I've just set up to be called in when they have abandoned apts.I come in and take the left items i want saving them trash space and dump fees.people always leave electric scrap items and other machines/appliances
I've just set up to be called in when they have abandoned apts.I come in and take the left items i want saving them trash space and dump fees.people always leave electric scrap items and other machines/appliances
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Being a plumber I spend lots of time on top of buildings. It may be difficult to get access but most commercial buildings and resturants have hvac units on the roof. When a hvac tech replaces the compressor or a large fan motor they leave the old parts on the roof. Older buildings are better.
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Being a plumber, don't you come across a lot of things anyway? Pipes, furnaces, etc?
There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer
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thanks, ill try that
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The Farm idea is money the only bad thing is a lot of times they don't want to get rid of anything because they "may need it some day" my family has a farm and i am slowly getting them to get rid of stuff some cars have been there for over 30 years i have about 6 cars, 4-5k pounds of metal fencing and a bulldozer to take in the bulldozer is posing some problems but all said and done it should be a decent haul so if you keep asking you can usually get them to agree, i have been working on another farm for a while now they finally let me take the 30 old batteries they had sitting out back the other day.
I checked with all the tech guys in town. They take their stuff to the scrap yard.
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I tried posting in the Wanted section and had a few flagged.
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what i do is ride around 4 wheeler trails looking for old junk cars and other metal stuff.. go back at night with my snowmobile trailer and pick it up and load it onto my big trailer and then pile er up! not stealing, i call it cleaning up the town! if it has weight, i pick it up, no matter what type of metal.
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How about getting a "bumper" winch? Do you have a pickup you can drive in part way and pull them out? Put the wheels on sheets of aluminum and they'll pull easier.
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My problem too. some are sunk in and there is no way my fourwheeler could pull them out. I was hoping to get some cutting torches and some oxy/acetylene but no cash right now. ill find a way to get them out someday somehow.. there is about 4 around my town i have my eye on
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Where I live, the schools will host a recycling day once a month on a saturday till noon. People can bring in their paper, plastic, cans, cardboard, etc and give it to the recycling company. If the schools are so big on recycling, maybe they would host another day for recycling of just bigger metal items, i.e appliances, if you have the transportation for them. Plus the kids at the schools offer up the free labor to do this...gives them a sense of helping the earth to be a better place. Might be something to look into.
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In the township I live in the twp has a recycling drop off at a local college near me 4 times a year but I doubt they would let me take anything. And they also have drop offs at the local twp building all year long.
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I was thinking about this thread and thought of a couple things that might help someone getting started. As has been pointed out several times, advertising on Craig's List gets flagged off a lot. But a couple years ago, I had good luck watching for people posting that they wanted to get rid of stuff - typically in the "FREE" section. A couple were people just wanting junk cleaned out of there yard, but wound up with a couple tons. Another was a couple who'd just bought a place. The previous owner repaired bicycles - I would up with an 18' trailer loaded down with bicycles.
Another place that worked well was a hospital. There was an associated Assisted Living complex next door. I would collect both monthly and usually get some wheelchairs, walkers etc. Got a couple hospital beds (very heavy and have HD motors). That was where I also got a street lamp I sold within a couple hours for $100 (probably could have gotten more but really just wanted a quick turn around).
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