Something odd about appliances

**Arkansaw** · 11-19-2012, 09:35 PM

Well a lot of folks will replace most of those items on the list DIY. fairly simple unplug the old roll in the new. while hot water heaters, a lot of folks might not be comfortable dealing with the electric or the gas lines. and the plumber or electrician probably hauls them off. I have also saw several of the bigger box stores offering to remove the old ones,when they install the new ones.

**happyisthealero** · 11-19-2012, 10:46 PM

This year alone:

I didn't see fridges at all over the summer and now I get one or two a week, must be that time of year.

I got 3 hot water heaters

Probably 7 dryers 3 washers

8-10 dish washers

30-50 microwaves and counting

I just picked up an air compressor dont know what to do with it really, was thinking about reusing the tank

vaccums 50-100

copper pipe curbside maybe 10lbs for plumbing refrigerators water intake I'm guessing

30-50 Fans

TV's 50-75

I went to pick up a fridge and dryer and some computers today the lady told me that the local power company buys them for 50$ kinda sucks she wouldn't let me have it

**Copper Head** · 11-20-2012, 10:44 AM

I feel people count on scrappers to remove items , They know we are out there and get a kick out of how fast items are gone
as to why so many fridges one can't figure that but What ever you find in abundance can often just be a unique windfall that might last a year or two , consider how long a fridge can last go back to that date and maybe a huge appliance tent sale went on & now there all conking out after 15 years or so or less.

**ggariepy** · 11-20-2012, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

Maybe the hot water heaters are being hauled away by the repairman? They aren't hard to replace but people are lazy so in comes the repairman.

I don't think they're as easy as you say. Most people don't know which end of a screwdriver does the work, let alone are prepared to take on sweating pipe. Plus the darn things are heavy, so if they don't have the right kind of cart, they're not gonna try to haul one out of a basement on their own. It isn't laziness, it's knowing your limitations. For most people, those limitations stop well short of a major plumbing repair like swapping out a hot water heater.

Remember, we scrappers are an unusual lot. Most of us have WAY more experience taking stuff apart than the average person. We know how to use tools, and probably have many more than the average person does. And we may not be any stronger than average, but we have way more experience wrasslin' heavy stuff and know how to do it without getting hurt (hopefully...)

Personally, what I tend to find are washers and dryers. Only found a couple of hot water heaters in the years I've been curb shopping. I think that hauling the old one away is part of the service a plumber typically offers. Fridges, eh, not too often unless they're the small ones, and I tend to leave those alone since I don't have the refrigerant recovery equipment, don't want to get involved with it, and sure don't need the $10K fine!