I not surprised what people throws away any more after doing scrap metal pickups for ten years. Some very nice is just thrown out in those roadside trash piles. Sometimes it is brand new still in the original packaging.
That is how I actually learned my 2 cycle repairs by repairing those throwaways. Sometimes it took a while to find enough donors to get one complete unit as people got the strange habit of removing a part so no else can repair a piece of equipment that they didn't want any more. The can't stand it that someone got something off them for no money attitude.
My customers have learn that I can repair those of the handhelds so I see more of them in my shop than what I once found. I just in one that someone tried repairing and they didn't have a clue what to do. Finally gave up, brought to me, and I just finish it up late Saturday. Reworked the carb and replaced the primer; runs like new. Hopefully he still got the air cleaner and filter.
The old saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure." can be true.
