Did you take my AC?

On Sunday evening we set a huge AC down on the sidewalk (Underhill between St. Marks/Bergen), with a sign that said: "Free & It Works!".

By Monday AM it was gone, which was surprise to me since it was VERY heavy.

Did one of you get it? I hope whoever has it was able to get it installed and is enjoying the nice, chilled air!

probably one of the homeless guys in the hood got it. i always see them lugging huge stuff around the area. with their bike or wagon thing.

oh yea there's that guy with the long hair and beard who rides a bike around carrying all sorts of stuff. it's amazing the crap i've seen him with on that bike.

VeggieQueen wrote: oh yea there's that guy with the long hair and beard who rides a bike around carrying all sorts of stuff. it's amazing the crap i've seen him with on that bike.

is it the white dude? if so i think i know whom you talking about. once i saw him with a fan. which was cool cause when he was riding the fan was spinning around hehe.

I mean, this thing was HEAVY. It was either a 12,000 or 14,000 BTU unit. Kosherdave and I had trouble getting it down the stairs, so I would imagine taking it away on a bike would be next to impossible.

VeggieQueen wrote: oh yea there's that guy with the long hair and beard who rides a bike around carrying all sorts of stuff. it's amazing the crap i've seen him with on that bike.

You took the words out of my mouth!!! Guess great minds think alike
I put out a TV and VCR and he amazed me by holding the TV under one arm (had to be at least 30 lbs) and balanced the VCR on the handlebars and rode off on Underhill with any problem.

BrookFetish wrote: I mean, this thing was HEAVY. It was either a 12,000 or 14,000 BTU unit. Kosherdave and I had trouble getting it down the stairs, so I would imagine taking it away on a bike would be next to impossible.

tell that to the vietnamese during the war. they took tons and tons of weapons and other things on their bikes.

BrookFetish wrote: I mean, this thing was HEAVY. It was either a 12,000 or 14,000 BTU unit. Kosherdave and I had trouble getting it down the stairs, so I would imagine taking it away on a bike would be next to impossible.

There is no way one person could handle that thing. It's a 2 man jobby. Preferably 3. This was literally the biggest AC unit you can get that works in a normal outlet. It's friggin huge.

i saw him riding around at saint marks/underhill yesterday. maybe he reads this and is on the look out for another AC. one of these days i want to follow him to see where he takes all that stuff.

BrookFetish wrote: I mean, this thing was HEAVY. It was either a 12,000 or 14,000 BTU unit. Kosherdave and I had trouble getting it down the stairs, so I would imagine taking it away on a bike would be next to impossible.

what were guys doing with a behemoth like that in the first place? cooling a basketball arena?

kosherdave wrote: [quote=BrookFetish]I mean, this thing was HEAVY. It was either a 12,000 or 14,000 BTU unit. Kosherdave and I had trouble getting it down the stairs, so I would imagine taking it away on a bike would be next to impossible.

There is no way one person could handle that thing. It's a 2 man jobby. Preferably 3. This was literally the biggest AC unit you can get that works in a normal outlet. It's friggin huge.

Never underestimate the strength or cunning of the Brooklyn Scavenger

kosherdave wrote: [quote=BrookFetish]I mean, this thing was HEAVY. It was either a 12,000 or 14,000 BTU unit. Kosherdave and I had trouble getting it down the stairs, so I would imagine taking it away on a bike would be next to impossible.

There is no way one person could handle that thing. It's a 2 man jobby. Preferably 3. This was literally the biggest AC unit you can get that works in a normal outlet. It's friggin huge.

Never underestimate the strength or cunning of the Brooklyn Scavenger

Crack heads have super human strength when free working stuff is at their reach. They would pull trees out of the ground and try and sell them in their shopping carts if they weren't rooted. I bet he got five bucks for it.

djuoh wrote: I bet he got five bucks for it.

I flippin' hope so. I could easily have gotten $50 for it on Craigslist. Still not sure why I didn't.

$50.00 and they would have saved you from potential back injuries if you told them to get it themselves.

Hey, at least the guy had the common courtesy not to bash it to pieces on the spot in order to get the tubing. I see (and hear) that all the time, and since it's usually at odd hours it makes me want to head roofside and egg the mofo doing it.

Come to think of it, if pulling crap out of discarded AC units was your "job", wouldn't it be a lot more efficient to have a cheap screwdriver/wrench? Seems you could do the work a lot faster and as a bonus not look like Tom Hanks trying to open a coconut...

Drano wrote: Hey, at least the guy had the common courtesy not to bash it to pieces on the spot in order to get the tubing. I see (and hear) that all the time, and since it's usually at odd hours it makes me want to head roofside and egg the mofo doing it.

Come to think of it, if pulling crap out of discarded AC units was your "job", wouldn't it be a lot more efficient to have a cheap screwdriver/wrench? Seems you could do the work a lot faster and as a bonus not look like Tom Hanks trying to open a coconut...

Interesting - what do they do with the tubes? They have value?

Oh yeah. The copper goes right down to 3rd avenue, you can get a few bucks for it. Maybe there are other worthwhile components as well, but I'm not certain.

Drano wrote: Oh yeah. The copper goes right down to 3rd avenue, you can get a few bucks for it. Maybe there are other worthwhile components as well, I'm not sure.

The freon is worth something too, but it's harder to get at.

He's been riding 'stuff' around PH for at least 9 years and is so good at balancing heavy crap on his crossbar Ringling Bros would be lucky to have him do an act in a ring...I've been amazed by his endeavours too. If you wave and smile, he'll actually balance with one hand for a quick second to wave back...

VeggieQueen wrote: oh yea there's that guy with the long hair and beard who rides a bike around carrying all sorts of stuff. it's amazing the crap i've seen him with on that bike.

We need a picture of this guy doing one of his amazing feats.

Bounty: $10 by paypal.

Carnivore wrote: The freon is worth something too, but it's harder to get at.

wonder how many mosquitoes we could kill with freon?

wasnt freon phased out a few years ago or i'm in some alternative world that it happen.

armchair_warrior wrote: wasnt freon phased out a few years ago or i'm in some alternative world that it happen.

I think so, but most of the air conditioners being kicked to the curb seem to be older models - you know, fake woodgrain fronts and all that. Maybe the phaseout (if that's true) is why the freon is worth dragging out of there? Can it be sold to a repair shop? Ok, I'm thinking about this way too much right now...

I don't claim to know all the details about this. However, I think that for car A/C's for example, if you have a freon leak, it's now difficult to get freon to replace it, and you may have to replace the entire A/C unit if you have a problem with one of these older ones. This creates a natural black market for freon. Does anyone know if this is right? I haven't had a car in years, but I seem to remember something like that.

Carnivore wrote: I don't claim to know all the details about this. However, I think that for car A/C's for example, if you have a freon leak, it's now difficult to get freon to replace it, and you may have to replace the entire A/C unit if you have a problem with one of these older ones. This creates a natural black market for freon. Does anyone know if this is right? I haven't had a car in years, but I seem to remember something like that.

You are right. I had an 86 Oldmobile Cutlas Supreme that was in mint condition and that was the reason we had to give it up. Man I really do miss that car

the 'scavenger' in question lives a few doors down from me on prospect place. i have seen that guy carry things on his bike i don't think my old pathfinder could manage without stalling. huge televisions. consoles. mini-fridges. once, a stackable dryer unit. he's amazing. he never even looks like he's breaking a sweat or in any way challenged, either. i've never seen him drag the stuff up to his apartment, so he must unload it quickly. i've also never seen him talking on a cellphone while riding, so he definitely gets my respect