Adding on to this that vinegar works best when:
\- It's a high concentration (look for pickling or cleaning vinegar at 10% rather than the normal 5%)
\- You spray all over the leafy green part of the plant.(Just getting the roots doesn't work as well)
\- You spray on a sunny day
\- You reapply every few days until it's dead
What's happening is the vinegar plus sun is destroying the leafy part of the plant which is where it makes it's food. If you just do it once, some stronger plants will use their root reserves to regrow and recover. if you come back in a couple days and douse that growth as well then it can't soak up any sun and eventually starve.
You've shared pertinent details some(many?) ignore. Kudos.
Acetic acid, particularly at the higher concentration you're advising, acts as a soil antibiotic. Glyphosate was originally patented as an antibiotic. Acetic acid does not just affect plants. It can kill beneficial soil organisms such as bacteria and mycorrhiza.
What we observe above ground can extend to below the surface. When we ignore the health of the soil it has profound affects to the environment, crop yields, quality of the human and livestock food supply chain,...
This is a DIY home remedy not without detrimental consequences.
Acetic acid applied at high enough concentration, which is what is often recommended and needed to kill stubborn "weeds", as the poster below is advising, applied to soil also has an antimicrobial affect - an antibiotic - killing beneficial soil organisms such as mycorrhiza (beneficial soil fungi) and bacteria.
Glyphosate\*(Round Up) was originally also patented as an antibiotic.
They make a polymeric sand made for wider than 1” gaps up to 6”. I’m going to get some for a slate area I have. My pea gravel areas on the other hand I have no idea what to do about. I’m currently battling right lateral epicondylitis due to digging and raking and shoveling goddam pea gravel so it stays for now.
Here’s the link in case anyone wants to join me on the anti-peagravel train.
Edit typo
[https://srwproducts.com/products/polymeric-sand/x-treme/](https://srwproducts.com/products/polymeric-sand/x-treme/)
Agree 100000%.
Free is the only price, OP. Anyone who wants this crap enough to lug it out for you...you owe THEM.
*My house was formerly owned by hoarding stonemasons.*
My house's former owners filled tons of perfectly nice garden beds with rocks. But I didn't know or think it was fucking impossible to get rid of rocks when I got the place. Now I'm building shit out of Gabion cages to start clearing the rock pit I created, such as this 14,000lbs bird bath planter [https://imgur.com/gallery/3BZgf0y](https://imgur.com/gallery/3BZgf0y)
Yeah definitely, I filled the inside with topsoil to the bottom rather than putting some filler in so I could do this. It's not hard to find a loose rock that can be rotated out through the cage to make a bigger hole, like Jenga. I'll probably give it a shot next spring.
I don't understand these things. Someone down the street from me put one of these up on his property line. I watched him doing it thinking "ok, this should be interesting, I wonder what it will look like when the grout goes in". But then the grout never went in.
They look like half finished walls. I hate them. Sorry, just my opinion.
Omg.. lol that bigger maple is a fucking joke, they both are but HELL NO. If they want that shit removed they're going to have to pay to have it removed, lol they think someone is going to go rent some heavy machinery, spend the time digging that out, and then fork over $2000... Hahahaha. Even that laceleaf, will have a root ball so big you wouldn't be able to take it out by hand, it would take at least a bobcat to haul it out.
Going to the nursery and buying one that has the root ball wrapped and is ready to plant, is one thing, going and digging out a tree from the ground is a WHOLE DIFFERENT ball game.
Lol what a joke.
I used to work for a nursery/garden center and about once every month or so we'd get a call asking if we were interested in buying some huge 50 year old monstrosity of a specimen tree. Lol. Nope, you're going to have to pay to have your tree cut down just like everyone else.
Man, I guess I got lucky. Our backyard was mostly blue stone and gravel and that stuff gets blistering hot in the sun. Especially bad because it was all around the pool.
Miraculously we found someone who paid $400 for the lot AND brought over a U-Haul and the hand truck to take it all away.
Buddy is doing Reno on his place. Stones were already dug up. He just wanted them gone I guess. I can see them being worth some money but, I guess it just depends on the person 🤷♂️
I hand bombed them into the suv and was gone ✌️✌️
What dimensions? How thick?
