Engine from the garbage?

[Thedude]

I have heard that garbage picking is a good way to get non running engines. Is this true? If so what exactly is garbage picking? Thanks ahead of time!

 

[motor_head]

what exactly is garbage picking

it's exactly that, picking stuff from the garbage, you can get alot of good stuff if you can figure out the usually simple stuff wrong with what people throw out

 

[Tony]

thats the way i found all my engines (5hp briggs, 3hp tecumpseh with generator, 8 hp briggs, 25cc weedeater, and a 292cc sachs snowmobile engine). by the way it is a great way to get engines for free.

 

[Russ2251]

It's a virtual gold mine out there, especially this time of year.
Folks will throw engine powered stuff out for the most easily fixed problems.
Bad switches, clogged/collapsed mufflers, shorted ground wires, etc., etc.
Even if I find engines that are total basket cases...something is always salvageable.
Cables, carbs, bolts/nuts, recoil parts (rope), and the ever elusive coils and lighter flywheels. The list just goes on and on.
Last year I picked up a 2 year old super deluxe 6.5 Tecumseh powered Lawn-Boy with "Sense-A-Speed". $600 original price tag.
All it needed was a $6 drive belt.

 

[Thedude]

Thanks guys! I'm gonna try it!

 

[Tony]

It's a virtual gold mine out there, especially this time of year.
Folks will throw engine powered stuff out for the most easily fixed problems.
Bad switches, clogged/collapsed mufflers, shorted ground wires, etc., etc.
Even if I find engines that are total basket cases...something is always salvageable.
Cables, carbs, bolts/nuts, recoil parts (rope), and the ever elusive coils and lighter flywheels. The list just goes on and on.
Last year I picked up a 2 year old super deluxe Lawn-Boy with "Sense-A-Speed".
All it needed was a $6 drive belt.

I've found it is best in the spring and fall to garbage pic as people are cleaning up their grages for the seasons.

 

[Russ2251]

If you know zero about engines, it's a good way to learn. Got nothing to lose.

 

[archer1232]

Ive only seen one horizontal in the garbage but i do see alot of weed wackers and chainsaws.

 

[Linksep]

See if your city or any neighboring cities have a free haul-away day (places around me have these 1-2x/yr where you can put nearly anything at the curb and the city will pick it up and dispose of it). Go hunting early in the morning, these days will be coming up very shortly and a lot of people don't know how or where to get rid of "broken" (or even just old) powered lawn/garden equipment...

 

[solomon]

i always see this one black fella ON YOUTUBE that finds snow blowers everyday trash picking haha

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Why not? I found a whole moped in the trash, I ride it now and then. I would be DDing it in a few months if I had the $$$ for tires, battery and registration.

 

[KieranM]

The only thing i ever found was a flymo. Lets leave it at that