Any ideas about how to cheaply dispose of an ancient petrol mower? Any value
in the scrap?

"Roger Cain" wrote in message
o.uk...
Any ideas about how to cheaply dispose of an ancient petrol mower? Any
value in the scrap?

There are charities which refurbish old mowers and then send them out (with
other garden tools) to third world countries.
We donated our old Atco many years ago.
Worth checking around your area if you are feeling charitable.

Cheers

Dave R

On Jun 3, 9:06*am, "Roger Cain"
wrote:
Any ideas about how to cheaply dispose of an ancient petrol mower? Any value
in the scrap?

freecycle, sometimes people will take stuff like that

On 3 June, 09:06, "Roger Cain"
wrote:
Any ideas about how to cheaply dispose of an ancient petrol mower? Any value
in the scrap?

Council tip, metals bin

The metal content is mixed up, so even the aluminium is hard to
extract in a clean form. Old cylinder mower blades are quite good
steel though.

A truly "ancient" mower will attract crowds. Who made the motor?
Villiers?

Freecycle can make _anything_ disappear

On 03/06/10 10:22, Andy Dingley wrote:

Freecycle can make _anything_ disappear

Yes. Sometimes I think you could even dispose of a turd this way.
People's interest increases immensley if you give them something for free.

--
Tim Watts

Hung parliament? Rather have a hanged parliament.

On Jun 3, 9:25 pm, Tim Watts wrote:
On 03/06/10 10:22, Andy Dingley wrote:

Freecycle can make _anything_ disappear

Yes. Sometimes I think you could even dispose of a turd this way.
People's interest increases immensley if you give them something for free.

Not necessarily. My wife advertised a large swing/slide set for free
to take away. Nobody who looked at it was able to take it away.
I advertised it for $50 including delivery and I put it on my trailer
for a journey of a few miles.

I cut down a pine tree and got rid of most of it by selling the
branches as Xmas trees for $2 in an honesty box by the side of the
road.

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 02:58:04 -0700 (PDT), Matty F
wrote:

On Jun 3, 9:25 pm, Tim Watts wrote:
On 03/06/10 10:22, Andy Dingley wrote:

Freecycle can make _anything_ disappear

Yes. Sometimes I think you could even dispose of a turd this way.
People's interest increases immensley if you give them something for free.

Not necessarily. My wife advertised a large swing/slide set for free
to take away. Nobody who looked at it was able to take it away.
I advertised it for $50 including delivery and I put it on my trailer
for a journey of a few miles.

I cut down a pine tree and got rid of most of it by selling the
branches as Xmas trees for $2 in an honesty box by the side of the
road.


That reminds me of my mother who advertised her old Hotpoint
fridge/freezer in the local paper for £20 and got no replies. On my
suggestion she re-advertised it for £50 and got five replies, selling
it the same day.

She would have happily given it away.

Roger Cain wrote:
Any ideas about how to cheaply dispose of an ancient petrol mower? Any value
in the scrap?



Might be someone wants it for spares? Try eBay. I just sold a
non-working rotavator for a decent price.

Peter Scott

Roger Cain wrote:
Any ideas about how to cheaply dispose of an ancient petrol mower? Any value
in the scrap?


Ebay it.

Chances are someone wants it. Or parts.

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Roger Cain wrote:
Any ideas about how to cheaply dispose of an ancient petrol mower? Any
value in the scrap?


Ebay it.

Chances are someone wants it. Or parts.


Send it to me, I can't afford to pay you though; and I will convert it to a
12V generator