finding free metal

[Soundguy]

how come people throw out soo much good metal?


I was driving from my house to my farm property the other day and saw a stack of bed frame rails out leaning up against somebodies trash can. must have been enough for 3 beds.. not rusty.. still painted.. etc. That's alotta angle iron.

No one was home so I didn't stop.. and it was gone when I went back past! shcucks!

soundguy

 

[Kays Supply]

Check out your local motorcycle shops. The shipping pallets for 4 wheelers are almost all odd shaped steel. Some are box tubing. I can see the scrap pile from the highway, I stock up every chance I get. The hardware that holds them to the pallets are made of really good metal also.

 

[zzvyb6]

Bed frame steel has a lot of use if you also have a welder or can torch weld. It also takes a saw of some sort. Skills and equipment that fewer and fewer folks have. You might also notice that a lot of these single bed throwaways are being replaced by fulls and queens as the population gets wider and thicker....

 

[magicheater]

how come people throw out soo much good metal?


I was driving from my house to my farm property the other day and saw a stack of bed frame rails out leaning up against somebodies trash can. must have been enough for 3 beds.. not rusty.. still painted.. etc. That's alotta angle iron.

No one was home so I didn't stop.. and it was gone when I went back past! shcucks!

soundguy

I pick that stuff any time I can. It is a harder metal and works great for the ends of decking on trailers. Also made my solar collector framework from them. Sorry you missed them, I have missed lots of good stuff by saying to myself "I'll get it on the way back", and then find it gone.

 

[Soundguy]

I got a welder and love that stuff.. especially bed rails.

I wanted to stop by when they were home.. I'm kind of queezy about grabbing it even if roadside by the trash can without asking. I've never had someone say no if they were home though.

soundguy

 

[travis potter]

Bed frames are a better grade of steel than you get at the steel yard.

 

[PILOON]

I use bed frames to make my split rail fences.
I cut one end to a point and pound them in with my homemade post driver.
I use salvaged hydro wire to tie them in place and then lash split short pieces to cover up the bed rails.
Unless up close you can't see the rails and it shure makes a nice looking 'rustic' fence for lansdcaping purposes.

Used to use T bars, but as there cost kept rising I turned to salvaged bed rails which IMHO are just as strong.

 

[lostcause]

Bed frames are a better grade of steel than you get at the steel yard.

i guess that depends on the usage. i find that they are less workable than mild steel. they are very hard to drill and also rough on saw blades. i've even seen cases where they are almost too brittle after welding. the metal can be prone to cracking near welds when a load is put on it.

don't get me wrong, i've used a lot of it, and even bought some from a local scrap yard recently to make some racks for holding small steel shapes. i just don't think i would use it on any sort of item subject to fatigue loading.

 

[Chilly807]

I thought I was the only fan of bed rails for recycled steel...

Apparently not..lol

Chilly

 

[Bedlam]

I bought a bed once from a dealer, and my dad noticed a stack of old frames by the trailer they had saved and I asked they were some happy when I took them all.
I have used bed frames for years. I agree hard to drill but..beggers cant be choosey