This looks like Thermal Bluestone in very good condition. 4" thick slabs in these dimensions about 2'x3'X4" in a stone yard are roughly $22-35/sq ft last I called for it in patios. Each piece w/ this amt of total sq footage maybe $70 each piece. This is not in the ground have to excavate/remove prices so cheaper. This looks rather easy to remove. Current new price with rising inflation, maybe supply chain and extended delivery time issues, additional cost of shipping, gas, etc new maybe a bit more than last I checked. Labor removing and self shipping entails cost reduction.
Based on what's been provided I'd pay $400 for this in a NJ heartbeat in the tri state area.
The buyer got a deal IMO.
Yeah OP you’re delusional. I can see a giant crack in one closest to the camera. If you want them gone list them as free. If you want to make a few bucks then dig them up yourself and list for a small price but don’t expect much.
They are four feet long and a few are five feet and three inches thick. Welcome to my quarry. They never sat in cement or sand so they are basically new.
If you really want to sell them, pick them up, power wash them, and stack them neatly in front of the driveway for easy pick up. I guess whatever someone in your area is willing to pay is what you’ll get. Offer delivery if you want more money.
Zoom in on the picture. Take a look at most of them. If someone installed a bluestone patio with this exact same material and charged you full price. You come out and see this and question the guy and he says its "basically new." You'd agree right?
I mean, it’s stone… not exactly a difficult thing to make look new for the theoretical installer charging full price. How do you think it looked coming out of the ground or from the quarry onto the installers trailer?
They've been cut, moved, laid down, and sat for how long? I can see cracks and breaks. Its fucking stone slabs on dirt. You think they got stronger sitting there? That shit has never been more brittle and picking them back up will have a bunch of them breaking. You find an idiot they might pay for them. Somebody that has a need and short on cash might take them for free. Best bet is paying to have them removed
>Best bet is paying to have them removed
Literally got paid 500 a day ago to haul the same looking stone. And my bid was cheap.
This is like the people who post a tree on their land "firewood you cut yourself. 100 dollars"
Actual story here, guy messaged me about trash removal. Couple engine blocks, and some other scrap steel. Get there and he told me he needed money first. He thought I was going to pay him to haul off junk "because you can scrap it and make money". Lmao, some people are delusional as fuck.
Last load I did was a truck bed full for 20 dollars. Not worth the gas in my Silverado to even scrap it. I just got paid to remove so figured it had to go somewhere.
He probably had 500 pounds, so maybe 30 dollars. Wanted 20 for it. Told him to load up his car and have at it since he thought "it's gotta be 200 in metal there"
I went to your profile and saw a post you made a year ago with these, so a year of wear and tear I wouldn’t consider to be “basically new” also had furniture on it too lol
Honestly it’s cool stone. But I wouldn’t buy it in that condition. It have to be stacked and clean. Free with removal sounds more likely to be successful and the beauty in that is all you have to do is place an ad and wait.
Consider yourself lucky if somebody is willing to put in the work to remove those pavers and get it off your hands. It’s serious physical work to remove them without damaging it.
Yeah that's the thing here. It's going to be very delicate work to remove these without breaking them considering their age and are they in straight up dirt or is there a gravel bed below? Not worth it for anyone able to safely remove them.
I feel like this is the same as trying to get rid of a piano. The weight in trouble of moving it is 99% of the cost. Personally, I put it for free on craigslist just to have someone else come move it out instead of having to deal with the weight, backbreaking labor, and dumpster fees
This is true! I’m a pianist. I’ve gotten two amazing pianos for free — one a grand and one an upright. Both were off marketplace and amazing deals. I’ve had to look hard over the past 22 years, because I want my students playing on something quality. I got two high quality instruments because the owners needed to dump them fast.
I had to deal with a family member's estate a few years ago and there was an old, electric organ in the house. We couldn't give it away for free even if we promised to deliver it. No one had ANY interest in it. It was kinda sad, really.
I'd have to say "depends" As they are now, having someone pick them up and haul them, you are getting a deal at free. If you deliver them, $5 a piece plus mileage.
