Cleaned out the garage over the weekend, tossed all the excess baggage
into a trash bag, tossed it in the trash. Well, found a green sticker
on top of the trash barrel (which the town delivered and made me pay
for, so that they hydraulic garbage can lifter on the truck could be
used to save money) that said "too heavy, more than 35 pounds, dirt".

Seems to me that if a fat old man can lift the thing into the wheeled
barrel and roll it to the curb, the professional garbage men with their
hydraulic lift shouldn't have any difficulty putting it in the truck.
And what do they _expect_ to be in the garbage but "dirt".

I guess what I need to do is take a video of me removing every item from
the trash, washing it, putting it back into separate bags, weighing them
to ensure that they are under 35 pounds each, the response of the
garbage men, and then send the whole thing to the local TV station.

On May 16, 10:54*am, "J. Clarke" wrote:

Guess we are in another world. We live in a rural community and when
we started building our house a couple of years ago I asked the trash
guy what they would or would not take. Short answer was, "No tires or
pallets. But if you cut a pallet in half we will take it." We have
put overloaded trash carts near the street that were nearly invisible
because of the mountain of other stuff leaned against it, including
construction debris.. Never missed a pickup. However, one day, when
we did pretty much loaded the cart to the point where I could barely
get it to the street, I heard some grumbling. Both the trash dumper
and driver were struggling to get it up on the truck dump rack. When
finished one of the guys "punted" the empty cart up the drive."

Never complained to us though.

RonB

In article cd5a18f7-a82c-4a70-ae8a-
, says...

On May 16, 10:54*am, "J. Clarke" wrote:

Guess we are in another world. We live in a rural community and when
we started building our house a couple of years ago I asked the trash
guy what they would or would not take. Short answer was, "No tires or
pallets. But if you cut a pallet in half we will take it." We have
put overloaded trash carts near the street that were nearly invisible
because of the mountain of other stuff leaned against it, including
construction debris.. Never missed a pickup. However, one day, when
we did pretty much loaded the cart to the point where I could barely
get it to the street, I heard some grumbling. Both the trash dumper
and driver were struggling to get it up on the truck dump rack. When
finished one of the guys "punted" the empty cart up the drive."

Never complained to us though.

One time I had more trash than would fit in the can. Found a note--"all
trash must be in can".

Didn't used to be this way.

On 5/16/11 5:13 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In articlecd5a18f7-a82c-4a70-ae8a-
, says...

On May 16, 10:54 am, "J. wrote:

Guess we are in another world. We live in a rural community and when
we started building our house a couple of years ago I asked the trash
guy what they would or would not take. Short answer was, "No tires or
pallets. But if you cut a pallet in half we will take it." We have
put overloaded trash carts near the street that were nearly invisible
because of the mountain of other stuff leaned against it, including
construction debris.. Never missed a pickup. However, one day, when
we did pretty much loaded the cart to the point where I could barely
get it to the street, I heard some grumbling. Both the trash dumper
and driver were struggling to get it up on the truck dump rack. When
finished one of the guys "punted" the empty cart up the drive."

Never complained to us though.

One time I had more trash than would fit in the can. Found a note--"all
trash must be in can".

Didn't used to be this way.

They now don't take ours unless the lid on the can actually closes.
Thankfully I don't see any major renovations in our future, they took
nearly anything (cut to a reasonable size), not that long ago.

--
Froz...


The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.

On May 16, 11:54*am, "J. Clarke" wrote:
Cleaned out the garage over the weekend, tossed all the excess baggage
into a trash bag, tossed it in the trash. *Well, found a green sticker
on top of the trash barrel (which the town delivered and made me pay
for, so that they hydraulic garbage can lifter on the truck could be
used to save money) that said "too heavy, more than 35 pounds, dirt".

Seems to me that if a fat old man can lift the thing into the wheeled
barrel and roll it to the curb, the professional garbage men with their
hydraulic lift shouldn't have any difficulty putting it in the truck. *
And what do they _expect_ to be in the garbage but "dirt".

I guess what I need to do is take a video of me removing every item from
the trash, washing it, putting it back into separate bags, weighing them
to ensure that they are under 35 pounds each, the response of the
garbage men, and then send the whole thing to the local TV station.

The proper christmas "gift" goes a long way toward improving
your garbage service. I recommend a $20 bottle of booze,
or a case of cheap beer.

On 5/16/11 7:15 PM, Father Haskell wrote:
The proper christmas "gift" goes a long way toward improving
your garbage service. I recommend a $20 bottle of booze,
or a case of cheap beer.

That may work where you live but here, we seem to get a different crew
every week.

--
Froz...


The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.

In article , frozenNorth123
@gm.nospam.ail.com says...

On 5/16/11 5:13 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In articlecd5a18f7-a82c-4a70-ae8a-
, says...

On May 16, 10:54 am, "J. wrote:

Guess we are in another world. We live in a rural community and when
we started building our house a couple of years ago I asked the trash
guy what they would or would not take. Short answer was, "No tires or
pallets. But if you cut a pallet in half we will take it." We have
put overloaded trash carts near the street that were nearly invisible
because of the mountain of other stuff leaned against it, including
construction debris.. Never missed a pickup. However, one day, when
we did pretty much loaded the cart to the point where I could barely
get it to the street, I heard some grumbling. Both the trash dumper
and driver were struggling to get it up on the truck dump rack. When
finished one of the guys "punted" the empty cart up the drive."

