Be careful using a grinder with your hoody on, the strings can catch the spinning wheel and it pulls it straight up into your face. Worksites here ban hoody strings. My brother has witnessed an accident with a hoody and a grinder first hand and it was not pretty. Stay safe!
Seriously dude! You rock! I just did the exact same thing! It's a great feeling to know there are others out there as obsessive as me! LOL! Thanks for the post! You are good people! You must live in New England!
this was useful - thanks for sharing. I was facing same problem, here in NZ. Having to take it to the dumping station ( we call it the "tip") but I don't have enough junk to warrant taking it in the trailer. But taking it to pieces and recycling the metal - I just don't know why that never occurred to me. Thanks again.
I'm guessing a tree belt is the trees going around your property but I have never heard that before in my life. different sayings in different places I guess. me being from rural midwest we'd leave it out in the ditch on street side. I would say curbside but not too many of those around here.
the mattress business is notoriously hyper-inflated. most mattresses are made of the same stuff and they are bought and sold many times before they get to a consumer. we pay for all that riff raff in the middle. ridiculous
In Fairfax County, Virginia, they get rid of mattresses and couches by dumping them at the entrance stub-out to a vacant lot right next to the "NO DUMPING" sign.
I have cut up a water heater and put it in the trash and recycle bins we have here, other wise $45 to have the garbage company take it. The junk collectors are run out of town by the city since they cut into the garbage company revenue. I had a buddy that got a junk car to part out from a local car dealer. The dealership had messed up the paperwork so he couldn't take the stripped car to the scrap yard. What he did was as he parted it lot he cut up what was not wanted and put it in his recycle bin. Took a couple of months, but he basically "threw away" a car, minus the parts he salvaged (he kept the engine, trans, suspension parts and rear end).
i'm not sure what that means (former musician) but i have an idea (sound control/buffer). i know foam, purchased new, can be really expensive, so great tip!! craigslist free site? musical equipment/accessories? the possibilities are endless..
What is the free belt? Where I live we just put big things like that to the trash pickup. For large items you have to call ahead and let them know. Most of the time it's gone before the garbage truck arrives. We have a lot of Samford and Sons around here. Really just garbage pickers.
I got several quotes for "junk removal" around $100 to $150! Watched this then took my mattress apart with nothing but a box cutter. It's easy, and it's free. R.I.P mattress I'm sorry 😭
My grandfather took a bunch of bed springs and used them as poor boy rebar when he poured his front porch.. That's been 40yrs ago and its still as good as the day it was poured
Neat idea. Also, dismantling the mattress makes it so light that even though I am an old lady and not in the best of health and not very strong I believe I could manage to get the remainder of the mattress...the metal coils...to the curb to be picked up. I absolutely could NOT get the entire thing out to the curb presupposing it would be picked up if I did so. Different type of video from those you usually post but I enjoyed this one just like I enjoy watching the ones of you clearing drains.
FYI, the metal spring unit from a mattress actually can have a valuable secondary use for landscaping. If you connect a chain or steel cable to two adjacent corners, & drag it behind a lawn tractor, it does an outstanding job of smoothing & flattening rough or rutted dirt areas, leaving a smooth, powdery surface. This is ideal for prepping a yard right before grass seeding & laying sod, or for smoothing unpaved driveways & parking areas. Most people just burn the fabric portion off before use, but this usually wrecks the temper in the springs, & causes major rusting down the road, ruining it for repeated use. I'm all for recycle/re-purpose/reuse of all materials whenever possible.
Those springs are awesome for fishing! Just throw it off a pier where people fish let them snag on it for about 2 months. Pull it up and collect the hooks.
good stuff. I got into a squabble with the local garbage company here. I told them they were a ripoff for charging $100 for disposal. On top of that I needed to wrap the dumb thing up in plastic. It was a matter of principle at this point and I'd look like a weenie if I caved in and acquiesced to their $100 demand. Doing it your way, they take it away for free and I can hold my head up high
This was helpful. I burned a lot over the weekend but the mattress in my shed was ticking me off. Like how am i going to dispose of this behemoth. Thanks man!
Oh drat! You just reminded me that I have an all-foam mattress in storage that needs disposal. I thought of cutting it up because I pay for 6 garbage cans to be picked up every week and with my seasonal business closed, I barely use one-third of one can every other week for myself. Silly to pay for it and not make use of it. I just need to put in a new blade in the box cutter and after a few weeks, that thing will be gone. Thanks for reminding me that I can disassemble all kinds of things to dispose of them slowly.