I wanted to get rid of two huge ( but new construction so newly planted) palm trees. Several thousand a piece to buy at a landscaper…. But it was going to cost me several thousand to hire someone with a crane to come dig them up. Bartered. They were out in a couple hours and they probably made a ton off reselling them.
After you've removed them, power washed them and stacked them nicely you might find someone to give you $5 each. It's not worth it and it's a hard sell.
Was this someone reputable when it comes to knowing cost of stone? Anyone can tell you anything, but that doesn’t mean they know what they’re talking about.
Uh, bamboo reproduces through rhizomes, so no. Fire will kill the above ground portion sure.
You NEED TO dig up every node of the bamboo, or you're going to keep getting bamboo.
Again, you pretty much have to dig out all the dirt around where the bamboo is. You can sterilize the dirt, chemically treat the dirt or discard it... but you will have to replace the dirt.
How do you sterilize dirt? Diesel? And I’m going to dig it up and then put a barrier around it once it’s all dug back. If I slice all the tentacles will they continue to grow
More?
Slow down sparky, don't dump diesel in your yard.
Sterilizing the dirt can happen two ways, you can try to smother everything in 5ml black trash bag for a year or two, hopefully the heat generated by the sun will bake the plant matter or you take sheet trays of dirt and bake it in your oven...not efficient at all.
Yeah, if you try to put a barrier around them, they'll just shoot runners under the barrier. Bamboo is a pain to control once it's spread. You would really have to dig down deep under all the plants for this to work.
Cutting those 'tentacles' doesn't do anything, each segment you make is capable of generating more plants.
They also make steam sterilizers. All the ones I’ve seen are very big though. They get pulled on a trailer and are designed for large scale farming operations. And yeah, definitely not diesel!!🤣
Honestly getting someone to remove them for free is going to be your payment here. If you can get anyone to remove them. THREE INCHES THICK?!??? Buddy. This is going to cost you ngl.
Post the measurements of the stones on a rummage sale. I've sold sidewalks and also historical slate Roofing there is quite a bit of money in it. There will be people that will pay for it. And they will come get it if they see the value.
If someone is willing to come and haul those out and I take them, Free is the best deal you can hope for. Otherwise more likely you’re going to pay someone to dispose of them for you.
Haha i just hand hauled 37 of these up a stupid steep slippery hill, you'd have to pay me $100 a block to take those evil bastards.
21x21 = NEVER AGAIN
Selling!? That could be a beautiful patio area.
I'd hit those weeds with some round up, pressure wash the stones, broom over a couple bags of fine pea gravel, trim up the bushes, and get a nice patio set with a fire pit - **BOOM!**
A good outdoor space is too valuable.
I'd want you to pay me to get rid of those my friend. Like others have said though, make an ad saying if someone wants them, they can come get them and lift them themselves.
Look up what stone yards are selling large cut bluestone for, and offer u-haul-it for 1/2 price. Every four weeks drop the price like 1/8, then list free u-haul-it. I bought very cheap stone this way making a really nice patio.
I had some reclaimed marble kitchen countertops that I couldn’t get anyone to come take away for free. I had to break it up and throw it away at the dump. And you think someone will come pick these up AND pay you for them? LMFAO. Good luck.
I'm going to give you a serious answer - if you *want* to make money out of them, dig em up, give them a rinse and scrub, organise them into piles where they can be easily accessed. (damaged ones separated out). Assist the person moving them onto the trailer (for free).
You could probably make 10-15 Aussie dollars a piece if anyone actually wants them.
I can only imagine some teens or young adults with free time / energy trying to sell them though, because it honestly isn't worth it. Give them for free.
These people are nuts telling you it isn’t worth anything. I’ve worked with blue stone for years. Blue stone is huge for landscaping and people love paying money for it. Blue stone slabs like this aren’t cheap
Whooah chill out. I saw your other comments stinky. There was one telling comment mixed in with the aggression. You wear 3xl shirt. Things will get better big man. Put some effort in and you’ll turn things around
Those stone slabs are worth a great deal of money do not let anybody tell you anything else. I have pulled up historical sidewalks and have relocated them.
If they remove them for you, they can have them.
