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    Question about vacuum cleaners HELP!

    I have about 10 of them are they worth breaking down or just clip to cord?



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    Vacuums do have motors inside of them if thats any help...

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    Ok thank you, electric motors are going for 18 cents per pound at the local yard. I have around 10-15 motors from various things, microwaves, heaters, ect...

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    Good to store them till you have enough to sell and profit

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    The motor they have in them probaly weights about 3lbs so yea there worth breaking open and getting the motor and a lil bit of wire thats inside
    Get outtta here you scrapper

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    I did one about a week ago. The motor and the looooooong cord about all that's worth it. But it's really easy to get at both. I unscrewed it all to see what was inside, so took about 30 mins total. But clip the cord, break the base (where the motor is) with a sledge, and bing-bang-boom...done in no time flat!

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    Thats exactley how its done

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    I heard they suck!...lol

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    Not to hijack the thread, but will the yard take the rest of the vacuum as mixed metal or is there too much plastic?
    There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer

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    The one I did was almost entirely plastic. Very little metal at all except for the cords, the motor, and the wheels. Almost all the rest was plastic. Thankfully, there's a plastic recycling center that just got approval to build a new plant not more than 2 miles from my house. Looking forward to that!

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    I cut the cord then sell the whole thing to my yard as mixed metal. They buy them, and I'm pretty sure I get more money then if I were to break them apart for the motor.

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    I don't mess with too many vacuums. Usually just clip the cord, unless it's an older vac made with a lot more metals than plastic.

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    I've scrapped one vacuum so far. I stuffed a dishwasher with the plastics. I figure it's all going to a shredder and getting separated anyways.

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    I just did 8 vacuums/carpet cleaners two days ago. Like someone else said use a sledge hammer.....it took about ten minutes for me to do all 8 and cut the cords. Over 24 pounds of motors isn't bad for ten easy minutes. The only thing that sucks is the clean up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hypoman View Post
    I just did 8 vacuums/carpet cleaners two days ago. Like someone else said use a sledge hammer.....it took about ten minutes for me to do all 8 and cut the cords. Over 24 pounds of motors isn't bad for ten easy minutes. The only thing that sucks is the clean up
    Save a vacuum, use it to clean up, then break it with the next batch. :-D

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    clip the cord and pull the motor. the rest goes back in the trash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saroro View Post
    The one I did was almost entirely plastic. Very little metal at all except for the cords, the motor, and the wheels. Almost all the rest was plastic. Thankfully, there's a plastic recycling center that just got approval to build a new plant not more than 2 miles from my house. Looking forward to that!
    Hey, I am right down 17 in Jamestown. I cover Chautauqua the best I can. Will this plastic recycling place pay you for the plastic?

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    I have given up on vacuum cleaner motors. The new housings are made out of some kind kryptonite embedded plastic, a sledgehammer just bounces off them. I just clip the cord and leave them in the trash where I find them. They all smell like cat pee and have fleas or roaches in them anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WeWillPrevail View Post
    Hey, I am right down 17 in Jamestown. I cover Chautauqua the best I can. Will this plastic recycling place pay you for the plastic?
    I'm about 95% sure they will. But You may need to get a ton or two to make it worth while if at all. Historically, plastic goes for very little. Like $80 a ton or something like that. It may not be worth your gas in driving from Jamestown. For me, it's not even 2 miles away, and on my way to work anyway. I know he is willing to pay, because he contracts he has to meet every year.
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