What say you?
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What say you?
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John Terrell (248) 224-2188
Burly Guys Junk Removal LLC
5499 Perry Drive Unit P Waterford, MI 48329
http://www.burlyguys.com
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Yep...hard drives!
301-829-2329-tel
301-956-9352-cell
countrysiderecycle@verizon.net
http://www.countrysidecommunityrecycling.com
"It's better to be thought of as a fool then to speak and remove all doubt!"
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Where do I begin? Anything I can't make an additional 10$ an hour at BARE MINIMUM breaking down, I don't touch. I value my time. I'll remove a motor from something but that doesn't mean I'm automatically gonna break the motor down.
I used to think TVs were cool. Then I realized they end up being worth little more than steel weight, when you factor what you make vs how much they weigh.
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The most useless waste of time?
The first laser printer that I took the time to take everything apart. Interesting, but what a waste of time. Now, it's just pull the memory and a accessible cards, the cartridge and throw the rest inside of a fridge for shred. It isn't worth my time to go much further.
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Don't care for printers either^^ and even though I break regular washers and dryers down the stack-able apartment types can be a real PITA so sometimes I just grab wire and move on.
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesaler
Certified Zip-Tie Mechanic
"Give them enough so they can do something with it, but not too much that they won't do nothing."
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Now THIS is information I can USE! What NOT to break down! LOL!
Thornton Scrapper
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Boom boxes. not much inside of them. But sterio receivers are great
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3.5 foppy drives, unless they have the nice aluminum frame. Dish washers, the motor is a pita to get out and the bodies have a lot of plastic.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” John Wayne-- The Shootist
NEWBS READ THIS THREAD ABOUT REFINING!!!!
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Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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For dishwashers, I've found that if you remove the three or four screws on the motor and while it is on its side give a good swift stomp on it and it will break free.
New Guy
I'm just starting out but, so far squirrel fan from my heat pump. Took like two hours and got a whole $10. that was the first thing i ever scrapped even though it was only $10 the bug bit me now I'm looking for more stuff so I guess it was worth it after all.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
1. A Condensation Dryer looking for the motor, never again!!!!! and 2. A Teletype system - just some cable and the rest was shredder food.
metal Detect around the tree before you Pee.!!!
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I used to pass dishwashers for the pita of taking apart, then I got a 10lbs sledge and now they just fall apart. The only thing I dissect now is towers, everything else gets bashed.
Everything is useful it all ends up being $$
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I guess you have done the math on time spent vs the amount of money an item brings in. It's not all useful, some thing must never be broken down.Originally Posted by landmine
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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floor standing air purifier. tiny motor, a switch, a few wires, gobs of plastic fan blades, plastic housing, plastic plastic. I did one via unscrewing, and the screws were just endless, followed by prying and smashing. The second one I found went straight into a smash blanket and I wound up with a mountain of fragmented plastic that was sharp as glass. no more air purifiers!
they look like this
agree w/boomboxes too
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My yard takes those for shred.floor standing air purifier. tiny motor, a switch, a few wires, gobs of plastic fan blades, plastic housing, plastic plastic. I did one via unscrewing, and the screws were just endless, followed by prying and smashing. The second one I found went straight into a smash blanket and I wound up with a mountain of fragmented plastic that was sharp as glass. no more air purifiers!
they look like this
agree w/boomboxes too
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I once took apart a magnetron out of a microwave broke it all the way down. Thats fifteen mins i"ll never get back.
It finally came to me, one that was useless.
A projection TV,
Thornton Scrapper
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I will agree they take a bit of time to take apart, but they got those DLP chips in them. around $60+ a lb
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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I like them cause they have 3 copper yolks , Then you have the sizable portion with the yolks that often is AL on top or just a nice heavy piece ready for mix also the lenses are a handy item like a super powerful magnifier . Good boards and a few times i found short steel in case used as weight so TV is not top heavy
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But what I don't bother with are printers - But the cartridges have value at staples $2 each as store credit
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