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Ive done about 150 of them this week, but I still have a lot of work to go.
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Ive done about 150 of them this week, but I still have a lot of work to go.
How much time do you have invested into it so far?
Kinda reminds me of Hosses or my backyard,,, They do get real tiresome after awhile. The neat part is when your cleaning degaussing cables and watching the bare bright bucket start filling up.
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I am getting an army of CRT glass lined up to sell.
You found someone who buys CRT's?
Who do ya sell the glass to if you don't mind me asking? How many tubes do you need roughly to sell to them?
Joe it took us about 6 hours to pick up and unload.I have a full time cooking job, but after work I stop by for a few hours and play with them.Would say over 5 nights and part of a day off maybe 15 or so hours. I havent really been going at them to hard. Was hoping to take my time and not get annoyed with them and end up with some stitches.
End of Life Electronics Recycling company here in NC. They recover the lead from the glass.They have a crazy min of 4 or 5 tons, so I might be close by the time I get done with this load.
Do they buy them or do you pay to get rid of them?
why dont you break out the metal off the top and get the stainless steel out of them
Wowza, that is a lot of monitors!
When you start breaking the tubes, you are creating hazardous waste and the EPA can get involved, We have mentioned many times about NOT breaking the tubes. The tubes have lead and phosphor powder which are classified as hazardous waste!!!Quote:
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now i know why the auction got cancled i think its cool but still think there orta be a rule lol cudoes on the score
Hobo-My understanding of this End of Life Co is you call them and they will pick up any/all old electronics. Any that can be refurbished will be sold and the others are recycled/scrapped. When they resale or scrap your stuff they will credit you a portion of the $$off of the bill they give you for their services.They do have a charge of $2 for all crt monitors/tvs "because of the labor involved in break down".However they will buy the already broken down parts for a small amount.They had several different grades of glass and were paying up to $160 per ton.As you can imagine Ive been kinda busy this week,but will try to find the info on the glass man when I can.
joebob-I hope you werent the other guy bidding on that one with me.:)When I confirmed the pick-up time,he canceled the auction.They werent trying to make anything off them, they just needed them gone.But I dont understand what you think there should be a rule for/against?
trashhaulerbigd-When I first started playing with TVs I would break them apart for the tiny bit of stainless in the funnel and the steel "screen" inside.After getting two really nasty gashes on the broken glass,I decided it wasnt worth it anymore.(The second time I caught a big ole 6 incher down the inside of my wrist up my forearm,even with my gloves on.) Then a little while latter I stumbled on this forum and realized that I had been doing a couple bad/unsafe things.Now thanks to the free education I have gotten here I do a couple things differently.The time Ive spent reading old threads has paid off several times, Thanks Everyone.:D
yea i was bidding but its cool no harshe feelings we are all in it to win it lol but on ebay i think if its being bid the auction should run it course and on some of the OLD crt monitors check craigs list some guys around here are making fish tanks out of them lol i sold 3 for 50 bucks the other day but most i break down and scrap i dont have the yard space to keep stashing alot and my storage units are full of boards now i got contracts with a couple yards on boards so i tend to stay busy but honestly man good score glad someone is making money and not busting the tubes up i used to untill i figured out i might be giving myself lead poisoning lol
Well Joebob, If you were indeed a bidder it's not showing up on the closed auction. The post makes it clear that they are free and ready to move these things...why should serious people involved in this transaction wait around while you drag your feet. You were both on a level playing field and my hats off to Shoots for making it happen.
well since it went there yes i was a bidder but like i said to him congrats im not mad at anyone sooooooo anywho its of no importance like i said LOL did it in any way appear like i was *****ing if so sorry however i wasnt im simply shootin the bs i congradulated him on it if you read my entire post or reply youll see that but yea thats cool
2 weeks into this project and am doing pretty good.Before leaving tonight I took a good look at the pile of monitors that are left and am guessing only about 100-150 left(did about 300 already). I am thinking that if I hit them pretty hard this week I can be done by the first of the month. Then comes the fun part.....watching the copper buckets fill up.
On the advice of Miked(Thank you) I went looking for a 6" long extension bit and picked one up for $4. It is a little hard to handle at first,but that thing is really saving me some time. I am breaking these down so fast that its gettin hard to keep up with myself! I started with a dozen 50 gallon trash cans thinking they would be enough, but "I think we are gonna need a bigger boat".:D
looks like a heaven/hell scrap load! How do you strip the degausing cable?
He has a striper. I bought one just like his after we meet up and I got to see his. Here's the thread I started about the striper. This should help, Mike.
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showt...per?highlight=
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Do you have a buyer for your plastic?
I wish I could find a buyer close enough to make it worth it, but the closest place to me is about 175 miles away. I emailed them a few years back and they said I was to far away for them to pick up, and @ $40 per ton I cant even pay for gas one way. I can fit about 50 monitors worth of plastic in the Park Avenue,and I live less than a mile from the dump, so I just throw my plastic in their recycle bin on the way to work.
If interested I can get u top dollar on your low grade boards in Knoxville
Mikeinreco, thank you very much. None of the local yards will buy low grade boards for more than shred, so I spend LOTS of time removing all the goodies before I take them in. I would love to find somewhere else to sell them. I live on the beach, but my parents live near the Nc/Tn line. It might work out that I can bring a LOAD next time I visit them(if the $$ part is there). I will send you a PM tonight and see what we can figure out.