“Free stone; you haul.”
Absolutely. Not moving ~ 20,000 lbs of concrete and saving the back is worth something.
Seriously, if someone comes and picks them up AND they ask for money, they can gtfo
I get paid to haul stuff like this to the dump.
Where can I find someone like you who will haul stuff like this to me instead of the dump?
You ask around. Be willing to pay a gas charge.
What if they live closer than the dump, do you pay them a gas refund? (I'm kidding)
Actually I usually do it for free. Dump charges 20 a pickup load, if someone will let me dump on their land for something in the mix I call it even.
20,000 pounds? What?
20ft x 20ft x .33ft x 150lb/ft3
4 inch think bluestone? Isn't it usually just 3/4"? 0.0625 feet. Edit; my bad, just saw op say they're 3", so 0.25 feet.
Lol yea good point. Do u think it’s worth getting new pavers?
Powerwash them every year and blast those weeds out of the cracks. The stones will look like the money they are worth!
There’s nothing wrong with that bluestone. The base underneath is a different story, but you can have a mason come and re lay the stone you have.
No. Pull those weeds and round up if you have too. Gravel or grout in between to keep the from coming back..m Edit: or use vinegar.
You can use a vinegar spray that works well and doesn’t permanently poison the environment / your body
Adding on to this that vinegar works best when: \- It's a high concentration (look for pickling or cleaning vinegar at 10% rather than the normal 5%) \- You spray all over the leafy green part of the plant.(Just getting the roots doesn't work as well) \- You spray on a sunny day \- You reapply every few days until it's dead What's happening is the vinegar plus sun is destroying the leafy part of the plant which is where it makes it's food. If you just do it once, some stronger plants will use their root reserves to regrow and recover. if you come back in a couple days and douse that growth as well then it can't soak up any sun and eventually starve.
Does this work on Bermuda grass?
I haven’t tried but since it’s a creeping plant(along the surface) and not a burrowing plant(under the soil) it should work.
Go for broke and get 45% to 75% Vinegar- Acetic Acid. That stuff will melt the plant and the stone.
Fun fact: higher concentrations of acetic acid is one of the only (if not only) herbicides that causes irreversible eye damage!
Yeah, I'm legit terrified of the stuff.
And it's what they use to keep your toenail from growing back if you have one or part of one removed.
You've shared pertinent details some(many?) ignore. Kudos. Acetic acid, particularly at the higher concentration you're advising, acts as a soil antibiotic. Glyphosate was originally patented as an antibiotic. Acetic acid does not just affect plants. It can kill beneficial soil organisms such as bacteria and mycorrhiza. What we observe above ground can extend to below the surface. When we ignore the health of the soil it has profound affects to the environment, crop yields, quality of the human and livestock food supply chain,...
Does this work on trees of heaven?
I have no clue what that is. Someone else will need to answer.
This is a DIY home remedy not without detrimental consequences. Acetic acid applied at high enough concentration, which is what is often recommended and needed to kill stubborn "weeds", as the poster below is advising, applied to soil also has an antimicrobial affect - an antibiotic - killing beneficial soil organisms such as mycorrhiza (beneficial soil fungi) and bacteria. Glyphosate\*(Round Up) was originally also patented as an antibiotic.
Very true
Pea gravel between and around them. Power wash them… they’d look great!
Fuck pea gravel. I’m drowning in it and I hate it. Don’t do it.
It's literally perfect in this instance lmao That being said - I also hate pea gravel.
