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Kiwiman
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 07/29/2010 : 13:05:17
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Hi i just realized how many things people are giving away for free on craigslist, in my area there are 5 free humidifiers, 10 free dishwashers, a free safe, free air conditioners, free trees, free washing machines, 3 free organs (the music type) is any of this worth scrapping?
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 13:31:17
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| AC units are very good for scrapping. Anything with an electric motor will usually have some copper and or cords. |
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rambo_k9
Penny Pincher Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 13:59:40
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| I've been drooling over the Free Craigslist stuff in my area but have been too damn busy to do anything about it...UGH!!! |
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Kiwiman
Penny Pincher Member
225 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 14:33:43
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| would the dryers be worth it to just pick up and haul straight to a place to scrap? |
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wayne1956
Penny Pincher Member
177 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 15:20:44
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Originally posted by Kiwiman
would the dryers be worth it to just pick up and haul straight to a place to scrap?
If you are only taking one then you very well might end up spending more in fuel than you would get. I wait until I have several before I do, and that is after I remove the wiring harness. |
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wayne1956
Penny Pincher Member
177 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 15:24:01
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Originally posted by Kiwiman
Hi i just realized how many things people are giving away for free on craigslist, in my area there are 5 free humidifiers, 10 free dishwashers, a free safe, free air conditioners, free trees, free washing machines, 3 free organs (the music type) is any of this worth scrapping?
Most any large appliance is worth scrapping. The only one that the yard I take my stuff to will not take is dishwashers, as too much of the content in those is plastic. My favorite is AC units, either windor or central. Mainly due to the copper tubing and the aluminum/copper cooler. I routinely look in the free section of craigslist, and even have an ad in the services section saying I will haul off appliances for free. I have gotten a couple of decent hits off of this ad, and there is no charge for it. |
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rambo_k9
Penny Pincher Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 19:50:07
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| In reference to aluminum copper cooler, do you seperate the copper from that or just take it all at once. I've been hacking the snot out of an Al.Co cooler to get the copper tubing and separating it. I want to get all the copper I can. How much of a difference if you leave it intact? |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 22:14:11
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wayne1956
Penny Pincher Member
177 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2010 : 07:39:31
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Originally posted by rambo_k9
In reference to aluminum copper cooler, do you seperate the copper from that or just take it all at once. I've been hacking the snot out of an Al.Co cooler to get the copper tubing and separating it. I want to get all the copper I can. How much of a difference if you leave it intact?
The vast majority of the people leave the copper and aluminum together. If you were able to weight the copper and aluminum separately and add up the price, then compare that to what you get for it together, it would pretty much average out. It is definitely not worth trying to separate. |
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rambo_k9
Penny Pincher Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2010 : 13:25:36
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Originally posted by wayne1956
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Originally posted by rambo_k9
In reference to aluminum copper cooler, do you seperate the copper from that or just take it all at once. I've been hacking the snot out of an Al.Co cooler to get the copper tubing and separating it. I want to get all the copper I can. How much of a difference if you leave it intact?
The vast majority of the people leave the copper and aluminum together. If you were able to weight the copper and aluminum separately and add up the price, then compare that to what you get for it together, it would pretty much average out. It is definitely not worth trying to separate.
Okay  I'll stop doing it now....lol |
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hobo finds
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2010 : 17:36:38
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rambo_k9
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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