No, it's not really very loud at all. It's about as loud as I imagine it was in the dryer. It's nothing like the fan in my 250EX.
All I did was ask if they had maybe three blowers ready to go to the dump. He looked, found none, and offered to hold some back. He got two blowers in about two weeks, called me to pick them up, and offered to get one more, but I declined. I didn't really need three. In spite of thinking I might have been saving him a bit of money, and how fairly straight forward fan removal is, I am still kind of surprised he gave them to me for free.
As for getting a dryer, I think that's a good idea. Something I learned about these kind of places is that they don't part things out, or deal in used parts. They remove the old stuff, and take it almost immediately to the dump (recycle). So; a) they probably won't have anything on hand, and b) they look at the whole thing as a burden to dispose of. They may also see your interest as an opportunity to make money on the thing rather than have it cost them to dispose of... which is kind of what I thought might happen at the HVAC place. Getting the dryer motor out is a bit more work than the HVAC blower. You would probably want to just ask for a whole broken dryer. Gas or elec doesn't matter. Asking for a broken one might also help to head off them thinking they could make some money off of you. My local land-fill/recycle charges $9 to drop off an appliance, but won't let you pick one up.
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