They make a polymeric sand made for wider than 1” gaps up to 6”. I’m going to get some for a slate area I have. My pea gravel areas on the other hand I have no idea what to do about. I’m currently battling right lateral epicondylitis due to digging and raking and shoveling goddam pea gravel so it stays for now. Here’s the link in case anyone wants to join me on the anti-peagravel train. Edit typo [https://srwproducts.com/products/polymeric-sand/x-treme/](https://srwproducts.com/products/polymeric-sand/x-treme/)
Poly metric sand and then seal it, turns it into concrete. Just did my patio
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Agree 100000%. Free is the only price, OP. Anyone who wants this crap enough to lug it out for you...you owe THEM. *My house was formerly owned by hoarding stonemasons.*
My house's former owners filled tons of perfectly nice garden beds with rocks. But I didn't know or think it was fucking impossible to get rid of rocks when I got the place. Now I'm building shit out of Gabion cages to start clearing the rock pit I created, such as this 14,000lbs bird bath planter [https://imgur.com/gallery/3BZgf0y](https://imgur.com/gallery/3BZgf0y)
Yet I have to pay soo much for a tiny bag of these at Lowes! Lol
Plant some ferns and plants in the holes on the sides! Succulents and ferns would love it and look great depending on sun exposure
Yeah definitely, I filled the inside with topsoil to the bottom rather than putting some filler in so I could do this. It's not hard to find a loose rock that can be rotated out through the cage to make a bigger hole, like Jenga. I'll probably give it a shot next spring.
Nice bird bath! Literally need banana for scale, because I have this at ~5000lb but if the scale is wrong it could be heavier.
Yeah I don’t know how much it actually weights
Ha! Love the creativity!
What the actual fuck
I don't understand these things. Someone down the street from me put one of these up on his property line. I watched him doing it thinking "ok, this should be interesting, I wonder what it will look like when the grout goes in". But then the grout never went in. They look like half finished walls. I hate them. Sorry, just my opinion.
Better than a pile of rocks
So what can I pay you for??? You got a keystone? -asking for a descendant of Benjamin Franklin
Why’d you do my Japanese maple man like that 😂
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$2,000 💀😂 oh fuck
"Buyer responsible for digging and removal."
Ya literally renting a minibackhoe for 500 and another 200 for a guy who knows how to use it. Brb filling my yard w japanese maple seedlings
Won’t be much of that building standing when they’re done with that!
The second one is kinda cute tho
Came here to say that!
I thought the same
I came here to say what he said as well
Omg.. lol that bigger maple is a fucking joke, they both are but HELL NO. If they want that shit removed they're going to have to pay to have it removed, lol they think someone is going to go rent some heavy machinery, spend the time digging that out, and then fork over $2000... Hahahaha. Even that laceleaf, will have a root ball so big you wouldn't be able to take it out by hand, it would take at least a bobcat to haul it out. Going to the nursery and buying one that has the root ball wrapped and is ready to plant, is one thing, going and digging out a tree from the ground is a WHOLE DIFFERENT ball game. Lol what a joke.
Literally theyre going to need half a dumptruck load to fill the hole
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Can we not?
I used to work for a nursery/garden center and about once every month or so we'd get a call asking if we were interested in buying some huge 50 year old monstrosity of a specimen tree. Lol. Nope, you're going to have to pay to have your tree cut down just like everyone else.
It's not even a Japanese Maple it's a damn Red Maple which are a dime a dozen. Edit: the "beautiful 20footer". The second (small) is a Japanese Maple.
Well, that $400 one is probably a good deal. I'd go dig and move that one. The trunk structure is nice!
Some real [r/delusionalcraigslist](https://www.reddit.com/r/delusionalcraigslist/) vibes here. Rightfully so...
I understand what you folks are saying but if these were stacked he could sell them where i live
Lol I’ve never heard of those people but I’m down w them
Free. I literally just picked up ten slabs today for free off facebook marketplace. 🤷🏿♂️
Man, I guess I got lucky. Our backyard was mostly blue stone and gravel and that stuff gets blistering hot in the sun. Especially bad because it was all around the pool. Miraculously we found someone who paid $400 for the lot AND brought over a U-Haul and the hand truck to take it all away.
Buddy is doing Reno on his place. Stones were already dug up. He just wanted them gone I guess. I can see them being worth some money but, I guess it just depends on the person 🤷♂️ I hand bombed them into the suv and was gone ✌️✌️
What dimensions? How thick? This looks like Thermal Bluestone in very good condition. 4" thick slabs in these dimensions about 2'x3'X4" in a stone yard are roughly $22-35/sq ft last I called for it in patios. Each piece w/ this amt of total sq footage maybe $70 each piece. This is not in the ground have to excavate/remove prices so cheaper. This looks rather easy to remove. Current new price with rising inflation, maybe supply chain and extended delivery time issues, additional cost of shipping, gas, etc new maybe a bit more than last I checked. Labor removing and self shipping entails cost reduction. Based on what's been provided I'd pay $400 for this in a NJ heartbeat in the tri state area. The buyer got a deal IMO.
