[kenny199]

Skip diving should be an extreme sport,Ihave broken ribs on two occasions .Once I jumped up onto the rim of the skip.Pop,pop,two ribs gone. The other time I was reaching into the skip and my feet went from under me ,pop there goes another one.Be careful in those skips.

[sjjones]

I'm so relieved - I thought I'd developed a mysterious addiction when I got my allotment 2 months ago and suddenly have the urge to stop and stare at every skip I go past. 
Haven't built up the courage to fish about in them yet though 
SarahJ

[kenny199]

I'm so relieved - I thought I'd developed a mysterious addiction when I got my allotment 2 months ago and suddenly have the urge to stop and stare at every skip I go past. 
Haven't built up the courage to fish about in them yet though 
SarahJ

Go for it Sarah,my best find was a little motor bike .Spent about an hours tinkering and had it running sweetly. sold it to some young lads for £125.

[Yorkie]

Just a reminder for sarah and kenny, or anyone else who may not have read the rest of the thread.  You MUST ask the permission of the person who put the items in the skip, or the skip owner, before removing anything, or it is theft (in England and Wales).

[kenny199]

Yes Yorkie,All done legal even got log book for the bike,but failed its mot on too many things to get back on the road.

[arugula]

That's a shame Kenny!

[kenny199]

Lads who bought it had fun for a couple of years ,riding it round the fields

[SkipRat]

Now skip diving is very close to my heart and the stuff I,ve had over a 20+ career, never ceases to amaze me the things people throw away. I had lawn mowers, all manner of power/hand tools, timber by the shed full. Televisions, irons. once got a very good cond washing machine (must have been less then a year old) just needed a safety switch sorting on it. Once got boxes and boxes of old football programmes that I managed to sell for hundreds of pounds on ebay. Old valve radios, which i like messin around with. I even found a 16 Ch Mackie mixer that I repaired and now lives in my little home recording studio, I could go on forever the stuff I,ved dived for   

[Nige2Plots]

Our local Homebase, now has a large sign on it's skip saying "Help yourself to free wood"
Heaven

[kenny199]

Our local Homebase, now has a large sign on it's skip saying "Help yourself to free wood"
Heaven

That is not so daft ,people can go diving without any problems from the law

[CluckyChicken]

going to have to stop at EVERY skip now and see what people have decided to throw out... 

[johnny5]

 ;)Best find in a skip was yesterday, new houses getting built 3 streets away from my house 9of 30"X 24" double glazed windows. spoke to the joiner on site. now the happy owner of 3 or 4 coldframes once the weather clears up.. happy days,,,

[Poolfield2]

I love skips but have you ever looked in skips in other countries? I have looked and seen stuff I would love but you can't get the stuff home on a plane, that is really frustrating.

[ex-cavator]

I love skips but have you ever looked in skips in other countries? I have looked and seen stuff I would love but you can't get the stuff home on a plane, that is really frustrating.

Well, if there's enough timber in the skip you could always build a raft. Come to think of it, the skip would make a pretty good boat 

[Lindeggs]

There's a fantastic website somewhere with alternative uses for skips... a swimming pool, a garden... Really inspiring stuff.  And so much better than using it as a container to cart useful things off to the landfill!  

Edit: found the link!
http://www.dezeen.com/2008/07/21/skipwaste-by-oliver-bishop-young/#more-15547