In my city, some people just put the bed out. Small companies come by picking then up to refurbish them. They usually end up in discount mattress stores
in the UK my local council Powys County Council you can take it to the local household recycling centre for free, just take it as it is, no hassle or mess
Thank you for taking the time to make this video it provided the initial steps to take care of this. My old king mattress had a few spots and couldn’t be donated. I cut it in 15 minutes and saved what could be recycled. I will leave the springs out on trash day and I am sure a pick up truck will pick it up for scrap metal.
Thanks for the demo. We've got a king mattress standing up between the house & a shed for the past few weeks. No one will take it & no dumps want it. This is the perfect solution. I think I can recycle the metal here, too! Thanks again!
My garbage company wants $60 to pickup my old foam mattress. So I cut it down into trashbags slowly week by week. Problem solved
This is not recycling
Try 350
U just paid more than 60.00 if u put it in over 1 week some people dont think lol
@@laisuresboringadventures7052 How did I pay more than $60? I paid nothing beyond what I already paid for my existing trash service.
Be careful using a grinder with your hoody on, the strings can catch the spinning wheel and it pulls it straight up into your face. Worksites here ban hoody strings. My brother has witnessed an accident with a hoody and a grinder first hand and it was not pretty. Stay safe!
Safety first
Seriously dude! You rock! I just did the exact same thing! It's a great feeling to know there are others out there as obsessive as me! LOL! Thanks for the post! You are good people! You must live in New England!
This was really useful, thank you! I never know what to do with old mattresses if the delivery guys for the new ones don't haul them away.
Post, you're the kind of guy we should all aspire to be
Very enterprising and thoughtful solution to an everyday problem; a fine example.
this was useful - thanks for sharing. I was facing same problem, here in NZ. Having to take it to the dumping station ( we call it the "tip") but I don't have enough junk to warrant taking it in the trailer. But taking it to pieces and recycling the metal - I just don't know why that never occurred to me. Thanks again.
I'm guessing a tree belt is the trees going around your property but I have never heard that before in my life. different sayings in different places I guess. me being from rural midwest we'd leave it out in the ditch on street side. I would say curbside but not too many of those around here.
We say Tree Lawn.
Watching these made me realize I dont get alot for the $1000.00 I spend on my mattress.
@strawberry_shortcake4life different currency. Also mine has that oh so special memory foam. Still not a lot for the money spend
the mattress business is notoriously hyper-inflated. most mattresses are made of the same stuff and they are bought and sold many times before they get to a consumer. we pay for all that riff raff in the middle. ridiculous
right?!!
the transport fees would be huge because it is such big items too @@mistuhjawknee5505
Making small quilts or mats. Crafters love it.
In Fairfax County, Virginia, they get rid of mattresses and couches by dumping them at the entrance stub-out to a vacant lot right next to the "NO DUMPING" sign.
You are awesome. People and myself, dont think outside the box.
I have cut up a water heater and put it in the trash and recycle bins we have here, other wise $45 to have the garbage company take it. The junk collectors are run out of town by the city since they cut into the garbage company revenue. I had a buddy that got a junk car to part out from a local car dealer. The dealership had messed up the paperwork so he couldn't take the stripped car to the scrap yard. What he did was as he parted it lot he cut up what was not wanted and put it in his recycle bin. Took a couple of months, but he basically "threw away" a car, minus the parts he salvaged (he kept the engine, trans, suspension parts and rear end).
Give that foam to a drummer for their kick drum
i'm not sure what that means (former musician) but i have an idea (sound control/buffer). i know foam, purchased new, can be really expensive, so great tip!! craigslist free site? musical equipment/accessories? the possibilities are endless..
Thank you…really helped.
Hi post 10 like your vids
It was made in pieces, it will be removed in pieces. Thanks for showing this!
I did this with an old couch once. Took longer than 5 minutes, and there was a lot of wood to deal with as well, but same idea.
What is a tree belt?
Oddly enough I really needed this video. I have a king size mattress that no one will pick up!
Just head down to Post's neighborhood and chuck it into any pond or culvert and it will be disposed of discreetly and with dignity.
You're awesome
Good job!! I have to see litter!
Bonus ski lift footage. Very pretty.
