Best Options for Free Appliance Pickup?

[ponytug]

@geteh I think it is highly local, and I would call your county/town first, and then follow up on some of the above suggestions. Here lots of scrap scavengers will take anything and everything for free, but of course the metal recyclers will pay for it if you take it to their yard.

 

[Racer4]

Around here, there are a bunch of guys that make a living collecting scrap metal and hauling it to the scrap yard. I don’t take my steel/appliances/cast iron to the scrap yard anymore because of getting flat tires. Not worth it. I do save all my copper and brass that I pull from jobs. Got at least several hundred pounds sitting in my woods, waiting for the price to go back up. Last time I cashed in, clean copper was $3.75 and brass was about the same!

Just checked and it’s nearly that now. Guess I’m going to be processing some copper soon!

 

[flyerdan]

Put them at the end of the road with a free sign on them, post on craigslist / marketplace where they are and will remove post when gone. If that doesn't work, replace the free sign with $25 each, people will be compelled to steal them even if they don't want them because they perceive that they have value to you.

 

[shooterdon]

Put stuff on the road with a sign reading $20. Seems people ignore 'free" but like stealing stuff "worth" $20.

You may not get the $20 but the stuff will be gone.

I would take an old fridge that does not work to store powder and primers.