Never complained to us though.

One time I had more trash than would fit in the can. Found a note--"all
trash must be in can".

Didn't used to be this way.

They now don't take ours unless the lid on the can actually closes.
Thankfully I don't see any major renovations in our future, they took
nearly anything (cut to a reasonable size), not that long ago.

When the garbage collector starts getting shirty about taking the trash,
it's time to water the tree IMO. The government needs to be reminded
that it is _not_ the boss.

But how to go about it?

"RonB" wrote
However, one day, when
we did pretty much loaded the cart to the point where I could barely
get it to the street, I heard some grumbling. Both the trash dumper
and driver were struggling to get it up on the truck dump rack. When
finished one of the guys "punted" the empty cart up the drive."

Never complained to us though.

RonB


I'd have punted it into the middle of the street to get run over. Under the
circumstances, I'd have tipped the guys a few bucks.

... found a green sticker on top of the trash barrel (which the town
delivered and made me pay for, so that they hydraulic garbage
can lifter on the truck could be used to save money) that
said "too heavy, more than 35 pounds, dirt"...
J. Clarke

Where I live in Ohio, it's private trash companies and they do as they
please. Fortunately, they have yet to give me any grief.

However, I've had several friends given multiple problems with the
trash. Should it happen to me, I already resolved some time ago to
simply take everything they don't up to the local center and leave it
there. If they won't come to me, I'll go to them and they can deal
with it that way, since there is no other option for trash that's not
compostable.
`Casper

Father Haskell wrote the following:
On May 16, 11:54 am, "J. Clarke" wrote:

Cleaned out the garage over the weekend, tossed all the excess baggage
into a trash bag, tossed it in the trash. Well, found a green sticker
on top of the trash barrel (which the town delivered and made me pay
for, so that they hydraulic garbage can lifter on the truck could be
used to save money) that said "too heavy, more than 35 pounds, dirt".

Seems to me that if a fat old man can lift the thing into the wheeled
barrel and roll it to the curb, the professional garbage men with their
hydraulic lift shouldn't have any difficulty putting it in the truck.
And what do they _expect_ to be in the garbage but "dirt".

I guess what I need to do is take a video of me removing every item from
the trash, washing it, putting it back into separate bags, weighing them
to ensure that they are under 35 pounds each, the response of the
garbage men, and then send the whole thing to the local TV station.


The proper christmas "gift" goes a long way toward improving
your garbage service. I recommend a $20 bottle of booze,
or a case of cheap beer.


They'd rather have the $20.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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"J. Clarke" wrote in message
in.local...
Cleaned out the garage over the weekend, tossed all the excess baggage
into a trash bag, tossed it in the trash. Well, found a green sticker
on top of the trash barrel (which the town delivered and made me pay
for, so that they hydraulic garbage can lifter on the truck could be
used to save money) that said "too heavy, more than 35 pounds, dirt".

Seems to me that if a fat old man can lift the thing into the wheeled
barrel and roll it to the curb, the professional garbage men with their
hydraulic lift shouldn't have any difficulty putting it in the truck.
And what do they _expect_ to be in the garbage but "dirt".

I guess what I need to do is take a video of me removing every item from
the trash, washing it, putting it back into separate bags, weighing them
to ensure that they are under 35 pounds each, the response of the
garbage men, and then send the whole thing to the local TV station.


I've taken to weighing the cans and putting a big note on top listing the
weight when it is at all questionable..., e.g., drywall scraps. I started
doing this is in response to a series of newspaper articles and letters to
the editor complaining about how the DPW refuses to pick stuff up -- mostly
as a green-flu action (I think they wear green). I've never had a problem
with stuff left at the curb or with getting unwarranted "warning letters" by
taking this action... it keeps everybody honest.

John

John Grossbohlin wrote the following:

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
in.local...
Cleaned out the garage over the weekend, tossed all the excess baggage
into a trash bag, tossed it in the trash. Well, found a green sticker
on top of the trash barrel (which the town delivered and made me pay
for, so that they hydraulic garbage can lifter on the truck could be
used to save money) that said "too heavy, more than 35 pounds, dirt".

Seems to me that if a fat old man can lift the thing into the wheeled
barrel and roll it to the curb, the professional garbage men with their
hydraulic lift shouldn't have any difficulty putting it in the truck.
And what do they _expect_ to be in the garbage but "dirt".

I guess what I need to do is take a video of me removing every item from
the trash, washing it, putting it back into separate bags, weighing them
to ensure that they are under 35 pounds each, the response of the
garbage men, and then send the whole thing to the local TV station.


I've taken to weighing the cans and putting a big note on top listing
the weight when it is at all questionable..., e.g., drywall scraps. I
started doing this is in response to a series of newspaper articles
and letters to the editor complaining about how the DPW refuses to
pick stuff up -- mostly as a green-flu action (I think they wear
green). I've never had a problem with stuff left at the curb or with
getting unwarranted "warning letters" by taking this action... it
keeps everybody honest.

John

Before we had the hydraulic garbage trucks, the cans and such had to
lifted into the truck by the helpers. This included anything left
outside of the cans. Now, with hydraulic trucks, and only the driver
present, the stuff outside of the can would not be picked up, unless
special arrangements are made beforehand.
Of course, if you can stuff a body into the large provided can, who
would know?


--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @