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.

BAAAAAM!!!! Nice!

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

I know the question looming on everyone's mind is did you evacuate the "FREON", "REFRIGERANT", "COOLANT" Or whatever the Heck you wanna call it......LOL

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I know the question looming on everyone's mind is did you evacuate the "FREON", "REFRIGERANT", "COOLANT" Or whatever the Heck you wanna call it......LOL

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Isn't that stuff just water???





Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Horace

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.

Just wandering because you said you broke them down......Not really my biz but the forum standards are that everything is recycled properly and don't wanna see you get FLAMED

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.

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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.

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No worries just a little FYI..........People have been banned for talking about stealing, or doing things they shouldn't do didn't want to see that happen to you

NICE! Those calls are RARE keep that number and stay connected!!

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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.

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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!

Nice haul!

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

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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!

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And last time I went in there with a freezer, I had to sign another, separate slip that said if there was still Freon in it, they would recover it and charge me $15 per item! Yikes!

But the next time I went, I had a big-azz fridge and nobody said a word…so I dunno

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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I did as a continuation of a joke from another thread........I realize it is no joking matter but if you are not going to do the right thing just keep it to yourself (My opinion which means nothing)........I hope you all are well and everything is GOOD

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

My yard doesn't charge me for refrigerant recovery because I am one of their top customers.:winner:

the few yards I use in the albany ny area don't care if the item has freon in it or not.

They may not "care" now, but they will when the EPA shows up

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the few yards I use in the albany ny area don't care if the item has freon in it or not.

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You specifically mentioned Wietsmans. I know for a fact that when I was there in June, the bottom of the slip still had a statement about recovery.

Seriously doubt Adam is going to risk the empire that he is building.

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You specifically mentioned Wietsmans. I know for a fact that when I was there in June, the bottom of the slip still had a statement about recovery.

Seriously doubt Adam is going to risk the empire that he is building.

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And that’s the yard where I had to fill out and sign the agreement about Freon recovery. I saw their new compressor my the metal shop too

Yea its actually been a while since I brought an item to weitsman with freon in it so they might be strickter now.i usually go to a place called Kelman in cohoes ny and they don't care at all if stuff still has freon in it.

I've never heard of EPA showing up at a yard for appliances...just sayin

They actually did at one yard I go to.........For several years they didn't care if Freon was removed or not.......Went last week and they took my fridge but said from now on it had to be evacuated........They were inspected by someone (NOT SURE IF IT WAS EPA)

well I guess everything I usually bring to scrap yards is broken down anyway so they usually don't say anything.maybe they just let me go that one day cause I had so much stuff.

I have yet to go to Kelman's for anything but I may make a trip soon...how are their prices?

I like kelmans.their prices are pretty good.kelmans prices are right around the same as weitsman and they aren't too picky.for example there is a big yard down the street from Kelman called freedman and they don't take any chain link fence.