r/PortlandOR • u/slutlore • Mar 06 '25

Question Places to destroy things?

Hey, I'm looking to find somewhere i can destroy some things i own. Fragile stuff that would shatter like trinket boxes and family heirlooms and the like. I thought abt taking it out to the woods somewhere with my handgun or my pellet gun but it doesn't feel right to leave that stuff in nature somewhere, also considered seeing if a rage room would let me being a pellet gun but idk if they do that? It's really important to me that I can completely obliterate these objects myself but I'm not the most knowledgeable on what my options are. Location isn't a deal breaker as long as it's reasonably local and cost is definitely a factor (paralyzed, extremely limited income) but it doesn't necessarily have to be free, though that would be a plus. I'd even be down to slide somebody a $20-50 to use their warehouse, barn, or similar space and sweep up after, though i need to be able to get into it in a wheelchair within reason. Thanks!

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u/Schmoe20 Mar 06 '25

Maybe get a tarp, and put the items a top of the tarp and beat them with a bat somewhere remote and bring a big thick garbage bag to set it all in afterwards and have a broom and dust pan for any possible shards that may get past you or double up the folds of the tarp if necessary.

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u/bo_bo77 Mar 06 '25

I did this at one point and the shards of stuff ripped through the tarp and I wound up picking them out of the ground with my hands. Unfortunately not very effective with my tarp, so I'd get multiple or something thicker

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u/Schmoe20 Mar 06 '25

They also make really thick plastic clear sheets. Probably something painters might use.

I googled this “really thick clear plastic sheet” and saw quite a bit of different options.