One of our lumberyards gives them away. Some of the locals build stuff with them.
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Hard to understand why no one can just reuse the skids that are in good shape. Same as carpet poles. Not worth the collection and bother I guess.
One would think a semi trailer full of tubes could pull a profit.
If it was feasables, they'd do it. Shops aren't going to set aside space to store tubes for a month, so yea, it's just not gonna happen.
Nope, not worth it anymore. We used to store um back when the mills would pay the truckers 50 cents each to bring them back... Dumpsters are expensive too so it ends up costing a pretty penny for the shop to throw them out.
I think the problem is the mills don’t want the expense of cleaning the plastic wrappers (that they strap on so tight) off the ends…
I’m glad we stopped using plastic straws though. That should be enough to save the planet..
We put them at the curb. They go very quickly.
Glad you saved the planet. How do you shoot spitwads without a plastic straw?Nope, not worth it anymore. We used to store um back when the mills would pay the truckers 50 cents each to bring them back... Dumpsters are expensive too so it ends up costing a pretty penny for the shop to throw them out.
I think the problem is the mills don’t want the expense of cleaning the plastic wrappers (that they strap on so tight) off the ends…
I’m glad we stopped using plastic straws though. That should be enough to save the planet..
Well ya could use a more expensive paper straw but they collapse too easy, simply don’t work for milk shakes. We use a much more expensive plant based biodegradable straw…Glad you saved the planet. How do you shoot spitwads without a plastic straw?
Stuff like this really peeves me. Who does that!
Joggers 
on a country road, especially when you can see the jogging path 30 yards away. 
on a country road, especially when you can see the jogging path 30 yards away. People with little self respect who take no pride in their work. Sad for them.
When I was installing in a new house, I always hated the electricians. I would get the pad down and they would strip wire and leave it all over the pad. It had to be picked up by hand, no way to sweep it up. Tried a vacuum once and the wire ruined it.
I was going to say the guy that didn't acclimate his MDF but.......
I'm more pressed to say a guy that doesn't have a chop saw that does 46°....
... A guy that buys his spackle in gallon pails
... A guy who can't see
... A guy that doesn't care
.... And maybe a guy that doesn't get paid?
Highway 101 especially the further north you get in Oregon is fairly narrow and twisty in spots. A bicyclist got nailed by a log truck recently. It was scared the hell out of me to ride a bicycle along the highway. It's only two lanes and it's just not wide enough for everybody.Joggers
The log truck didn't actually hit the bicyclist. I think when it went past him, he got sucked towards the trailer.
Trails seem so much more relaxing.
I don’t care much for tapers and spacklers either…
All trades seem to think it’s ok to leave a mess on an unfinished floor, even if you just swept it.
Last couple years I was doing drywall, taping and painting. I didn't always throw down a drop cloth, but I always made a mess. One of the dudes I grew up with became a taper and we wound up working on a Stop n Shop or Bradless somewhere in CT. He's up on the scaffold taping and I asked him why you guys are so sloppy. He came down off the scaffold and handed me the putty knife and said----you try it!
Yea I get. I’ve done some taping on an amateur level. It’s a messy job, but how come they don’t have to clean up their mess? Shouldn’t they scrape and sweep instead of us? If we messed up the walls the way they mess up the floors I’m pretty sure we’d be seeing a back charge…
Yea I get. I’ve done some taping on an amateur level. It’s a messy job, but how come they don’t have to clean up their mess? Shouldn’t they scrape and sweep instead of us? If we messed up the walls the way they mess up the floors I’m pretty sure we’d be seeing a back charge…
Pretty sure that stuff is all in the contract. I’ve seen jobs, not many, where they paper the floor before the mudding begins. Other jobs will have a laborer half ass scrape, sweep and otherwise clean up afterwards. I’m excited just to see a broom swept floor without a bunch of stuff in my way anymore.
Yea I get. I’ve done some taping on an amateur level. It’s a messy job, but how come they don’t have to clean up their mess? Shouldn’t they scrape and sweep instead of us? If we messed up the walls the way they mess up the floors I’m pretty sure we’d be seeing a back charge…
They'd clean up when I was GC Super only if I asked them too. Yes, they are used to laborers cleaning behind then and expected to move on taping and NOT stop to clean. Likewise, when the tapers were still on site I could get them to clean up. Usually they'd be done and gone so I blame the GC. If it was ridiculous he'd pay us a couple hours or I'd walk off. I liked to walk off sometimes to be quite honest. Made me feel like a man.
Yea, before the recession in 2008 all my jobs had a super and at least one laborer. It was a beautiful thing. After that one super was working 5 different jobs and by the time they were ready for floor covering no more laborers.