Gonna do this instead of paying my local scumbag council £32 to take it
Your videos are so random - fascinating :-)
This is what i did with a lot of my furniture lol. Man might be doing this to my arm chair….
En segundos desapareció la cama estás bien equipado 😱
Good show but I'd rather be riding the back roads in Maine. I know this is an old one, but I'd like to get on track with what's going on in May 2024.
how many bed bugs did you find?
Live in Britain, take whole mattress to recycling centre, job done, no charge. (Mind you, we still have cretins who fly-tip...)
What is the free belt? Where I live we just put big things like that to the trash pickup. For large items you have to call ahead and let them know. Most of the time it's gone before the garbage truck arrives. We have a lot of Samford and Sons around here. Really just garbage pickers.
Could've just torched it
get a purple mattress
We load them into trailers to go to burn plants
Good video, all the moving makes it a bit hard to follow though. I still think you make good content ^^
I stan post 10!😊 Thanks is for the good content.
I wish more people would do this instead of dumping it along side the road.
But then it turns into a home for snakes and other good animals.
@@greenlawnfarm5827 It does but it kind of gets in the way and doesn't decompose
@@akiradanielle Well that makes the animal house last longer.
Our car licence plate slogan is 'home of the roadside mattress'
This is a good guy. I like him.
I got several quotes for "junk removal" around $100 to $150! Watched this then took my mattress apart with nothing but a box cutter. It's easy, and it's free. R.I.P mattress I'm sorry 😭
What state do you live in with those prices?
I thought you dispose of the body first, then the mattress
No you put the body in the mattress then drink em both up.
why did you think he's always cleaning the drains? gotta make sure the river has good flow to send that body downstream.
@@dustinpryde3121 lmao oh shit :-P
He did not heart this comment :0
Whats a tree belt
it's the strip of ground between the sidewalk and the street
@@windy5883 thank you
@@tedcfh3113 I know Iv'e never heard that term before either LOL It's called the easement here in South Carolina LOL
@@JJRush_ some folks call it a tree belt...i call it the curb..mmmhhhmm
@@tedcfh3113 😂😂😂😂😂
YES MORE ECO-FRIENDLY TIPS!!!!!!
My grandfather took a bunch of bed springs and used them as poor boy rebar when he poured his front porch.. That's been 40yrs ago and its still as good as the day it was poured
A metal guy will always pick up the bare springs if you have it next to any main road.
when you said "metal guy", my brain pictured a punk rock metal fan lookin dude before I realized what you meant. ha
Neat idea. Also, dismantling the mattress makes it so light that even though I am an old lady and not in the best of health and not very strong I believe I could manage to get the remainder of the mattress...the metal coils...to the curb to be picked up. I absolutely could NOT get the entire thing out to the curb presupposing it would be picked up if I did so. Different type of video from those you usually post but I enjoyed this one just like I enjoy watching the ones of you clearing drains.
FYI, the metal spring unit from a mattress actually can have a valuable secondary use for landscaping. If you connect a chain or steel cable to two adjacent corners, & drag it behind a lawn tractor, it does an outstanding job of smoothing & flattening rough or rutted dirt areas, leaving a smooth, powdery surface. This is ideal for prepping a yard right before grass seeding & laying sod, or for smoothing unpaved driveways & parking areas. Most people just burn the fabric portion off before use, but this usually wrecks the temper in the springs, & causes major rusting down the road, ruining it for repeated use. I'm all for recycle/re-purpose/reuse of all materials whenever possible.
I thought I was an undercover criminal for doing this! Glad I'm not the only one!
Where I live, the matras store has to take back your old matras when you buy a new one with them.
I would be willing to bet that you were an Eagle Scout in your youth.
Like you said, the best part is, it's free! There are even some recycling facilities that will give you money for your metal! Good video!
It's the little things like these that make the world a tad better, you're a great guy!
Ah not really
Currently in the same process I would not recommend bolt cutters unless you got the time and energy. I'm currently on day 3 of the deconstruction....
Looks like a lot of people don’t need mattress’
Lol
Omg he hearted my comment! I can’t edit it or it disappears, but wow. Cool
That padding is called polyester batting. Great stuff!
Seems like the metal part would make a cool trellis for gardens. You don't see them after the vines grow. Thanks for sharing.
I did just that year ago fully recycled all of it :) Cutters will work i had Bacho sidecutters.... yes my hands were sore after all the cutting LOL
A lot of things cost you not a cent if you're not LAZY.
