Country Roads and Dry Creek Beds

Coming back from town today I decided to poke along through the country, on the old dirt route, remembering a rusty piece of an old tin horn stuck in a fence beside a dry creek. I stopped to pick it up. Just after taking off again, and crossing a place where the creek crossed under the road again, something caught my eye, so I backed up to see. It had been an old mattress someone threw in there, but beside it was this big screen TV.
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well, i tried to just delete the whole post, but it wouldn't do that either. Thanks though OTB :)

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Originally Posted by Bear

well, i tried to just delete the whole post, but it wouldn't do that either. Thanks though OTB :)

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Are you wanting to get rid of it all??? let me know,,,

Thanks Mech, I tried to delete it earlier, but since OTB told me what was going on I went back and tried to fix it again, took the space out of the links but still don't see the photos on my post there

Back to your original post, Bear. Is nice to find something like that but it sure is disgusting that some people just toss things where ever they please like you pictured.

A couple of weeks ago I was checking a place where I usually find some wild plums and some loser had thrown 2 big old computer screens. I did the right thing and cleaned them up.

For sure Rusty, no way I can lift that thing, not sure how hard it would be to get the circuit boards out of it, i think they're the most toxic. I usually just throw most of it into shred anyway, so it isn't worth anything monetarily, kinda wonder how hard it would be to get the boards out of it anyway. I can see from one of the photos it's an old RCA, but I've never messed with such a large one as that

Any idea what I can do with it?
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There's no way I can lift it out of there, not sure how big the tube is, but the TV stands at least 4 foot tall.
Looks like it's assembled totally with star bits too
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Says RCA there, but I didn't get a size or model number, year or nothing
Afraid to try and drag it out with a rope, probably bust the tube all over the place, not sure if I could even get it up into the truck. Any suggestions?

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Any idea what I can do with it?
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There's no way I can lift it out of there, not sure how big the tube is, but the TV stands at least 4 foot tall.
Looks like it's assembled totally with star bits too
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Says RCA there, but I didn't get a size or model number, year or nothing
Afraid to try and drag it out with a rope, probably bust the tube all over the place, not sure if I could even get it up into the truck. Any suggestions?

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If your going to try and strip it, be careful as someone may think you are dumping it and turn you in, G L

Cmon Bear those take about 5 minutes to open up and strip.......Take a screwdriver, hammer, wire cutters, and ratchet set..........Anyways have fun and unless it's private property you'll be fine

Too bad I didn't get a shot of the label so I could look it up. Haven't found anything on it, only a few photos of similar ones that aren't any real help in finding a model to search for. Thinking I'm just gonna let it be, one good gully washer and it'll be gone to the ages.

No offense bear i lost a little respect for u on this one

well, 5 minutes is being a bit optimistic (and with my luck the whole county would decide to take that route the very minute I began tearing it down ; ) Don't worry Mike, I haven't forgot about it, and if I get the chance to go back that way before a big rain, I'll certainly give it some more consideration. I'm figuring more like an hour at least, to fully remove the innards (whatever all that may be, including amps, large speakers, possibly a vcr, among other available options), but like I said, I didn't get a model number. All I have are the photos, and in zooming the higher res, it is a lot of star bit screws on there to undo, and I'd be using a hand driver (my batteries no longer charge on my cordless, ohwell), and I'll not consider bringing it here, due to having picked up a little baby walker and some other odds beside it, and wheeling them around to the scrap heap I could smell nothing but a huge roach spray stench coming from it. Being as I can hardly tear it down in a timely fashion there, and have no real information or experience with that type machine, yep, I think it best just let that one lay, at least for now

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well, 5 minutes is being a bit optimistic (and with my luck the whole county would decide to take that route the very minute I began tearing it down ; ) Don't worry Mike, I haven't forgot about it, and if I get the chance to go back that way before a big rain, I'll certainly give it some more consideration. I'm figuring more like an hour at least, to fully remove the innards (whatever all that may be, including amps, large speakers, possibly a vcr, among other available options), but like I said, I didn't get a model number. All I have are the photos, and in zooming the higher res, it is a lot of star bit screws on there to undo, and I'd be using a hand driver (my batteries no longer charge on my cordless, ohwell), and I'll not consider bringing it here, due to having picked up a little baby walker and some other odds beside it, and wheeling them around to the scrap heap I could smell nothing but a huge roach spray stench coming from it. Being as I can hardly tear it down in a timely fashion there, and have no real information or experience with that type machine, yep, I think it best just let that one lay, at least for now

