Originally Posted by
ilyaz
Mick, thanks for all the suggestions. I live in a Maryland suburb near Washington DC, so it's a fairly densely populated area as you might imagine. I work in another suburb with lots of warehouse-type office buildings and wooded areas that all seem to be used for illegal dumping.
Do you know if it's worth dealing with old lawnmowers. Just the other day I saw two of them dumped near my office. I was told that sometimes they have some cast aluminum parts but are they worth being taken apart?
If it has an aluminum deck, I do. The other thing is the motor. You decide if it's worth taking the motor off and sell separately by calling and asking prices for "Light Iron" vs "Motor Blocks"
then decide if it's worth the time involved - I don't. I do, however, take old lawn mowers and throw them with Light Iron ($120 a ton) but I use an 18' trailer, so I'm hauling 1 to 2 tons at a time. The down side is they take up a lot of room. I "store" stuff on my lot till I've got a good load so there's at least two factors you don't want/have (ability to transport a lot at one time and a place to store stuff). Just hauling one or two lawn mowers by themselves wouldn't be profitable.
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