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Sorry, but that does not always work... In fact it seldom works.
Maybe that doesn't work in NM, but it sure does elsewhere.
Down South, you could always get someone to do it, if you didn't have a pickup and trailer to do it yourself. Heck, I did it a few times myself - got $30 at a used appliance shop for a washer and dryer that were sitting on the dock of a retirement home, about to be thrown into the dumpster.
I think it's mostly poor rural all round the country. I once seen lots and lots of rusted construction and household appliances dumped in front of a manufactured home in Oregon by an old guy who owns that place and I've heard he was on disability payments. It was quite an eyesore.
If you drive rt96 from Cuba to Abiquiq you will see it. And a lot of old school buses in the yards to.
I always have to smile when I see one of those places with a school bus in their heap collection. Think about it. At some point that school bus was functional and belonged to some school district or transportation company. It must follow that whoever has that school bus in his yard must have bought it for some reason while it was still running. WHY? Heck, they can't even make a decent trailer home shack out of one.
I always have to smile when I see one of those places with a school bus in their heap collection. Think about it. At some point that school bus was functional and belonged to some school district or transportation company. It must follow that whoever has that school bus in his yard must have bought it for some reason while it was still running. WHY? Heck, they can't even make a decent trailer home shack out of one.
And most of them are so rusted out that if you step in one you'll go right through the floor.
Sorry, but that does not always work... In fact it seldom works.
Curious why it does not work? Here in NJ, where I live, the scrappers constantly drive around, looking for scrap metal. If I put something out to the curb for bulk pick-up by my town, it vanishes overnight, sometimes within an hour or so. Are there no scrapyards where scrappers can sell metal? Just curious, like I said. Some of the scrappers around here make a pretty decent living, so you would think it was a viable occupation in any rural area. No?
If I put something out to the curb for bulk pick-up by my town, it vanishes overnight, sometimes within an hour or so.
That may be true within the town/city limits where there is regular curbside garbage and yard waste pickups, but those services don't apply in rural areas - at least not in NM. Some counties do have dumping stations, but the trash to be dumped has to be hauled there by the homeowner. And there is a limit on what can be dumped, usually.
Some counties do have dumping stations, but the trash to be dumped has to be hauled there by the homeowner. And there is a limit on what can be dumped, usually.
And you have to pay to dump if you go over a certain limit...
Some remote rural areas are pretty far from the nearest scrapper. What is the point in spending $30 bucks on gas in a big truck for $25 worth of scrap.
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