Not much, but it's something

[Straycat1911]

I stopped at the truck stop the other day and on the island was an old 55 qt cooler someone had tossed. "Hmmmm" Hinges were snapped after reaching their service life, I guess and no latch on the front, but other wise intact.

Took it home, cleaned it up, and after a new set of hinges and new clasps on the front, for about $8.00 in hardware, I got me a new cooler! (Hint: hinges generally come ONE to a bag; make sure you check.)

[NickTheTinkerer]

[rednecksurvival]

Cool deal! $8.00 is nothing compared to their usual prices!

[MT_Rick]

Good catch. I grabbed a 5-gal gas can along the highway a few years ago. I'm ALWAYS watching the roadsides anyway. You just never know.

[captainhippy]

Best time to get stuff around here is in May when the college students move out. Go dumpster diving during that time and you will end up coming home with flat screen TV's, year old furniture, etc. It's madness what they throw away.

[Straycat1911]

Best time to get stuff around here is in May when the college students move out. Go dumpster diving during that time and you will end up coming home with flat screen TV's, year old furniture, etc. It's madness what they throw away.

Damn, I never thought of that and I live near a college town.

[DillonT]

Best time to get stuff around here is in May when the college students move out. Go dumpster diving during that time and you will end up coming home with flat screen TV's, year old furniture, etc. It's madness what they throw away.

+1
I live not too far from University of Colorado at Boulder. Spoiled potheads+rich parents=lots of stuff thrown out at the end of each semester.
In regards to search the road, I've found a number of useful items along the road, from screwdrivers to wrenches to straps

[KnightErrant]

I have a friend who went to some of the local college students after their "graduation moving sale" and furnished an entire apartment for $50 taking all their old furnature that they did want, from beds, to sofas, to TV stands and older TVs, end tables, area rugs, stand lights (those halogen ones) and even appliances like toasters, microwaves, blenders and george foreman grills. Oh, and not to mention a real grill. Usually they don't even charge, they just want the stuff gone and at the end of the day, nobody wants a sofa or headboard... so they usually even help you load them into your truck as it saves them the trouble of dragging it all to the dump themselves.

Collage towns are a bonanza.