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Post by dailystruggle on Jun 7, 2010 12:35:17 GMT -5
The neighbors in our little apartment moved out over a year ago, but they left some large items in the back yard. Specifically, old moldy huge plastic lawn chairs, a rusty girl's bike, a broken lawn mower, and a rusty grill. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to get rid of this stuff. I live in a tiny town and the trash people said that they couldn't take this stuff. There's no recycle place near where I am that I know of, and even if there was, I have no vehicle to haul it off. The landlord should take care of it, and we've told him about it, but it's been over a year, and I'm sick of looking at it. Any ideas would be appreciated.
DS
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Post by sleepymom on Jun 7, 2010 13:45:04 GMT -5
This may not work if your town is really tiny, but in my small city, we have people drive through the alleys looking for anything metal they can turn in for cash. Even those lawn chairs may have aluminum frames. Anytime I have something like that, I set it out by my trash cans and it`s usually gone within a few days. If you have a freecycle, or craigslist, anywhere you can post a "free" ad, you will probably have someone interested in the mower, at least.
Otherwise, you could call your trash pick up company and ask if they would pick them up, for an extra fee, or see what the fee would be to take them to the dump yourself, if you could borrow a vehicle. Anything that costs you money, give the reciept to your landlord and ask him to take it off your rent- probably not a good idea to deduct it yourself unless he gives you permission.
Good luck!
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Post by AnnieOkie on Jun 7, 2010 14:41:17 GMT -5
Can you afford to hire someone to come haul it all off? You could post an ad on Craigslist or even look in their services area for people advertisting to do haul-offs.
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Post by slothzilla on Jun 7, 2010 14:58:54 GMT -5
Can you afford to hire someone to come haul it all off? You could post an ad on Craigslist or even look in their services area for people advertisting to do haul-offs. I was wondering about that too. There is a service called 'Got junk?' which will haul things off for you. I looked into them once though and they are a bit pricey - I'd get an estimate from them (or a similar company), and pass it on to the landlord. If he doesn't hire them, maybe it will at least motivate him to get rid of the junk himself. |
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Post by StuffNoMore on Jun 7, 2010 16:52:54 GMT -5
I used 1-800-got junk for my garage this year and it cost me $1200! I won't use them again, that's for sure.  SNM |
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Post by dailystruggle on Jun 7, 2010 17:25:22 GMT -5
I went online and got junk doesn't serve my area. I'm posting on craigslist.
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Post by dailystruggle on Jun 21, 2010 12:06:57 GMT -5
Just an update. I called the trash people and talked to someone higher up than the lady that I'd talked to before because I was looking at my trash bill because I have that kind of time on my hands, and in small print is says what they can take. They took the lawn chairs today along with eight bags of trash that I put out this morning. I'm so happy! With just the chairs gone, it looks so much better. They told me where a metal scrapyard was so that I could get rid of the rest of the stuff, and the old fridge, washer, and dryer in my kitchen. Now if we can get them out and get a truck to take all the stuff to the scrapyard...
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Post by messymimi on Jun 21, 2010 14:42:43 GMT -5
Just for future reference, if you ever face something similar, sometimes you can just disassemble or break things into pieces, put them in trash bags or contractor bags, and toss with the regular garbage. Someone once got rid of a whole bunch of old, rusted, irreparable and unusable car parts that way, over the course of about half a year. A few pieces went with each trash collection.
messymimi
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Post by eagle on Jun 21, 2010 15:46:45 GMT -5
Is it possible to rent a vehicle for a day? I had a friend who lived in San Francisco who didn't own a car, but would periodically rent a pick-up truck when he wanted or needed one. A station wagon or SVU might work, too. But a pick-up truck might be best. Then you can haul that stuff to the scrapyard.
But I was wondering if you can't just put it out front with a "Free" sign on it and see if anyone takes it. Then perhaps you can call the landlord and tell him that all the stuff is out front and ask if he would please call someone to haul it away as you can't afford to do it yourself & afterall you did all the hard work by moving it to the street. Maybe he won't want to deal with a citation from the city for having junk out in front of his property.
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Post by seekingpeace on Jun 21, 2010 16:31:31 GMT -5
so glad they took the lawn chairs! I'd try freecycle and craigslist. People here - New Hampshire - are always advertising for scrap metal. I'll bet they'd even take the old appliances for you,too. Good luck!
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Post by Peach on Jun 21, 2010 18:53:32 GMT -5
In regard to the rusty grill, you don't say but does it have a propane tank with it? We encountered such a problem when we moved into our current house. Actually, we agreed to let the previous owner leave it -- not realizing that the grill was in very poor condition.
The propane tank had to be taken to a facility that was equipped to handle propane. Fortunately, there was an oil company not too far away that took it for a $5 fee.
As for the rusty grill, it was put on the curb the evening before trash pickup. In the early morning, it was stripped by a scrap dealer. I happened to look outside to see a big burly guy rip off the top of the grill with one hand like it was paper and toss it into his truck. The trash company took what remained.
Interesting what some people find useful to recycle or can sell.
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Post by Fivecat on Jun 21, 2010 22:20:51 GMT -5
Post all those appliances and metal stuff on craig's list and head the listing "attention scrappers". There are all kinds of people wanting to turn that stuff in for scrap. Also put in the listing that they must move it from it's current location, albeit your kitchen, basement, backyard, wherever. I can almost guarantee you'll get some takers. Fivecat
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Post by clutterfree on Jun 22, 2010 11:53:02 GMT -5
People may pay you a little for the old fridge, washer and dryer. Older appliances have more scrap metal than newer ones. At the very least, you should be able to get those things hauled away for free by people who scrap. I got $175 for two old cars (one was stripped out) by folks who do that for a living. Also got an old dryer hauled away for free.
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