Junk Appliance King of Maui!

[partscounterman]

As some of you may remember from my earlier posting, the only scrap yard on the Island closed about 5 weeks ago. Since that time I have continued to accept appliances for disposal. I've been piling them up in the back room, hoping the scrap yard crisis would soon be resolved. I just charged a lot...

Well, now its been 5-6 weeks and my shop is getting to the point were I can hardly work, there is so much stuff. As I write this, I await a trucker to bring me a 20 foot shipping container. This evening, my sainted Dennis and I will be playing a huge real-life game of Tetris, to squeeze as much junk into that container as possible. Even though my shop is cramped, I don't have enough to fill the container myself, so I've contacted others who have a few pieces to go too. On monday, the trucker will take the container to the dock, where it will be shipped to an appliance recycler on Oahu (Honolulu).

The county or the state is still horsing around about getting a scrapyard. There is supposed to be a facility opening up here in Kahului. The citizens have many objections to this proposal as the site is a block from the ocean and next to Kanaha Wildlife refuge. Meanwhile, the gulches and cane fields are filling with old appliances and junk cars. Welcome to the Best Island in the World!

Gotta go-container is here!
David

 

[gansky1]

I love Tetris - I played it all last winter in my garage! Be sure to take some pics...

 

[retromom]

Yay recyclers!

David:

You go guy!!

Venus

 

[bethann]

No wonder we haven't heard a peep out of you! Sounds like you've been busy!$$$$$$$$$$

 

[partscounterman]

Sorry-no pix

I meant to stop at Longs on friday night to buy a disposable camera so I could record this "event" but forgot to do that. The twenty foot container I ordered ended up not being big enough to include any appliances from other dealers- I'm still stuck with three pieces of my own.

It never occurred to me that the container was some 4 1/2 feet off the ground. I should have made arrangements to get a lift of some sort. Instead Dennis and I hoisted each and every machine into the container ourselves. I will never look at a Westy frontloader again without thinking "Hernia" Had a rusty old Maytag coin-op that we were able to shake $15.00 worth of quarters out of (Imagine-someone dumped the machine w/o emptying the coin box!) The best way to stack this stuff was to lay it on its side. We were able to stack the fridges 3 high this way. Also had a stack of three 24" laundry centers- could have gotten a 4th one up there, but didn't feel like raising a laundry center over my head.

So today the container is full up and the doors are (barely) closed. Its Sunday and I cannot think of anything more odious than going back to my shop today. I'm gonna go lay on the beach like a whale. I don't hurt today as bad as I thought I would......