"Trash Find" Vacuums Thread

[jake1234]

i found a hoover purepower in a skip along with vax 2000 dyson dc14 and dyson dc24

 

[parwaz786]

Dyson DC14 and DC24? Bloody lucky

 

[loganvac]

Dirt Devil Envision Wide Glide. It agitated the carpets well anand I'm impressed with it. I've had it for about three days. If this picture showed up you're looking at a picture I took after the cleaning I did to it and a couple days worth of gunk in the bin. It has all its tools but it's in need of a motor mount on one side.

 

[delaneymeegan]

Curb finds are awesome


There is the sense of opening a present. You don't know what your getting.

I once found a Sears Lady Kenmore canister vac from 1980, in a construction dumpster (skip). The vac was fine. Power head needed work. Wish I still had it.

Years ago, we had "big junk" garbage week, a few times a year. One could put anything at the curb. I used to get dishwashers, vacuums, washers, and a few other things. It was so fun.

These days, you see these cheap plastic vacs at the likes of Goodwill and St. Vincent DePaul, usually for $4 to $10.
I can't help but wonder how many simply need the filters cleaned, possibly a belt, a clog removed from the hose, and good wipe down.

When I worked for a catholic charity, in the warehouse, people were always dropping donations off (in fact there was more stuff coming in the back door than was going out the front). Several times I bought for mere pennies with employee discount, vacs that needed to simply be cleaned.

It's like people buy these, take them out of the box, use them until the filter is so plugged or the bag is full, then go buy a new one.

Is that a sign of progress for a society, or is it a failure?

 

[dustin]

My most recent find (now a couple months ago) was a Dyson DC25 Animal. Nearly made a U turn at 55 when I saw it but common sense got the best of me and I turned around in a driveway just up the road. It wasn't even terribly dirty, attachments were present and looked as if they'd barely been used, really nice condition overall. Cord was neatly wrapped and in good condition. Ran fine on first test, only thing I found wrong was a nasty clog in the handle. Cleaned that out and it works fine. No bad odors, brushroll is good.

 

[human]

Kirby Gsix

My greatest trash find of all time--and the one that brought me to Vacuumland--is a Kirby Gsix. I still have it and enjoy using it. Besides some crud (mostly a Carpet Fresh type product and a little pet hair) in the nozzle, the only thing it needed was a bag (and a belt shortly thereafter). The bag I took out must have weighed five pounds but the machine would still pick up dirt! It made me an instant Kirby fan.

 

[calipilot227]

Windsor XP12, next to a dumpster. Missing a bunch of screws on the bottom (heading to the hardware store tomorrow), and it was filthier than I could've imagined inside, but everything works. Popped in a new bag, brushroll, and filter, and it runs like a champ.

 

[jake1234]

trash finds

I know this is an old thread but I thought I would add to it anyway as I have found quite a lot recently.

I have found in no particular order:

Dyson DC14
Dyson DC01
Dyson DC24
Dyson DC25
Dyson DC40
Hoover purepower u3330
vax 2000
vax performance 10 pet
Numatic Bertie (dont know the model number)
Numatic Henry HVR200

 

[justjunque]

Trash finds

Neat thread to revive!

None recently, but the two vacuums that I own that were trash/curb finds are:

Electrolux Epic 6500, 75th Anniversary
Just the canister, hose, wands, bare floor tool and crevice tool.
Blown motor.

Electrolux Ambassador III in dark grey
Canister, hose, sheath/wand, and power nozzle.
Nozzle clogged with crud, but cleaned up beautifully.
Just used it throughout the first floor the other day!

Lately, I see modern uprights semi regularly.
But I know nothing about them; so I just leave them for someone who does.

Barry

 

[fan-of-fans]

Let's see

I found a maroon Hoover Legacy in the trash once, the only issue was the bag compartment was loose because the clips broke, so I just taped it on. I could have used screws instead and you wouldn't have known. It just needed a new headlight bulb and the attachments looked brand new. I used it for a while and we put it in a yard sale.

Another time I found an orange plastic base Convertible, I wished I'd kept it but I was afraid to plug it in.

I once found an early 80s Kenmore canister and blue Hoover Celebrity at the same time but all it was were the canisters themselves no hoses or anything. I took them apart for fun.

Another neighbor used to ride his bike and pick up stuff from the trash. He left a red Kenmore upright on my front porch once. It worked but the bottom had melted somehow as if the belt overheated and the brush didn't turn. I would push it around and use the attachments on it when I was a kid. Then my parents threw it away but someone took it. He also brought me a late 80s Kenmore canister once but it just had the hose. I used to use it in the garage but my dad made me throw it away because the bearings went bad.

Other than that not much else. Awhile back I did see an older Electrolux tank in the trash but I didn't get it because I have NO room whatsoever for it. Then about two weeks ago I saw a bagless Bissell Powerforce.

Mostly these days if I DO see a vacuum, it's a bagless upright of some kind. For awhile though it seemed like Self Propelled bagged Hoover Windtunnels were the common sight along the road, every time I would see vac it was one of them.