That’s the magic word isn’t it ??? lol
if you got kids, kids love tearin shit apart, make a family event of tearing up the old mattress lol
Those springs are awesome for fishing! Just throw it off a pier where people fish let them snag on it for about 2 months. Pull it up and collect the hooks.
Hey look, it's the local douchebag!
too funny
That white pad material is called batting. If it's fairly clean, it is nice for upholstering pillow cushions. Just wrap it around the foam.
Having recently replaced my old mattress, I've been trying to figure out a way of disposing of the old one. Thank you for showing me how.
good stuff. I got into a squabble with the local garbage company here. I told them they were a ripoff for charging $100 for disposal. On top of that I needed to wrap the dumb thing up in plastic. It was a matter of principle at this point and I'd look like a weenie if I caved in and acquiesced to their $100 demand. Doing it your way, they take it away for free and I can hold my head up high
Often have grey blanket padding inside good for furniture moving.
This was helpful. I burned a lot over the weekend but the mattress in my shed was ticking me off. Like how am i going to dispose of this behemoth. Thanks man!
Thank you. This mattress disposal video was very helpful
Oh drat! You just reminded me that I have an all-foam mattress in storage that needs disposal. I thought of cutting it up because I pay for 6 garbage cans to be picked up every week and with my seasonal business closed, I barely use one-third of one can every other week for myself. Silly to pay for it and not make use of it. I just need to put in a new blade in the box cutter and after a few weeks, that thing will be gone. Thanks for reminding me that I can disassemble all kinds of things to dispose of them slowly.
Everything with the mattress is recyclable the foam cotton and steel except for the fiber
Stand the metal coils on end in your garden. I would plant some Star Jasmine vines. It would cover it completely.
Thank you dude. You kept a fight from happening with my partner lol.
In my city, some people just put the bed out. Small companies come by picking then up to refurbish them. They usually end up in discount mattress stores
is this how it done in your country? metal colletor charge you to remove your item and they can make more money out of it?? not make much sense.
Must have a heck of a love life blowing 🙃 out mattress like that
Seems like a lot of work just throw it in a ditch then its the countys problem
Cool to see I am not the only one that has done this.
Can I toss the metal into a recycling dumpster?
Thanks for the video I didn’t know what to
Do with my mattress
Great job. I really enjoy your time and effort that you put into your videos. Thanks for sharing:)
What is a tree belt?
That's what we call the edge of the road that the town owns
Bro, super helpful. Saved me a trip to the dump
Make sure you use good, all round, eye protection when using a grinder. It's no fun having metal pieces dug out of your eye.
coming from the massive flood draining video
You have a chair lift?
Thank you 😊 God bless you
This is great! Thank you!
Done it.. the city will take it but I wanted the metal out of it.
Thank you, always good info!
What is a tree belt
in the UK my local council Powys County Council you can take it to the local household recycling centre for free, just take it as it is, no hassle or mess
Thank you for taking the time to make this video it provided the initial steps to take care of this. My old king mattress had a few spots and couldn’t be donated. I cut it in 15 minutes and saved what could be recycled. I will leave the springs out on trash day and I am sure a pick up truck will pick it up for scrap metal.
What is a tree belt:?.
That's what we call the area between your property and the road. For example the town owns 10 feet off the road, tree belt
@@post.10 Alrighty then . Thankyou Post.
Probably something trees whoop their kids with.
Usually when I buy a new mattress the store that I bought it from hauls away the old one.
TEH60 not if they have bed bugs in them. I was lucky and put the infested mattress on the curb with a note, somebody took it.
I love ski lifts
Chairlift ending 10/10 👏👏
I don't remember typing this 😶
I did unwind an innerspring once. It took a long time. You probably can't accomplish this with pocketed coils though.
Another free way loose knots and highway speeds.
I am 100% kidding everyone.
Thanks for the demo.
We've got a king mattress standing up between the house & a shed for the past few weeks.
No one will take it & no dumps want it.
This is the perfect solution.
I think I can recycle the metal here, too!
Thanks again!
What’s a tree belt? And thanks for the uploading!
Good video, I hope you don't walk barefoot in the backyard, though.
i really Need a new mattress
Ah yes, I haven't slept in a new mattress since I got a room for myself at our new house. The one im laying on is used...for decades... *i'm broke*
One guy wanted to charge $250 for removal 😩🤦♀️