Country Roads and Dry Creek Beds

Coming back from town today I decided to poke along through the country, on the old dirt route, remembering a rusty piece of an old tin horn stuck in a fence beside a dry creek. I stopped to pick it up. Just after taking off again, and crossing a place where the creek crossed under the road again, something caught my eye, so I backed up to see. It had been an old mattress someone threw in there, but beside it was this big screen TV.

Originally Posted by Bear

well, i tried to just delete the whole post, but it wouldn't do that either. Thanks though OTB

Are you wanting to get rid of it all??? let me know,,,

Back to your original post, Bear. Is nice to find something like that but it sure is disgusting that some people just toss things where ever they please like you pictured.

A couple of weeks ago I was checking a place where I usually find some wild plums and some loser had thrown 2 big old computer screens. I did the right thing and cleaned them up.

Originally Posted by Bear

Any idea what I can do with it?

There's no way I can lift it out of there, not sure how big the tube is, but the TV stands at least 4 foot tall.
Looks like it's assembled totally with star bits too

Says RCA there, but I didn't get a size or model number, year or nothing
Afraid to try and drag it out with a rope, probably bust the tube all over the place, not sure if I could even get it up into the truck. Any suggestions?

If your going to try and strip it, be careful as someone may think you are dumping it and turn you in, G L

Cmon Bear those take about 5 minutes to open up and strip.......Take a screwdriver, hammer, wire cutters, and ratchet set..........Anyways have fun and unless it's private property you'll be fine

No offense bear i lost a little respect for u on this one

well, 5 minutes is being a bit optimistic (and with my luck the whole county would decide to take that route the very minute I began tearing it down ; ) Don't worry Mike, I haven't forgot about it, and if I get the chance to go back that way before a big rain, I'll certainly give it some more consideration. I'm figuring more like an hour at least, to fully remove the innards (whatever all that may be, including amps, large speakers, possibly a vcr, among other available options), but like I said, I didn't get a model number. All I have are the photos, and in zooming the higher res, it is a lot of star bit screws on there to undo, and I'd be using a hand driver (my batteries no longer charge on my cordless, ohwell), and I'll not consider bringing it here, due to having picked up a little baby walker and some other odds beside it, and wheeling them around to the scrap heap I could smell nothing but a huge roach spray stench coming from it. Being as I can hardly tear it down in a timely fashion there, and have no real information or experience with that type machine, yep, I think it best just let that one lay, at least for now

Originally Posted by Bear

well, 5 minutes is being a bit optimistic (and with my luck the whole county would decide to take that route the very minute I began tearing it down ; ) Don't worry Mike, I haven't forgot about it, and if I get the chance to go back that way before a big rain, I'll certainly give it some more consideration. I'm figuring more like an hour at least, to fully remove the innards (whatever all that may be, including amps, large speakers, possibly a vcr, among other available options), but like I said, I didn't get a model number. All I have are the photos, and in zooming the higher res, it is a lot of star bit screws on there to undo, and I'd be using a hand driver (my batteries no longer charge on my cordless, ohwell), and I'll not consider bringing it here, due to having picked up a little baby walker and some other odds beside it, and wheeling them around to the scrap heap I could smell nothing but a huge roach spray stench coming from it. Being as I can hardly tear it down in a timely fashion there, and have no real information or experience with that type machine, yep, I think it best just let that one lay, at least for now

I hear ya bear......I used to have a company that would gve me these by the trailer load.........You still da man n my book (LOL)

Yeah that's what I was saying it wont take long........The top part is totally trash......All the goodies are in the base of the unit..........There is a steel plate with three copper yolks attatched to it.....Some low (mabye mid grade boards) and a lot of wiring........I would take a sledge with you as well ..........Work it from the back and you should be able to get it apart..........I use a sledge to knock the sides of it off.............There shouldn't be a large tube if I am seeing it right it's a projection tv which uses mirrors.....That whole top part is empty except for one large mirror which projects the image.........Being your first time it might take a minute but they are worth it.(To me at least)

I was hoping to gut it and leave the shell basically intact, i guess that's the long road ?

yeah, I been thinking it had a giant tube in it

You can but the easiest way is a sledge.......You can actually break it down into a nice little pile of wood....(LOL)..........We used to get them from a trash removal company and would just dump em in the back yard and start tearing them apart..........I say go for it!!!