Frugal RV items - Thrift Stores/Yard Sales
This week Free: 2 Milk Crates - In Hotel dumpster, noticed while throwing away some garbage from car 1 Milk Crate - Side of road during snow storm Cheap: 10 coffee pot percolator for ov...
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I suspect the milk crate issue is somewhat similar to the oxygen, acetylene, and other compressed gas bottles with the names of now gone companies. For the most part those companies got bought up by a bigger company that acquired all of the bottles, and while not having their name on them, they do own them. Its very possible with the milk crates that there is a successor company that actually owns the crates. I suspect that many of them were left in grocery stores that went out of business, and never got back to the dairy. Some dairy's did go out of business completely with no successor company. At any rate, its certainly tough to track down the rightful owner and probably not worth the time.
I confess, I own a wire type milk crate that came to me with a small welding outfit with two 02 and one acetylene bottle and torches and regulators, hose, etc, so I too am probably a criminal.
I have become very cautious of buying stuff nowdays unless I absolutely need it or use on a regular basis. I buy almost nothing on speculation that "I might need that someday" Got too much of that already.
As far as the microwave tray, they do get broken as Speakeasy described. Someone on the Winnebago View/Navion forum was looking for one, for the same reason, it came flying out of the microwave when the door opened while driving. You would think that companies that make microwaves that will get used in RV's (and they are somewhat specific to RV's in many cases) would make them a little more durable. I found a whole stack of various microwave turntables (used) at the local Habitat For Humanity Restore last year. I think they came from an appliance repair shop that was cleaning house.
Charles
I confess, I own a wire type milk crate that came to me with a small welding outfit with two 02 and one acetylene bottle and torches and regulators, hose, etc, so I too am probably a criminal.
I have become very cautious of buying stuff nowdays unless I absolutely need it or use on a regular basis. I buy almost nothing on speculation that "I might need that someday" Got too much of that already.
As far as the microwave tray, they do get broken as Speakeasy described. Someone on the Winnebago View/Navion forum was looking for one, for the same reason, it came flying out of the microwave when the door opened while driving. You would think that companies that make microwaves that will get used in RV's (and they are somewhat specific to RV's in many cases) would make them a little more durable. I found a whole stack of various microwave turntables (used) at the local Habitat For Humanity Restore last year. I think they came from an appliance repair shop that was cleaning house.
Charles