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I hear ya bear......I used to have a company that would gve me these by the trailer load.........You still da man n my book (LOL)

cool, I been hoping for someone with some actual experience on these to tell me about em. Like what's inside, how does it come apart, is the bottom unit separate or does the whole back cover come off at once? If I turned it onto its face to fully access the back, would I be covering up needed access on the front? Man, I've searched the internet most of today, mostly about this particular box, and have found Ziltch! Lots of ehow and fixya results, but I don't mess with those (I think they must be buying those slots anyway) but I did attempt another seldom messed with link to tomshardware with no info there. If I could successfully strip that thing without being there all day, at least the only thing left then would be a sealed tube and the shell. I'm not even sure Goodwill will want that, but might call them. Believe me man, I'd like to get it out of there, but first I need some info from somewhere about what I'm facing, and can i finish it, before I even start

Yeah that's what I was saying it wont take long........The top part is totally trash......All the goodies are in the base of the unit..........There is a steel plate with three copper yolks attatched to it.....Some low (mabye mid grade boards) and a lot of wiring........I would take a sledge with you as well ..........Work it from the back and you should be able to get it apart..........I use a sledge to knock the sides of it off.............There shouldn't be a large tube if I am seeing it right it's a projection tv which uses mirrors.....That whole top part is empty except for one large mirror which projects the image.........Being your first time it might take a minute but they are worth it.(To me at least)

I was hoping to gut it and leave the shell basically intact, i guess that's the long road ?

yeah, I been thinking it had a giant tube in it

You can but the easiest way is a sledge.......You can actually break it down into a nice little pile of wood....(LOL)..........We used to get them from a trash removal company and would just dump em in the back yard and start tearing them apart..........I say go for it!!!

looks like it's all plastic to me ; )

the top is plastic.....the bottom is amost always wood

Look very similar to a projection screen tv I had a couple months back. Heavy bugger and a true pain in the ass to lift into my van.

I am with mike on this one. a sledge, wire cutters, socket set and a few screw drivers and you are in business. Normally there are 4 or 5 big aluminum heat sinks inside plus the mid grade boards and wiring. the small yokes in it contain very small amounts of copper, still i would take them. also, watch how you take the lenses apart, they contain some type of oil. I do not know if it is hazardous or not, but it surely makes a mess.
I wish you the best of luck Bear.

Happy Scrapping

All low grade boards in those.. local guy scraps tvs.. just sells the copper, aluminum, glass... burns the plastic and other junk off( dont like the fact that he burns the plastic off but you cant tell a redneck anything)

It's not my problem now, it's in the counties hands, and their responsibility. If I went down there and touched it, then it would become mine, and in lieu of a knowledgeable way to dismantle it and remove what toxins are there, leaving the shell intact, I'll just have to pass, and let them take care of their own business

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That whole top part is empty except for one large mirror which projects the image

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I just got done tearing one up, and once you figure out which screws do what on the base, then three little 'modules' will slide right out for leisurely stripping at home. And the brackets holding the big mirror in the top half were some pretty heavy duty aluminum... probably a pound apiece.

Knowing what I just learned, I could probably have one apart, stripped of all I'd take, and buttoned back up for easy trash haul-off in under 10 minutes. That said, I don't know if I'd haul one home again..... I have ho idea where I'm going to throw away the carcass. I'll strip them where I find them, and button them back up from now on.

I haven't been down that road lately, but the last time there was a dishwasher(plastic of course) beside it. Since getting my cordless drill batteries rejuvenated, I might go give it another look

It'll have to be after I get caught up on some other stuff though

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Says RCA there, but I didn't get a size or model number, year or nothing
Afraid to try and drag it out with a rope, probably bust the tube all over the place, not sure if I could even get it up into the truck. Any suggestions?

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Be gentle with me.

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I have ho idea where I'm going to throw away the carcass.

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I normally take the empty top half off and take the bottom half, only because it is mostly wood waste, and that can be burned in the bonfire.