Dishwasher question

[ryanps]

Dishwasher died on Turkey-day. Picking up a new one tonight. My question is about the old-one (maybe 8 years or more older) -- is there a lot of scrap metal that could be stripped from its body and then sold at the scrap yard?
Or would it only amount to a few dollars and I should just dump the whole unit and not worry about it.

Thanks in advance,
Ryan

[Hellrazor]

I wouldn't bother, not sure it is worth the effort. Stainless is where the $$ is according to a friend of mine.

[Uncle Cracker]

to-da-dump to-da-dump to-da-dump-dump-dump...

[ryanps]

Thanks guys. Fortunately we have free dumpster days in my area. To the dump it shall go.

[pelligrini]

Around here if you put it on the curb with a 'For-Sale' sign it'll be gone in no time. If I use a 'Free' sign it would never go away.

[Black wallnut]

you might try to find an appliance recycler, they often will pick up for free.

[cabinetman]

I'm replacing windows (21) and thought that it would pay off to cash in the old aluminum. One of the requirements was that it had to be clean of any other metals for the high price of 50 cents a pound. At the time I also disassembled a 30' awning from a travel trailer. I had to disassemble all the windows, take out the glass and cut it up to fit in the garbage can and then place all of it in the back of the truck. What a mess. Took about a half day, and collected about $40. Yeah, big deal. Never again.
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[jziegler]

Around here if you put it on the curb with a 'For-Sale' sign it'll be gone in no time. If I use a 'Free' sign it would never go away.

I thought that was just my area..... It has worked before though.

Sometimes you don't want it anymore, or don't want to fix it, but maybe someone else can get some use for it, or has enough spare time that they want to strip it. Better than having it end up in a dump taking up space...

Jim

[jhart]

Unfortunately, in my area, someone will strip it and leave the mess all over. City of Mpls has recycling of 2 major items with the collection days, or a voucher system (4-6 per year) where you can bring a load of up to 2000 lbs to their recycle sites. They take just about anything.
Of course, we pay for it with the cost of our monthly sewer, water and trash bills, but it does make it convenient.