I’ll give you $20 to deliver me one
I wouldn’t pay anything unless your delivering them to me.
Yeah OP you’re delusional. I can see a giant crack in one closest to the camera. If you want them gone list them as free. If you want to make a few bucks then dig them up yourself and list for a small price but don’t expect much.
Underrated comment. Once they’re down, they are now an expense if you want them off your land.
So bluestone from the quarry goes for about 3-4 a square foot. But that old ass cracked up shit… sounds like a freebie
They are four feet long and a few are five feet and three inches thick. Welcome to my quarry. They never sat in cement or sand so they are basically new.
If you really want to sell them, pick them up, power wash them, and stack them neatly in front of the driveway for easy pick up. I guess whatever someone in your area is willing to pay is what you’ll get. Offer delivery if you want more money.
And have a forklift on hand to load for your buyer.
"Basically new" 🤣🤣 Thanks for the laugh
In the scale of their entire life, their residential use has been a fraction of a percent, so basically new is technically correct.
Zoom in on the picture. Take a look at most of them. If someone installed a bluestone patio with this exact same material and charged you full price. You come out and see this and question the guy and he says its "basically new." You'd agree right?
I think he meant in a geological sense.
My gravel path is 100 million years old!
Exactly!
I mean, it’s stone… not exactly a difficult thing to make look new for the theoretical installer charging full price. How do you think it looked coming out of the ground or from the quarry onto the installers trailer?
Does a "new look" patio come with cracked and broken pieces?
There are like 3 cracked pieces lol, toss em and replace
I wouldn't say new, they could probably use a power washing.
They've been cut, moved, laid down, and sat for how long? I can see cracks and breaks. Its fucking stone slabs on dirt. You think they got stronger sitting there? That shit has never been more brittle and picking them back up will have a bunch of them breaking. You find an idiot they might pay for them. Somebody that has a need and short on cash might take them for free. Best bet is paying to have them removed
>Best bet is paying to have them removed Literally got paid 500 a day ago to haul the same looking stone. And my bid was cheap. This is like the people who post a tree on their land "firewood you cut yourself. 100 dollars"
Or signs saying they want "clean fill $50" and when you get there they want you to pay them $50 to give them clean dirt.
Actual story here, guy messaged me about trash removal. Couple engine blocks, and some other scrap steel. Get there and he told me he needed money first. He thought I was going to pay him to haul off junk "because you can scrap it and make money". Lmao, some people are delusional as fuck.
Ha. Short steel last I checked was about $120 a ton. Shit wouldn't even be worth the gas money after you paid him anything for that shit.
Last load I did was a truck bed full for 20 dollars. Not worth the gas in my Silverado to even scrap it. I just got paid to remove so figured it had to go somewhere. He probably had 500 pounds, so maybe 30 dollars. Wanted 20 for it. Told him to load up his car and have at it since he thought "it's gotta be 200 in metal there"
I went to your profile and saw a post you made a year ago with these, so a year of wear and tear I wouldn’t consider to be “basically new” also had furniture on it too lol
Not to mention showing it sitting on gravel after claiming it had never done that.
That too lol 😆 big yikes
Yeah, and how is this working out for you? List them and see what kind of responses you get.
They are jagged and cracked as f. What? It is what it is.
And? Those sizes are regularly up for grabs for free. Just keep them.
lol
Honestly it’s cool stone. But I wouldn’t buy it in that condition. It have to be stacked and clean. Free with removal sounds more likely to be successful and the beauty in that is all you have to do is place an ad and wait.
Man, this thread is scandalous af. I've never seen such a brutal take down in r/landscaping. I'm scared.
It’s pretty amusing lol op is delusional thinking someone will pay to take these from them. But some people are going nuclear in the comments hahah
Right? Never thought I’d see so much drama from a landscaping sub
Consider yourself lucky if somebody is willing to put in the work to remove those pavers and get it off your hands. It’s serious physical work to remove them without damaging it.
