Red Cab

This is a red Ford pick-up from the eighties. It has a bunch of junk in the back, so it must belong to a scavenger.

Scrap metal collectors ply the alleys and streets of Chicago. They stack all sorts of cumbersome bulk garbage in the beds of their dilapidated pick-up trucks.


It’s really amazing how well they can pile up the refuse. No matter how precarious their loads become, I have never seen one spill into the street. These guys know what they are doing. Perhaps they should hold some sort of competition.

While somewhat unsightly, they seem to have become a part of the urban fabric of the last 5 years or so. They do provide a good service.