Dan, I apologize. I didn't know you would be at the warehouse. I must have been unclear about not recycling for a week or two.
We have little to recycle: a tub of CDROMS and a half full gaylord of wire. Imre dropped off hard drives he drilled at his shop. There is a tub of wire which needs ends removed. There are several gaylords of plastic which we will put in RBHS' Waste Management recycling bin when it is empty; right now the bin is full of cardboard.
If we separate the steel, wire and circuit boards from the hard drives, which takes a lot of time, we can get tin and aluminum prices. Same for CDROM drives. Otherwise, Gertrude treats the drives as tin, not even dirty aluminum. I didn't looked at the hard drives Thursday to see how many we have. Mike and I closed up before dark and went to the former South Bend Range for an outside look at the building. We met the owner and scheduled an inside walkthrough which we completed late Friday afternoon.
Tom john jones wrote:
I was at the warehouse this morning i waited as long as i could,,Dan --- On *Thu, 9/3/09, Tom Brown /<tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: LangLab visit To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 2:31 PM We do not own a pallet jack so we will probably need to purchase one or two, preferably used, when we get our next warehouse space. If there is a dock, then we can use pallet jacks to load and unload trucks. If we don’t have a dock, we need a forklift.Another situation requiring a forklift is loading or unloading a pickup truck. Their beds are too low for a dock and the use of a pallet jack. We typically use a pickup truck for steel (tin) recycling runs to Gertrude on Saturday mornings, but we could use a stake-bed truck as well. Anything larger would be difficult to off load at Gertrude where the sides of a box truck would interfere with tossing the tin from the gaylords on to a pile on the ground, not to mention maneuvering a large truck around the yard. Gertrude doesn’t provide (or allow) forklifts in the yard so material handling is manual.Tom------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tony Germano *Sent:* Thursday, September 03, 2009 15:58 *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] Re: LangLab visitAh, I was unaware that small forklift belonged to us. Do we have a pallet jack too or would we have to purchase one? In a storage area like this where everything is on the floor, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing that the forklift doesn't fit (though it would be optimal to find warehouse storage where we could continue to use it.) Anyone can operate a pallet jack as opposed to the few that could drive the forklift. A group focused on recycling shouldn't be too worried about exerting a little bit of human effort instead of using a large machine that would be overkill :)Tony > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:03:05 -0400> From: tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: LangLab visit > > The smallest of the forklifts was in fact donated to us. We cannot use > it in the basement of LangLab because of ceiling height, which also > limits stacking pallets and rack shelving as you surmised. > > Tom > > Tony Germano wrote: > > Does FGM own the forklift? > > > > > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:15:46 -0400 > > > From: csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: LangLab visit > > > > > > If the forklift can be used, less human effort is needed > > > > > > Tony Germano wrote: > > > > > > The forklift is at least 7 ft tall as I am 6 ft even, and it's > > > > > > considerably taller than I am. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We do need to measure it. we MIGHT just get lucky... > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike's email yesterday said there are 8' ceilings. I don't think that > > > > leaves room to stack gaylords 2 high, and a pallet jack would > > probably > > > > work fine. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re > > up to > > > > on Facebook. Find out more. > > > > > > <http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit > > > Mishawaka , IN > > > > > > > > > ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** > > > PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish > > for it to be in the public domain. > > > > > > To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > The archive is available at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ > > > > > > You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the > > list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. > > Find out more. > > <http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_online:082009> > > ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** > PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. > > To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ > > You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. Click here. <http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery>
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