Was offered 3 graintrucks for 1k is there money to be made? - Page 2

check to see if any of them trucks run planetary axels. around here if you sell them in right market they go for $500-750 each to people building mud toys. the heavy axels dont break and are used to set up the high lifts.



the bed should be resaleable. i sold a 16 foot grain truck bed for 750 last fall off a 49 chevy 1 ton truck.

the dump bed equipment if repairable sells good too. look at fellow scrappers and farmers... also for the bed consider cutting the frame into a trailer. less regulation and just get a builders title. a 20 foot trailer should be worth at least 1000 - 2000 if built right. them axels are plenty heavy so would provide a very heavy duty trailer.

that old stuff sells because it was built to last and was easily repaired.

do your homework. you may sit on some of it a while but you listed potentially a few grand easy in parts and you will still have 90% of your scrap weight.

every one just thinks of. how fast can i get paid when a little extra time can make you 10 times more. i learned a long time ago to look to market or sell stuff creatively when it came to that stuff. it pays well if you got the pacience to do it. besides selling them as parts will make you far more than scraping them will.

just my 2 cents.

Here's the complete truck.




And I like to piggyback cars too.

If you can get profit from a purchase as such
.... buy then drive to the yard your covered .

If you have room and ability to part out motors thats just more more icing .

BUT

the cost of $75 ($150) to get trucks out , is a consideration if your talking about taking them to your property. Once you have them,
you will once more need the help of a TOW .
So if the parting out is not fruitful
are you looking at another $150 ($300 ) ?

$125. per net ton @ 2000 #

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24000 $1,500.00
pounds


You need 24,000 pounds to get $1500
For me the sure thing is the scrap yards ,you know there the guaranteed source of money
if you make a purchase knowing your too close to scrap yard pay out or your relying on some one buying a motor from you
to get your profit ,
I feel the risk is real that all your doing is buying and selling for others to gain off you .
going form $150 to $300 to get to yard , based on spring time is also some real money there .
If by any chance your talking gross ton you then need 26880 pounds

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The good thing about scrapping is that it's all based on weight
You can't fluff the reality
often we want the killer purchase but the weight has to be there. Using a Spread sheet will often be your best way to figure Google docs has them for free
once you learn them you know the good the bad and the one to run from.

I like to always know I can bail out of hopeful selling of items & know the scrap yard has my back