Used to see similar waste on high rise jobs, just incredible the sloppy waste of hardware, none of which is cheap. Kegs of A-325 high strength bolts left on various floors, but it seems maybe those would get picked up, but anything on the floor was definitely fair game and there was lots of it. Near the base of material hoists, just from the hoist itself, turnbuckles, lynch pins, and similar hardware used on tractors and equipment actually. I have a small stash of these various items, knew better than to load up, but always thought it was shameful for this expensive galvanized steel hardware to be left in the dirt. I used to supervise iron worker crews of up to 65 people, and when we mobilized on a job site, like most other contractors we set up a shanty to work out of, stock the materials needed etc. Some of these guys had that mentality like the structural steel guys, (we were ornamental, windows, curtainwall etc.) just drop hardware on the deck, leave it and grab another. I had to straighten that out, as there was no excess hardware to discard, they could easily short the job and its out of our pockets because of carelessness. Simple solution was to set up carts with bins, stock with each type of hardware, fastener, whatever it was depending on what we were installing, and just about tether that thing to them in their work area. It totally eliminated the annoying sloppy practice of many of these employees. At the onset, we were short on one job, there was a delay getting replacement material, effectively doubling the cost of that line item. It was explained that its immediate grounds for termination, take it up with your steward or business agent, more than likely I'll have already spoken to one of them before. Leave a trail of parts on the deck, you're gone, and they liked the darned organized carts anyway, so it worked out much better. 6:45 A.M. those carts get stocked and had best be out the shanty door before 7:00 am.
Whats funny, is at least one wheel on my old 850 Ford tractor is fastened with high strength A-325 bolts found on a concrete deck of a high rise.
My old neighbor would save N.O.S. materials like this, but was not so much of a hoarder, though he had a few boxes of otherwise useless, WWII aircraft parts, all the same, something for wiring that passes through something. Could never think of any good use for these, but he had them because they were new I am sure. He was an interesting sort, his shop and all, had really old motors on display,meticulously displayed, place was like a small museum. One motor with a genset for an old drawbridge at the turn of the century, was really sad to see it all auctioned off when his wife passed in '98, I took a lot of photos of what was at the auction.
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