Glass, glass, glass!

As most of yall know i'm a big tv/monitor recycler. Today i finally got too move out the tons upon tons of glass i have. Unfortunately didnt get it all, but a good chunk. At the end of the day, with the help of a buddy, i moved out just over 9 tons of glass. TONS. All properly recycled, not just "smashed up".

Anyway. I'm looking for a better way to deal with this glass. Tomorrow i'll be reaching out to the State to see if i can find someone CLOSE to me that will take these CRT's and be happy. Other than driving 40 miles round trip.

I've included some pictures, just because it's fun :)

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^^^ 2 of my bins provided by a local scrap yard. Each contain around 100 tubes. About 2000 pounds each, roughly.

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^^^ About 200 tubes (roughly) in the front of the picture. Behind the first pile, are another 2 bins provided by a local yard, filed with misc. tin from the breakdown of tv's/monitors. About 1600 pounds there of tin. The little white trailor is also full of tubes, about 80 i believe. And behind that, you can't really see it but theirs about a 20ft x 15ft section of 2-3 high tubes. Around 250 tubes.

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^^^ That's 1, of 6 big piles of low grade, not broken down yet. My employee can bust out about 60 tv's of any size, every 8 hours. I'm in charge of the breakdown of lowgrade, and the cones.

What's not shown: My cones, gaylord of unstripped degaussing cable, and my gaylords of lowgrade. I didnt want to put those on here, too many prying eyes that would risk breaking into the shop. I have roughly, 400 un broken down cones, thousands of degaussing cables, and at last count 11 full gaylords of low grade. Low grades getting sold tomorrow, just too clear out space.

Anyway, just wanted to show yall what i was dealing with. I know i've talked on here about having tons of glass, so i decided to put my pics where my mouth was! haha. Hope yall enjoyed.

Hot dang. How many trips does it take to clear out 9 tons?

If you could find a used 40 yard roll off that might be the way to go. Unless you figure out something with the state.

Good luck.

Btw I might have to work for you!

WOW, I'll even say it backwards, WOW! and I thought my backyard was bad, it don't even make a dent in what you got. I see you finally graduated up from breaking them down to the circuit boards, I'm glad to see that you at least got to move the glass to someone else's yard, let them deal with the hassle of breakdown.

We pulled off 8 runs today! Pretty dang heavy each time. Never used my truck. Ole betsy can't handle that much weight, that often. The rolloff idea sounds great....but what am i gonna move it with? lol.

And that'd be great! I can only afford $5 an hour right now, LOL. Sad thing is i aint kiddin.

Mech, LOL. Yeah, i break the board down, break everything that i possibly can down. Maximize profits.

And we truck the glass to a glass recycler. I like doing it, it's just a PITA getting it there.

Oh, and that 9 tons STILL didnt clear me out. I still have about 200 tubes left too move. Ridiculous.

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We pulled off 8 runs today! Pretty dang heavy each time. Never used my truck. Ole betsy can't handle that much weight, that often. The rolloff idea sounds great....but what am i gonna move it with? lol.

And that'd be great! I can only afford $5 an hour right now, LOL. Sad thing is i aint kiddin.

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Hire someone that can pick up a 40 yard. Allied, Pacific, whoever. Wouldn't think they would charge much more than the time/fuel it takes to do 8 runs or more.

I wouldn't expect payment. Was thinking trading out some scrap or something. I might stop by later in the week and we can shoot the chit then. I'll give you a heads up if I do.

Hoss,

What kind of price are you paying to get rid of the screens.

Sounds good man. So you know, pops goes into surgery for REAL this time (i hope) on Friday. So i wont be in then. Just call/text me anytime man.

Escrap, i'm not paying too much. Why?

I was just wondering what kind of price it was costing you. When we broke down screens we were having to pay 180/ton for those screens, plus shipping. Are you paying by a per lb basis

10-4. Hope everything works out for your dad.

Appreciate it man. And WTF is with this snow all of a sudden?! I can see i aint makin any glass runs now.

What?...goes and looks...




sonofa...yep it's snowing. I don't like this.

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Sounds good man. So you know, pops goes into surgery for REAL this time (i hope) on Friday. So i wont be in then. Just call/text me anytime man.

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prayers for you and your Dad .

Me too, Hoss. Your Dad will be in my prayers....you too...especially on FRi and afterward for a quick recovery.

I see the silver looking braeded copper wire still on the tubes in the first pitcher. Take it off, put it in #2 copper.

Yep, that's a plated copper wire braid.

Praying for your dad Hoss. Hope all goes well and a speedy recovery!

Yeah that plated copper aint worth it. I took that braid off 500 TV's/monitors, then snipped all the little **** metal bits off. Turned it in, less than 5 pounds of copper. Not worth it one bit. Spent hundreds of hours cutting those little tin crimps off. I leave them on now. Simply isnt worth it.

Appreciate the thoughts. Should be a simple surgery. But last time he went in (over a year ago) for the same kind of surgery, his heart stopped twice. So we're hopin' for the best.

I dont want to get too much into how much i pay to dispose of the tubes. Just say a truck/trailer load costs around $20.

My yard took it as #2 and I didn't have to snip a thing, and that price for the tubes is very reasonable.

Fair enough. Yeah i tried to take it in like that, they got all pissy. Told me i had to cut all the little bits off. Reckon i could get dirty price just as is. I'll try it dirty and see how much i get. Hell maybe it'll add up.

Wow that is a great price. Is this a certified glass recycling center then? That is honestly the cheapest price I have ever heard.

It's free. My dump takes them for free. They have a special section where you drop them off at. They then pallet them up, and another company trucks them out. It costs me about $20 in gas to get there and back.

And yes, it is a certified glass recycler. I believe it is URT. Could be mistaken. But it's state funded so it is legit.

Yeah Universal Recycling Technologies is what the acronym stands for. They are a pretty big player in the glass game so it would not surprise me. We use to sell our whole screens to them but we have since switched to another recycler. At the current time we are getting reimbursed for monitors due to this new law here in Illinois. Not making a lot off of them, but heck those 2 dollar bills add up when you send out 900-1000 every two weeks.

Hmm. Is that ONLY a 1 state law? Or is it something the feds passed down and states chose on? Because if i could actually get paid for these things...

Hoss,

Illinois requires manufactures to pay for the proper disposal of all electronics. So we collect the material, like monitors and Tv's and they pay to have it recycled. Also Illinois has a landfill band on all electronics and it is illegal to throw them into the trash, so if you get caught you can get a 25-50 dollar fine. It is a state law, and I know other states have legislation on ewaste but I don't know how many states require manufactures to pay the disposal of the glass.

So I am watching with interest all this talk about monitors. I haven't broken any down because I have heard you can get electrocuted doing so. Is there a way to do it safely?

use insulated tools and a grounding strap on your wrist.

I think there is a utube vidieo on it.

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So I am watching with interest all this talk about monitors. I haven't broken any down because I have heard you can get electrocuted doing so. Is there a way to do it safely?

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I think we pretty well covered it in this thread, just keep reading as it's kinda long. Kinda humorous, Sorry Hoss! You know how a singer gets money every time their song is played, I wonder if it would work like that here? Hoss would be rich,,, lol. http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showt...highlight=hoss

Freakin MECH.

Lol i swear, if somehow we ever met, yer buyin me a **** beer.

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Freakin MECH.
Lol i swear, if somehow we ever met, yer buyin me a **** beer.

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It would be my pleasure sir,,,, In the meantime,,
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