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The equipment to properly recover the refrigerant will cost you over $1000 if bought new. In order to sell the recovered refrigerant, you need to be certified. Test is fairly easy. I took it thru a school in the eastern end of Massachusetts. $200 for the review material, a half day review in the class room and the test.Originally Posted by logansryche
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Matt,
As Scrappin said, the washer has a large concrete ring around the front door.
With regards to the AC, be very careful. It sounds like you didn't have all the equipment to recover the refrigerant. Saw no mention of a recovery unit to pull the required vacuum. Just a heads up, the fine for an intentional release of refrigerant is $37,500.
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Well fudgebubbles. I was told by a few locals that's all I would and gravity would do the rest and that if it didn't, I could turn the unit on and it would push it. Ben Weitsman also doesn't check to see wither or not the a/c has been depleted or not so I dunno how they'd handle that - I saw their claw crusher tear through it and the washer I brought them like it was nothing. Whole thing taught me I need a new truck bed and a tailgate lift for future endeavors.
That's info I probably could've needed before I went to go get it but it was my fault for assuming anything - I had assumed it was an older washer so it'd be more metal then anything, and I had assumed that it was older so it was lighter but then again, the lady never told me wither it was new or old so we were both at fault. Reguarding parts, I was just glad to get the darn thing to the yard because if it's weight - I didn't see any value in anything past the motor as it was all touch buttons. I was also thankful it didn't have that front door lock front loaders use to have.
That's not all to report however. I caught wind that my brother-in-law's cousin was being evicted and couldn't take a bunch of electronic stuff as he had no room in the place he was going so I went with my brother-in-law to see what was what and came back with two origional xboxes, some games, two gaming towers, a Sanyo CRT TV, a surround system w/dvd player and an entertainment center(which is currently still in the back of the truck).
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No such "declaration" forms here to sign when bringing scrap in. Many times I'm just fine living in a "fly over" state
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oh I know, it makes things interesting for me and those that read the thread ^.^
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Just a heads up I found my old business cards from vista print and have decided to use that name now for the name of my business. Have also been in talks with my old business partner in TX about getting back into scrapping(we started scrapping together then he left because his wife got pregnant, then pregnant again, then pregnant again lol. Such fun ^.^)
-Matt
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Was just passed this link to latest news on NuLife(especially for those of you in VA) Nulife Glass to bring 46 jobs, $7M investment to Bristol, Virginia - TriCities.com: News. We're also on twitter now. Just sayin.
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any games with those xboxes
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No, one of em didn't work so I tore it down for parts already and the cd drive sticks on the other one but works.
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Ha! I think I got Adam Weitsman curious about escrap. Not sure where it'll head though, but will update when I know.
Good luck Matt. Hope it works out for you.
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Thank you - I hope something comes out of it. He seemed really interested in the idea of processing it. I found the crt cutter I was talking about through alibaba and apparently a 60w co2 laser mounted with a fresnel lense is used to pinpoint a whole to vent the vacuum from a crt and that it's not hazardous so there's no need for a clean room or anything of that nature. This is all very exciting news ^.^
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If you manage to get a deal with Adam and Upstate Shredding, then congratulations. I have the utmost respect for that guy. He lost everything, did jail time and now has built the "East Coast's Largest Privately Owned Scrap Metal Company". Adam is expanding his business at warp speed. He is currently building his second shredder, with a 3rd planned for the Port of Albany. He recently installed a new non-ferrous separation system. He will be installing a Heavy Media separation system in Owego soon. He leased another port location in New Jersey and is buying or opening at least 6 scrap yards a year.
If an when he decides to enter the E-waste business, you will most likely be small potatoes to him (even if you get him started). I just hope that if he does enter the E-waste business that it doesn't affect the small guys (me) ability to work with local IT departments and other E-waste generators. As others here before me have said, "be careful what you teach your local yard. Sooner or later, they will no longer need you and then where will you be."
As an FYI, about a year ago, the yard manager at his Port of Albany location approached me about the sign on my truck and inquired about E-waste and specifically about CRTs. They apparently had a lot of people calling about them. Sounded like if I could have handled them, then I could have possibly worked something out. With all the changes in the last 18 months regarding CRTs, thank god I didn't bite on it. Disclaimer - I never spoke with Adam, just the yard manager at that time.
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Yeah I hear ya - they just recently bought up Roth Steel when they went out of business(fire on the property) and it's supposedly going to be turned into something residential to beautify that area of Syracuse because it's by Carousel Mall. But getting back to your point, I understand. To the best of my knowledge I'm the only one to approach or even talk to him directly about it so it might turn out to be a good thing. It might be wishful thinking but if it goes the way I think it might eventually go, I might have me a job.
-Matt
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Do some more research on them. He just recently started moving into the area of what he considers to be his 2 main competitors (metilico and PSC corp). Over the summer, he offered a $500 to $10,000 finders fees for anybody that helped him land an account from one of these two. Now he just became the largest shareholder of one of these 2. He owns more shares that the founder and CEO. It is only a matter of time before he takes over Metilico.
In regards to Roth, he offered to buy that for $10 million last year and they told him to stick it. He bought it at auction for $600,000
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yep he only got it at auction because Joan Roth told him where to put it. From what I understand Roth Steel was just barely staying together and the fire they had onsite was the final straw. I knew they just completed another yard in Oswego but it's supose to be a smaller one then their Solvay yard. I was also reading that he's suppose to be helping the owner of Carousel to make that entire area of Syracuse a resort area. He needs to go after Bodow, put those people in their place. Everything has a positive and negative.
-Matt
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The time has come to pass that it's time to junk the F150. The truck was great as it made it to TN and back overloaded and pulled a uhaul to boot. The thing died and then I just got back from court tonight over not having an inspection sticker(it expired when we were in TN, but Gradby didn't care about that - they just want to get paid). I suppose on the plus side I'll have a set of 4 tires with 98% tread life on em and my brother-in-laws S10. The hits just keep coming >.<
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Take out the rubber cup (on the tube) that's connected to the red wire from the flyback. Insert a straight edge screwdriver in the hole and give it a rap and it should go right on thru to release the vacuum.I found the crt cutter I was talking about through alibaba and apparently a 60w co2 laser mounted with a fresnel lense is used to pinpoint a whole to vent the vacuum from a crt
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Oh nice - better then $300+ for a C02 laser... now I need a cut off wheel, a compressor, and a shopvac to give NuLife a run for their money lol.
Last edited by logansryche; 02-05-2015 at 12:39 AM.
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Where is that video that someone (Sir - was that you) posted a while back with a guy banging his head on a fence?
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