Dumping garbage/used materials

[GGB]

In the "good old days", folks on a farm didn't throw away anything that might be reused "someday". A lot of old equipment got left back in the trees or along the hedgerow. It probably reflected the tough times from the depression, as well as when farming was changing from horses and mules to tractors. Perhaps the thinking was that the old stuff might be needed in case the new fangled tractor broke down. At least that's my thoughts.

What is interesting to me is how much survived the scrap drives of WWII. But today, scrap steel and iron is high enough to justify the time to take it to the salvage yard.

We're just now getting ready to pull several old pieces of equipment out of an area where an old fenceline had been. We have slowly been getting rid of a lot of clutter, but at the rate we're going, it will take a lot of weekends over several years to get rid of it all.

GGB

 

[bdeboer]

The scrap recyclers in out area won't take fencing wire, woven wire, barbed wire, chain link fence, etc. They say that is clogs up the shredders that they send it to.

Do you other guys that haul off scrap metal have any problems getting rid of it in your area?

Thanks.

They take it here in Central Ohio

 

[bdeboer]

I think it was still common practice to toss whatever in the back corner of the fence row until the last ten years here. Although in todays world I dumped 980 lbs of trash out of the barn from one of my rental properties for $37 at the transfer station last month. The interesting thing (at least to me) is they had probably 30 bags that the trash company picked up at the road when they moved out.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

Clemsonfor,
You got me wondering now so I went and looked at the bottles layin around the cabin. The oldest coke bottle I could find was 1922 but my rusty ole brain seems to remember we had one that said 1898 and also coke on it. I will have to check and see if it went to town or with one of the kids. Will keep you posted.
Rick

 

[69x11]

keep in mind in most areas its illegal to dump/bury anything other than yard waste. EPD regulates it around here and will fine pretty heavy

 

[gauthier]

Well,thats what they do,make laws,new ones every year,,most of the newer ones,don't apply to me I don't think.

 

[tallyho8]

The scrap recyclers in out area won't take fencing wire, woven wire, barbed wire, chain link fence, etc. They say that is clogs up the shredders that they send it to.

Do you other guys that haul off scrap metal have any problems getting rid of it in your area?

Thanks.

Our scrap dealers will not take any kind of wire fencing.

 

[Mousefield]

Last week this is how we handle our large/extra garbage. Goes to a transfer station (dump) about a 10 minute drive away. :thumbsup:

 

[brin]

I want to pass this on.....We had an old console TV in a spare room and it was a heavy thing, anyway it finally stopped working and it had to be 20 yrs. old - it was a Zeinith TV..so I happend to be scanning Craig's list and saw an ad where the fella said he would come pick up any old TVs or other items for free... I called him and he came out and hauled it away...for free..problem solved..saved me the backache and hauling it to the landfill...so check out Craig's list and you might find the same deal...

I did see that his phone number was from our city and I did Google his phone number and verify his address and saw that he had run similiar ads over a long period of time before I gave him my information...so be careful about your security but that is sure an easy way to get rid of what is junk to you..

 

[Larry Caldwell]

My land was a remote cannery at the turn of the century, the ocean was the garbage dump then, and my kids are always bring stuff in from low tide trips like coke bottles from the 1800's and such. So what was garbage for them is now a minitreasure for others. Best watch out that some junk artist finds out about your dumps and digs them up.:laughing:
Rick

Your kids are playing in a gold mine. Sea glass is worth a fortune on the collector market. If they find pieces that have been polished by wave action or have changed color from the salt water, put it on eBay. They can pay for their own college education.