oil boiler removal

That's an easy day for 2 guys. I'd think $600 would be a good price if you're flexible with the timing. Worst part is the tank removal, but someone with a pump, drum and appliance dolly will make short work of it. The boiler + scrap will probably bring $100. The oil in the tank is "worth" another $100 in a waste oil burner (if it looked good I'd pour it in my own tank) but you have to cut the tank in 1/2 before they will accept it.

$600 is a good price (for me). It might be more because a plumber (by rights if you're disconnecting from the potable water source it should be a plumber) in my neck of the woods doesn't roll up for less than $500/man. One plumber+helper would do all right and the scrap would buy beer. You might get lower than that but for that kind of money you could expect the white glove treatment. That's not a very big boiler and it sounds pretty easy to get it out. They may get snooty if you tell them to leave the copper!

Just curious, are you replacing it with anything?

I have great respect for plumbers, but removal isn't the same thing as replace and make sure it works even when I don't take care of it and forget to call you to service it. It's also not coated in asbestos. They don't have to make it work, just get it gone without making a mess. That will take experience but not really expertise per se. I always justify my rates depending on what I need to do the job, and not just the labor. If you want a wire from one end to another that's one thing but if you want me to certify the drop to 1GZ and provide documentation that's another.

I can see helping him to make a truck payment but you shouldn't be expected to help pay for his digital combustion analyzer.

My brother used to remove them for free (When scrap valuewas high like it is now) if they were all disconnected and drained. Maybe someone local would do the same if you can manage to get it ready to go out the door.

I know that in my neck of the woods, just to have the tank removed and taken away, you are looking at $1000. Add in removing the boiler, too, and your looking at more than that.