Mower Scrap

[Roger Cain]

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

[David WE Roberts]

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

[NT]

freecycle, sometimes people will take stuff like that

[Andy Dingley]

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

[Tim Watts]

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.

[Matty F]

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.

[Bruce]

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.

[Peter Scott]

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

Peter Scott

[The Natural Philosopher]

Ebay it.

Chances are someone wants it. Or parts.

[the_constructor]

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

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