EEEKKK - More rage and frustration

[StarSong]

After I broke my lawn mower this summer, my cousin let me borrow one of his. I am now done with it and suggested to him that he pick it up. He said his truck is in the shop and doesn't know when it will be repaired. They are waiting for a part. What if the house sells before he can get it?

Why don't you have it moved to your new house when the movers come? If he was nice enough to loan it to you, I'd think you'd be nice enough to care for it until he can pick it up.

 

[debodun]

Cleaned off the front porch this morning. Comparison photos of what it looked like in the summer when I had things for sale and after I cleaned today.

 

[debodun]

I have one BIG problem now. The freezer in the cellar. Had three junk removal services here and none would take it.

 

[StarSong]

I have one BIG problem now. The freezer in the cellar. Had three junk removal services here and none would take it.

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Find out if your buyer is going to do major renovations. If so, he/she may be willing to take an axe to it and remove it in pieces, especially if you are throwing in some of the furniture pieces requested.

Edited 24 hours later to add - When I wrote the above I'd assumed the freezer was EMPTY. Have learned from posts below that it stopped working a while back and may have old, rotted food in it. Different situation entirely.

 

[Liberty]

Find out if your buyer is going to do major renovations. If so, he/she may be willing to take an axe to it and remove it in pieces, especially if you are throwing in some of the furniture pieces requested.

I'm surprised some scrap metal companies wouldn't pick it up. They sure do in our area.

 

[Verisure]

I have one BIG problem now. The freezer in the cellar. Had three junk removal services here and none would take it.

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If all else fails buy a hack-saw and get to work and then you can cart it off, piece by piece, in your bicycle basket.

 

[Verisure]

I'm surprised some scrap metal companies wouldn't pick it up. They sure do in our area.

I'd think in anyone's area.

 

[debodun]

The last company I spoke with said nobody will take it when it's full of rotten food and if I tried to empty it out, it would likely make me very sick.

 

[Verisure]

The last company I spoke with said nobody will take it when it's full of rotten food and if I tried to empty it out, it would likely make me very sick.

A-ha! I knew you were leaving something out of the story.

 

[hollydolly]

The last company I spoke with said nobody will take it when it's full of rotten food and if I tried to empty it out, it would likely make me very sick.

Can you call the Environmental Health Office ?

 

[Verisure]

Can you call the Environmental Health Office ?

Or prop the lid open, lock the door to the cellar ... and come back in January with a shovel and some bin liners.

 

[Jules]

You might be able to pay someone who is not a registered junk removal company. They wouldn’t accept the liability. Joe down the road with a pickup truck and strong back may be willing. You’d have to pay him well and seal it so he won’t be tempted to open it.

 

[Geezer Garage]

No body's in there I assume? The reason many won't take them, is they need to be evacuated of Freon, before they can be legally disposed of. Mike

 

[debodun]

I don't think there's any Freon left in it. I remember it getting a lot of ice on the coils and chopping it off. I may have punctured the coils. That's why it stopped working.

 

[Sliverfox]

That happened at mother in law's home.
We took down our backhoe some chains & pulled it out.
Buried in her pasture behind the barn.

Have no clue to tell you what to do.
Baking soda is good for smells but don't think it would be a good idea to use it in an enclosed space like you have.

 

[debodun]

Yes...you have resources that I don't have.

 

[Sliverfox]

None of your relatives have land enough to get away with what we did?

Can't beat country living

 

[debodun]

None that I would impose THAT on.

 

[Sliverfox]

WA ,,,come on ,, don't we all have someone in the family that we ask the impossible from?

 

[RadishRose]

The last company I spoke with said nobody will take it when it's full of rotten food and if I tried to empty it out, it would likely make me very sick.

Why is it full of rotten food?

 

[PamfromTx]

WA ,,,come on ,, don't we all have someone in the family that we ask the impossible from?

I do, my sister and her husband always come in handy when we relocated.

 

[PamfromTx]

Just a thought. Would any of your fellow church goers help you out? Just this one time? I would ask.

 

[Aneeda72]

I have one BIG problem now. The freezer in the cellar. Had three junk removal services here and none would take it.

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Because of the Freon probably

 

[Gary O']

I don't think there's any Freon left in it. I remember it getting a lot of ice on the coils and chopping it off. I may have punctured the coils. That's why it stopped working.

It's not working, so the rotted food is not frozen.
Put yer gloves on, put it in trash bags, and fill yer trach can the day before pickup.
After it's empty, call those guys back

 

[StarSong]

It's not working, so the rotted food is not frozen.
Put yer gloves on, put it in trash bags, and fill yer trach can the day before pickup.
After it's empty, call those guys back

Yup. This is probably the best way to solve the problem. Pretend you're an undertaker. Mask and glove up, and haul out the dead.

What did you think was going to happen with this freezer's contents?