Disposing of Seats - any pointers??

thetootall · 01-21-2016, 05:23 PM

So Im converting a 97 Gillig Phantom Transit bus and looking for some ideas on disposing of some seats. Im not sure if the landfill will take these, and I looked at the county recycle center site but nothing specific as to whether or not they'll take them. Any ideas?

CaptSquid · 01-21-2016, 05:38 PM

Not knowing where you are located is a hindrance.

I took mine to a scrapyard, where I was paid the staggering fee of 1¢ per pound.

M1031A1 · 01-21-2016, 06:14 PM

I got paid the staggering reward of one cent per pound at a scrap yard! I guess they gave me your fee Capt.!

Scooternj · 01-21-2016, 06:32 PM

I get $.06/lb for scrap here in SNJ. It's easier (and more cost effective) to put it out for bulk pickup by the township

EastCoastCB · 01-21-2016, 06:34 PM

.02 cents a pound on a good day here.
I gave mine to some vulture-like scrappers who were circling the neighborhood waiting for them.

Davoarts · 01-21-2016, 08:46 PM

I usually post on craigslist with a close intersection and not the actual address, first person to find it gets the haul and everyone else doesn't know where you live and get pissed off at you because someone else got there first.

family wagon · 01-21-2016, 09:30 PM

Mmm, the molded fiberglass bucket seats. I built a spectator bench for my shop using one bench with the legs from two benches, and bolted it to a pair of 2x4s to extend the feet for stability. My bus had seating for 41 passengers. Now I have seats for just 39 still waiting in a pile for me to figure out what to do with them..

Occasionally somebody comes along and posts here trying to sell bus seats for $100 each. You can probably imagine how well that goes!

noahmillercatapillar · 01-22-2016, 01:01 AM

Taking my son's seats to the metal guy he says 30 bucks a ton.

I'll get back to you after I've done the math.

Yep that's 1 -1/2 cents per pound. Just checked my work.

EastCoastCB · 01-22-2016, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by noahmillercatapillar

Taking my son's seats to the metal guy he says 30 bucks a ton.

I'll get back to you after I've done the math.

Yep that's 1 -1/2 cents per pound. Just checked my work.

Around here that's what scrap is goin for too. Not even worth the gas to haul it to the scrap yard.

crazycal · 01-22-2016, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooternj

I get $.06/lb for scrap here in SNJ. It's easier (and more cost effective) to put it out for bulk pickup by the township

I don't think steel brings that much today. How long ago was that?

I think you are better off listing them on craigslist for free. You will probably be money ahead. It doesn't look like you have much metal there.

Big11beard · 01-22-2016, 05:18 PM

I posted and ad on Craigslist for free bus seats and received several calls. One guy picked up most and another took the rest.

noahmillercatapillar · 01-22-2016, 05:52 PM

Just got back from the metal scrapper and got 10.52 for about 14 seat frames.

crazycal · 01-22-2016, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by noahmillercatapillar

Just got back from the metal scrapper and got 10.52 for about 14 seat frames.

How much was fuel?

wunderhut · 01-23-2016, 12:50 AM

I haven't taken my frames in yet, but I tried setting the stripped foam cushions out for the garbage truck. Garbage man wouldn't take them. Said I have to take them to the dump. The dump charges per pound.

noahmillercatapillar · 01-23-2016, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by wunderhut

I haven't taken my frames in yet, but I tried setting the stripped foam cushions out for the garbage truck. Garbage man wouldn't take them. Said I have to take them to the dump. The dump charges per pound.

The dump is a few miles from me and they charge 10 bucks to drive thru and then by the pound. The last 8 seat foam chunks cost 20 bucks to dump.

The metal scrapper is less than a mile from my house. OK I don't live in the best part of town.

Stu & Filo. T · 01-23-2016, 09:57 PM

I put all the cover's & foam in the trash bins over a few weeks time then took all the metal. Too The scrapyard after I had gotten the inside gutted, saved every single piece of metal I could find, i.e. Rivet heads used drill its, anything that would add to wieght.
Keep steel separate from aluminum otherwise they pay less.

Piersg · 01-25-2016, 06:30 PM

I called the bus service that I got the bus from and asked him if he wanted the seats for free. He came by the next day with a UHaul and a couple of guys and loaded them up. I kept one seat from each side plus the fold down emergency exit seat, but I'm probably not going to use them in the end.

EastCoastCB · 01-25-2016, 06:57 PM

I held on to the two small seats that were by the exits, but I doubt I'll use them.

Tippyman · 01-25-2016, 09:59 PM

Posted mine for free on craigslist. "You haul 'em, you keep 'em."

Some guy making treestands came and grabbed them all.

thetootall · 01-28-2016, 01:31 PM

Good news everyone! I called the same salvage yard that I took the metal from my old bus seats (which I ended up getting around $40 or so for, not bad) and because of the plastic attached and being non metallic he said that they couldn't give me anything for it, but the fact they would let me dispose of it for free was better than nothing! One hurdle out of the way!

Stay tuned next week - I'll be starting up a thread for my new project: 35' Gillig Phantom transit bus turned into a party bus

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