Over $2000.00 from one call

One night a guy from lowes called and asked if I could pick up a few loads of metal.it ended up being an entire tractor trailer filled with appliances and metal.it was so much stuff that I had to borrow my flatbed tow truck from work.i ended up getting three full truckloads that I brought right to the scrap yard cause I had no where to put it all.i also brought home 25 air conditioners that i broke down.i would of loved to been able to break all this stuff down cause i probably woulda made double.i still got over 1600 that day for the truckloads and another 500 a week later for the air conditioners.it was a good week.

Awesome. Are they going to call you for further loads later on?

the lowes management said they were switching recycling companies and needed it done right away.i don't think they will need help again.i did not drain any of the coolent out.ben Weisman of albany ny said they will handle removing the freon.

Oh shoot.i haven't been on here in a year or so and didn't know the rules on here of breaking items down without draining properly.the 3 flatbed loads of appliances with freon in them was taken care of by weitsman.i just did the ac's.thanks for letting me know.

Originally Posted by scrapmetalsteve

Oh shoot.i haven't been on here in a year or so and didn't know the rules on here of breaking items down without draining properly.the 3 flatbed loads of appliances with freon in them was taken care of by weitsman.i just did the ac's.thanks for letting me know.

Did you notice on the bottom of your Weitsman's receipt that when you signed it, you certified that you recovered all the refrigerant in accordance with section 608 of the clean air act!

Freon recovery doesn't need to be the talk of all posts, it's getting tiring and it's not needed

Originally Posted by DevinThaScrapper

Freon recovery doesn't need to be the talk of all posts, it's getting tiring and it's not needed

Devin,

Last time I checked, one of the goals of this forum was to provide new and old scrappers alike with valuable information and insight into the world of scrapping. Judging by how often questions come up about how to scrap an AC or Fridge, or people alluding to the fact that they cut the lines and let the **** fly, many people are unaware of the regulations, fines and most importantly what this does to the ozone. Older refrigerants are ozone depleting chemicals. According to the scientists, this contributes to global warming (still not sure if I believe it all that global warming stuff).
I'm sorry that you are getting bored with the "Freon" talk. Maybe you should suggest to the ADMIN that a sticky is developed that has all the information on Freon and all the other refrigerants out there. I'm sure with all the times that you've read about it, you'd be the perfect one to provide ADMIN with this information.

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

Agreed.....We all know what goes on just no need to talk about it on a public forum

Aren't you the one that brought it up in this thread?

Ok, yes this forum is to provide information but every thread posted with anything involving something containing freon people need to reply "I hope your recovering the freon right" and all this about freon. This is not needed, like people have said to me when I post things asking questions they refer me to past threads which explain stuff, he could easily do his research if he wanted to know what to do with the freon. I am sorry if you do not agree but I think its kind of repetitive and un-needed