I called Goodwill and they don’t accept lawnmowers. I’m not going to have a garage sale or anything like that in the near future. However, I don’t want to just throw the lawnmower out in the trash. It’s a pretty good small mower. The only thing that’s wrong with it is a small crack in the gas tank, so it has a slow leak.
Should I put it out on the curb with a “Free to Good Home” sign attached? Are there any other charities that would want it?
First, make up a sign that says “Works fine, but has small crack in gas tank.”
Then, set it out on the curb or look for a yard sale in progress and give it to the sellers.
Call a lawn mower repair shop, ask if they want old equipment for parts. They may fix it and resell it.
Okay, sounds good. I’ll see if there’s a repair shop that wants it, and if they don’t I’ll put it out on the curb.
Thanks guys, you’re a lot of help 
Do you have Craigslist where you are? The Boston one is very active and if you don’t answer a “free” ad within about 5 minutes, you won’t get the item.
If you put it on the curb, don’t even bother with the sign. It’ll go.
Make a go cart or something out of it. Man, I wish I knew you when I was a teenager, since I had a welder and was always looking for small engines to hook up to things.
I wish I lived on your street as I need a small lawnmower, and as cheaply as possible.
Depending on your neighborhood, you can sit it close to the curb with a “ForSale $50” sign on it. Someone will likely steal it within a half hour. 
www.freecycle.org deals with this kid of stuff… it’s probably along the same lines as craigslist, but I’ve never heard of the latter.
Perhaps your loacl High school would want it? My school used old lawn mowers in shop classes.
Brian
Putting it out on the curb, at least here (and we live in quite a nice neighborhood) will insure that somebody will take it and make good use of it. Think of it as dumpster divin’ charity.
Things we have had kindly “removed” from our curb:
Rotten hammock
Decrepit awful ladder
Odd ends of 2x4s
Defunct toilet (although I hear there’s a booming black market in them)
Empty TV box
Rug, reeking of dog urine
Flea infested dog bed
Broken bricks
Hammer in two pieces
I’m sure it either goes to good use or if deemed unsuitable is at least somebody else’s responsibility. Better yet, some of it is probably fixed up and sold, therefore helping people out twofold!
No idea what one would do with the hammock, though
Oh, add to that “defunct console TV, about ten years after anybody would ever have sensibly picked up a console TV”.
I called the repair shop and they said they would use it. I don’t know if I want to put it on the curb because it does have that leak in it. I’d feel bad for whoever took it, even if I did explain the leak in the sign.
As for the go cart, there’s this boy down the street that has a homemade scooter with a lawnmower engine attached to it. We get to hear that thing all summer…EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. EE. EEEEEEEEEEE.
I would rather puncture my eardrums than have to deal with another monstrosity.
I hope it hasn’t been mentioned already but there’s a ‘free stuff’ section on craigslist. If there’s a site that caters to your metro area, you can post an ad for free and see if someone will call or e-mail and come get it.
Here’s another vote for the curb. I have a couple of dead or dying mowers that I need to do this to, but have just been too lazy to follow through. But a friend told me about having one he needed to get rid of and just putting it down near the street – not out on the street itself but still in the yard – and waiting until dark. He said whoever took it must have burned $5 worth of rubber off his/her tires after throwing it in their trunk or truck bed. I still laugh at that image!
Call up your local Habitat for Humanity group. Most of the people moving into the houses they build are first-time homeowners, and they don’t have – and probably can’t afford – the equipment needed to properly maintain a single family house. Sometimes Home Depot or a local lawn equipment supply company will donate yard gear, but not always. That’s where you come in.
Update:
I put it out on the curb and it’s gone now. I made sure to write on the sign that it had a slow leak. I hope someone who really needed it took it. I was going to take it to the lawnmower repair shop, but I’d rather give it to someone who needs it rather than someone who was just going to part it out and make money off of it.
Thanks everyone who submitted their opinion! It would never have occurred to me to put it on the curb.
Glad you got rid of it. But you do know if you live near any cliffs…
Might be kinda fun to watch.
Just saying.