I Got Some New Springs In!

We picked up three box springs last week so I want to continue my series on how to take out the springs. The box springs are a little harder to take out then the mattress springs, but they are not nearly as messy, and if you use the tricks that I am about to show you to take the springs out then the city trash will haul the empty box springs away for you.
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Tools needed are:
A good set of wire cutters
A large screw driver
One set of old box springs

First you need someone who drives around the city a lot to keep an eye out for box springs for you like my sister Marna who drives a KAT bus for Knoxville. She has found most of my springs for me. 

 Then you need to check inside the box springs because there is nothing worse then bringing a box springs home in anticipation of getting some good springs out of it to discover that there is either the square springs in your find or just an empty box without any springs at all in it. 

This has happened to me many times. So again I want to say this because it is very important. Open your springs up so that you can see just what is inside before you bother loading them up in your truck to take them home with you. 

Next turn your springs up so that the cheese cloth like covering is on the top, and tear it completely off, and throw this piece in the trash. 

Now take your big screw driver and insert it between the top of your springs and the board that it is stapled to, and pull back towards you to loosen the staples that is holding the springs to the wood. When you get tired of doing that you can bang on the top of the springs with the hammer. They will come loose using both methods.

The amount of springs that you get from a box springs varies. 

These are the types of springs that you might find inside a good set of box springs.  

My Craiglist Ad for Springs!

I got an email Thursday from a lady from Craigslist who had a box springs and mattress that she was giving away, and all I had to do was just pick them up. 

I am still looking for an automatic pickup truck that I can afford so I had to ask my neighbor to go get them for me. 

He could not find the house from the directions that she had given me Thursday, and it was Saturday before I could reach her again to get new directions. 

He found them this time, and he only wanted a few dollars to cover his gas so I gave him $15 and a big thank you.

I wanted to get the covers off the springs so that they could begin the rusting process using the rain that we have been getting today, and supposed to get  and tomorrow so I took the covers off when I caught a few minutes lull in the rain. 

I was very disappointed to find that the box springs were not a type of springs that I could use, but the mattress had over 300 of the hourglass type springs so not a bad haul for $15.