I have been focusing on the hard rubbish this year, spurred on by my children's interest. I have managed to get a huge amount of useful stuff for nothing. Here is a list of some of the things I have found:
Large wooden dining room table plus chairs- needs a quick sanding but good otherwise
Gas bbq with 4 burners and nice wood inlaid stand vgc - working
Table outdoor gas heater - working
Stand alone outdoor gas heater - working
2 x empty gas 9kg gas tanks which I exchanges at swap and go
Bicycle with front and back suspension for 11yo, added new seat from another bike, replaced bent back wheel with wheel from another bike.
2 x electric children's scooters - I think only need to charge battery
Quad bike which needs a battery but according to previous owner was working fine before put in storage
42" flat screen plasma TV
Small portable traveling fridge (mains/12v)
2 x air compressors - I hope to get 1 working out of the pair
Planing machine - unknown but suspect will work
Missed out on a working freezer because it wouldn't fit in my car
These are al things I was considering buying hen finances permitted.
What are other people finding and what is your attitude to the whole phenomena?
How do you feel about the commercial people who go around and rip out the motors etc leaving behind useless hardware?
Love hard rubbish hunting. Though I do it for the vintage computers and hifi stuff.
Once found a crappy turntable with an $800 tonearm (Micro Seiki). Felt bad and knocked on the door and asked if it was ok to take it because it was worth a bit, the owner gave me another turntable instead that he was going to throw out (Technics SL-1200 MKII!)