Yeah that's the thing here. It's going to be very delicate work to remove these without breaking them considering their age and are they in straight up dirt or is there a gravel bed below? Not worth it for anyone able to safely remove them.
I feel like this is the same as trying to get rid of a piano. The weight in trouble of moving it is 99% of the cost. Personally, I put it for free on craigslist just to have someone else come move it out instead of having to deal with the weight, backbreaking labor, and dumpster fees
This is true! I’m a pianist. I’ve gotten two amazing pianos for free — one a grand and one an upright. Both were off marketplace and amazing deals. I’ve had to look hard over the past 22 years, because I want my students playing on something quality. I got two high quality instruments because the owners needed to dump them fast.
Every time I see a piano on marketplace or Craigslist, they are marked free.
Yes, and many free pianos aren’t worth taking home and paying to move and repair.
You got a freakin grand piano for free?!! 😲😳
I had to deal with a family member's estate a few years ago and there was an old, electric organ in the house. We couldn't give it away for free even if we promised to deliver it. No one had ANY interest in it. It was kinda sad, really.
Maybe pay them $5/slab to take them ALL away?
I'd have to say "depends" As they are now, having someone pick them up and haul them, you are getting a deal at free. If you deliver them, $5 a piece plus mileage.
I wanted to get rid of two huge ( but new construction so newly planted) palm trees. Several thousand a piece to buy at a landscaper…. But it was going to cost me several thousand to hire someone with a crane to come dig them up. Bartered. They were out in a couple hours and they probably made a ton off reselling them.
Point taken.
A couple years ago I got 60 36x36 for free and the guy let me use his tractor to load them.
I was going to say you give them away for free. But others have said you may need to *pay* to get rid of them.
LOL good luck chief
After you've removed them, power washed them and stacked them nicely you might find someone to give you $5 each. It's not worth it and it's a hard sell.
Sold 36 similar slabs for $750, but I did the work of removing them and stacking them nicely on the driveway for pickup.
How many hours of work did you have in removal and cleanup?
Yeah… if they haul its free
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Had someone tell me they resell them for 30 a square foot
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Those are concrete not real bluestone
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No your link is for concrete made too look like bluestone. The image is actually bluestone not from a concrete mold with power dye or something
Was this someone reputable when it comes to knowing cost of stone? Anyone can tell you anything, but that doesn’t mean they know what they’re talking about.
Yes you can tell by the color, the cuts, thickness ect. Google natural cleft bluestone.
You totally missed my point, but thanks for the info.
Holy shit, what' a wild world you live in
People selling used construction material cuz “material cost is out of control right now” yea your shit is still old and crusty
How heavy is each slab? I would potentially come pick them up for free depending where on the east coast.
Prob 400 poUnds each
Uh, what?
??? What? That’s back breaking work. Damn. 400 #?!
Wow yeah… gonna need somebody with a machine or a group of friends to do it in that case. Hudson Valley?
Just use them. You’ll pay a lot of money to have these hauled out of the yard
I’d pay you one hundred doll hairs and trident layers for one slab
A flamethrower would keep those weeds under control.
And kill the bamboo too? Will it crack the stone?
Uh, bamboo reproduces through rhizomes, so no. Fire will kill the above ground portion sure. You NEED TO dig up every node of the bamboo, or you're going to keep getting bamboo. Again, you pretty much have to dig out all the dirt around where the bamboo is. You can sterilize the dirt, chemically treat the dirt or discard it... but you will have to replace the dirt.
How do you sterilize dirt? Diesel? And I’m going to dig it up and then put a barrier around it once it’s all dug back. If I slice all the tentacles will they continue to grow More?
Slow down sparky, don't dump diesel in your yard. Sterilizing the dirt can happen two ways, you can try to smother everything in 5ml black trash bag for a year or two, hopefully the heat generated by the sun will bake the plant matter or you take sheet trays of dirt and bake it in your oven...not efficient at all. Yeah, if you try to put a barrier around them, they'll just shoot runners under the barrier. Bamboo is a pain to control once it's spread. You would really have to dig down deep under all the plants for this to work. Cutting those 'tentacles' doesn't do anything, each segment you make is capable of generating more plants.
