it was mine. Purrs like a kitten now.

 

[TractorGuy]

Great find!

I've got some good finds like that at the dump. Ours has a metal carport set up on a pad to leave things that others may want. They have that and the hazardous materials drop off closed during these times but i look forward to them opening those areas back up for use.

I was dropping my recyclables off one day when a guy pulled up and put a like new Husqvarna backpack blower under the free shed. I snarfed it up quick. Got it home and it had no fire. Pulled the plug and found the spark plug electrode was bent closed. I guess they pulled it out and dropped it then put it back in. Gapped the plug and it fired right up.

I have picked up tillers and other gas powered stuff that just had rotten gas lines. THANK YOU ETHANOL!

 

[PILOON]

I have had my share of 'good finds' as well.
A $40.00 chainsaw that only needed gas! (Sthil 009, nice light powerful for size.) *
Another $40.00 find, a Milwaukie 'hole hawg' that simply wanted the chuck repaired!

Then is my General 16" planer for $300. at a yard sale. (they list in the $3/4000. range and considered to be the best)
Oh, but then I'm a yard/garage/auction sale junkie.
A few times I have spot sold B4 leaving an auction site some or part of a bulk or lot purchase.
Auctions can be fun and very rewarding not to say very entertaining as well.

*just last year a tree surgeon offered to trade my 009 for a new $400. Jonsered saw. The 009 is so light and powerful that they use it one handed when up high.

Yep a junkie/collecter, and my cluttered shop sure proves it. but then I usually have the right tool for the job.

 

[bullbreaker]

That Echo TimberWolf i bought if you read in post #2 , today i put fresh fuel , two cycle oil, bar oil in it . I choked it gave it two yanks and it fired rite up . Now I have 2 TimberWolfs and one Stihl ms 291 FARM boss or whatever they call it . I have for most part always been a Stihl guy but me personally like the Timberwolfs better at least when compareing to my MS291 .
My Echo's start easier and seem to rev higher . BTW i havent done any mods to them , just saws straight from the box with all three w/20" bars ...............................

 

[RalphVa]

Went to the dump today to unload a carport I am tearing down the build a new shop/garage (post on that to come) and I SCORED! I look next to me in the metal dumpster and there is a nice looking Husquavarna 345 laying on top of the pile. So I grab it and throw it in the truck thinking, what is the worst that can happen? If the motor is blown I have always wanted to rebuild a chainsaw. Well I get home, throw some gas in it and BAM! fires right up!! No $h!t!!!! It has a gas leak, but by my VERY quick inspection I believe there is a hose missing from the gas tank. I can look down on the side and there is a nipple without a hose coming off it. So yeah, I have always said, my favorite kind of chainsaw is a free chainsaw! Have a good evening gentlemen!!View attachment 653247

Good find! We used to do this kind of thing all the time. We'd go out looking on big item trash pickup days to see what was available.

Now cleaning out the garage with carriage house next. Got the trash bin almost full from the garage and some metal in a box for recycle.

Sorry, no Husquavarna, but I put an old 12" chain in the metal box. It doesn't work on the new Stihl MSA-120.

Ralph

 

[EddieWalker]

Best score that I remember finding at the Dumps was when I was in my teens, and I found a box full of Playboy magazines!!! The trick was getting it into the car without my parents seeing it!!!

 

[crazyal]

A number of years ago when my father passed away I had to empty out his house. My plan was to go through it, get the stuff we wanted to keep, and then just see of the kids on the street wanted to run a garage sale. Everything they sold they could keep the cash. My sister didn't want to so we ended up taking truckloads to the free section of the dump. The first week we were very selective but after that everything that the dump would allow us to put in the free section. A lot of really nice stuff ended up down there. I'm sure we could of sold lots of it but just didn't have the time. I still have things that the dump wouldn't take, like a full set of scuba gear with a nice aluminum tank that hasn't been tested since 93.

 

[5030]

How I got my Troy Bilt horse some years back. In a dumpster. Engine (Tecumseh) burned more oil than gas. Tossed on a 99 buck Pred and been happy ever since. Had to make a second trip. Too heavy for just me to get out.