On Wed, 05 May 2010 10:38:57 -0500, Frnak McKenney
wrote the following:

On Mon, 03 May 2010 18:48:22 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:
After the garbadj truck squoze mine too much and I detected vertical
cracks in it, I called the company and they replaced it a few days
later, free of charge. Won't your city do that?

Presumably. On the other hand, why pass up a perfectly good chance
to gain some experience working with heavy-duty plastic? I'd much
rather learn something before I need it. grin!

So ask the company the City uses for broken scraps and practice on
those...for next time.


My first thought was sheet aluminium (Metal Content!!) tacked on
with pop rivets, and the bottom portion doubled over to add a bit
more wear protection. However, I'm concerned with how aluminium
would react with garbage leakage -- it might get eaten through
faster by organics than pavement weares it away.

I rather doubt it, but that possibility exists. How often does your
garbage leak caustic fluids, Fwanky?

I know that the local wildlife ('possums and raccons) have, from
time to time, climbed up the side of this supercan, popped open the
lid, ripped my bags to shreds, and scattered the contents. And I
don't rinse (e.g.) every ice cream box before tossing it.

Drill a couple holes and mount a slab of iron on the lid so they can't
lift it. It still works upside down in the garbadj truck.


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Any ideas? Or is this a Complete Waste of Time?

CWOT, so I'll have Winston call you.

Um... call me _what_? grin

That all depends on what mood Winnie is in when he calls.

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