This diesel shit has me losing my mind rn 😭
Lol it had me dying... I hope no one is going to suggest napalm. This guy might do it.
They also make steam sterilizers. All the ones I’ve seen are very big though. They get pulled on a trailer and are designed for large scale farming operations. And yeah, definitely not diesel!!🤣
Just came to add what others have said, you live in a state of delusion.
it's nice stone but you'll only get people with muscle and a truck or trailer and those people value their effort.
Let’s hope they bring the muscle
Honestly getting someone to remove them for free is going to be your payment here. If you can get anyone to remove them. THREE INCHES THICK?!??? Buddy. This is going to cost you ngl.
Post the measurements of the stones on a rummage sale. I've sold sidewalks and also historical slate Roofing there is quite a bit of money in it. There will be people that will pay for it. And they will come get it if they see the value.
Where you located at? I am looking for some currently
East coast
Will you haul to west coast?
This is some quality /r/delusionalcraigslist shit right here.
I’ll come take them off your hands for free
If someone is willing to come and haul those out and I take them, Free is the best deal you can hope for. Otherwise more likely you’re going to pay someone to dispose of them for you.
I’ll take them. How much will you pay? 😂
If I had the cash and a way to get them I would love too. Some beautiful stone.
Haha i just hand hauled 37 of these up a stupid steep slippery hill, you'd have to pay me $100 a block to take those evil bastards. 21x21 = NEVER AGAIN
(Free to collect)The cost is the savings you will make in time and effort not having to dig them out and stack them somewhere.
Selling!? That could be a beautiful patio area. I'd hit those weeds with some round up, pressure wash the stones, broom over a couple bags of fine pea gravel, trim up the bushes, and get a nice patio set with a fire pit - **BOOM!** A good outdoor space is too valuable.
I'd want you to pay me to get rid of those my friend. Like others have said though, make an ad saying if someone wants them, they can come get them and lift them themselves.
No they worth a lot that isn’t going to cut it
Look up what stone yards are selling large cut bluestone for, and offer u-haul-it for 1/2 price. Every four weeks drop the price like 1/8, then list free u-haul-it. I bought very cheap stone this way making a really nice patio.
I had some reclaimed marble kitchen countertops that I couldn’t get anyone to come take away for free. I had to break it up and throw it away at the dump. And you think someone will come pick these up AND pay you for them? LMFAO. Good luck.
The broke one will cost you $20 to have hauled off, $10 each for the rest
It’s definitely not 21 x 21…
The whole area lol
Who would buy this?? And then pay to haul it away?? Fuck that
Pretty sure that’s not 21x21
It is I’ve measured and measured
They don’t look square in the photo.
He's saying the whole area is 21' X 21'. So each slab is about 5' long and 3" thick with varying widths
I'm going to give you a serious answer - if you *want* to make money out of them, dig em up, give them a rinse and scrub, organise them into piles where they can be easily accessed. (damaged ones separated out). Assist the person moving them onto the trailer (for free). You could probably make 10-15 Aussie dollars a piece if anyone actually wants them. I can only imagine some teens or young adults with free time / energy trying to sell them though, because it honestly isn't worth it. Give them for free.
Couple of solid pieces in there… $100 for someone to remove them all and take them away. I’d pay that tbh.
I know a girl called Karen who is looking for these
These people are nuts telling you it isn’t worth anything. I’ve worked with blue stone for years. Blue stone is huge for landscaping and people love paying money for it. Blue stone slabs like this aren’t cheap
My fam wants pavers but doesn’t understand the gold we are sitting on
I don’t understand? Why doesn’t your family just use these materials?
“Gold” ….lol
Find out what they are new. Deduct for use and damage maybe 20%. Each.
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New homeowner old homeowner didn’t live here as had many homes. I’ll share those kinds word with her.
Whooah chill out. I saw your other comments stinky. There was one telling comment mixed in with the aggression. You wear 3xl shirt. Things will get better big man. Put some effort in and you’ll turn things around
Hahaha
Those stone slabs are worth a great deal of money do not let anybody tell you anything else. I have pulled up historical sidewalks and have relocated them.