Your favorite thing to teardown

**KzScrapper** · 10-27-2011, 07:51 PM

Free small travel trailer here in Arvada last Sat on Clist, saw the add just as we were starting a garage sale so I missed out.

**PartTimeScrapper** · 10-27-2011, 07:57 PM

Yeah i emailed him didnt get an answer.

**GeorgeB** · 10-27-2011, 08:00 PM

I like it all.

Washers and dryers....money (change which goes into charge, and bills)
refrigerators (motor and some copper)
air conditioners (motor, wire, copper, radiators or coils)
vehicles (wire and battery, and sometimes aluminum rims)
tv's (wire and either copper or aluminum)
computers for the obvious reasons
vacumes
chandeliers
fans
and the list goes on!

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-27-2011, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Im still looking for one of these myself to do the same exact thing.

Toss a 'wanted' ad on CL. That's how I got a 28 foot camper for free.

**CMHN** · 10-28-2011, 05:08 PM

As far as scrap goes, campers are the only items I will actually pay for. Without a title I pay $50, with a title I will pay $100. I tend to get a few here and there. Some are in such good shape that I just clean them up a bit, repair some problems and turn around and sell them whole, I can make a quick $500 profit off a camper just by cleaning it.

**Torker Man** · 10-28-2011, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by eesakiwi

Microwaves, then Fridge motors (as we don't have many dehumidifiers) then TV's.
Dishwashers & then engines & washing machines. Ovens.

All in that order, I have no vehicle so I have to carry everything on my back in a sack.
It also takes into account what I find most of.

LOL, would love to see a guy strolling don the street with a microwave strapped on his back...

**eesakiwi** · 10-28-2011, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Torker Man

LOL, would love to see a guy strolling don the street with a microwave strapped on his back...

True story...
I was walking past a house & I noticed the front door was open & there was a guy standing there & he could see me.
Then I hear a girl say "You know that ****head that was walking past here last week with a sack on his back?"

And the guy says "That guy who's walking past right now with a microwave on his back?

& the girl goes "What?" & walks into the hallway.....

Biggest load, wall oven on my back.
Heaviest load, 70Kg (154Lb) in a sack, 10 blocks.

**Torker Man** · 10-29-2011, 06:27 AM

ha ha! Pisser mate
Check you tube and make a bike trailer out of a shopping trolley bro!

Save ya back, and up your capacity to like 120 kg!!

**LadyScrappers** · 11-22-2011, 07:28 PM

Campers.

**Area67** · 11-22-2011, 07:42 PM

Any Asian car..love to see them bite the dust, and solid brass embalming beds. I did one 15 years ago that was on the top floor of a decommissioned metal institution, it weighed 900plus and was necessary to handle embalming fluid..PAYDAY. I love coin-op washers and dryers as well, found over 300$ in quarters ( including silver) out of 17 machines.

**hobo finds** · 11-22-2011, 09:46 PM

a 12 pack!

**David** · 11-22-2011, 10:50 PM

AC's, CPU's, and tires. Love any excuse to use my sawsall

**Copper Head** · 11-23-2011, 01:52 PM

Wile i have taken apart most every thing related to things people use . My recent favorite is boilers as once complete nice weight is your reward

**Filthy** · 11-23-2011, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Copper Head

Wile i have taken apart most every thing related to things people use . My recent favorite is boilers as once complete nice weight is your reward

yeah, those are pretty nice too. 5 min of heavy lifting and i can get a clean $50-60 for it, plus a few brass fittings if i have the time

**ParkerFlyer4** · 11-24-2011, 12:17 AM

I usually get most of my scrap from work. demoing old houses and burnt down buildings, work turns into a treasure hunt.

**Copper Head** · 11-24-2011, 12:29 AM

My first boiler which i took apart was down in a basement . I kinda rolled it up the stairs even though it was square. I honestly felt like i was in a life or death situation, half way up there was no turning back it was going up or i was going down with it . After i split them there were 6 trips the ends were very heavy. That boiler weighed about 1500. Now i bust up the cast so i can carry it.Not that it's really allot but I have taken apart 17 or so ranging from steam units to forced hot air systems . I'd like to do a few a week but my names not out there yet.

**scrapperben** · 08-28-2012, 10:33 AM

so far.. computer towers.

i've stacked stuff in sections so am yet to scrap most things I have
but i'm happy to see vacuum's voted here a few times as i've been picking up heaps!
really looking fwd to scrapping them as soon as i've gotten rid of the last monitor/tv i still have.

**BurlyGuys** · 08-28-2012, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by ArgonWelding

Welding equipment. It's full of copper and copper and, oh yeah, copper.

Totally! I was going to sell one and decided to scrap instead. Must have been 60 pounds of copper.

**machinistace802** · 08-28-2012, 09:57 PM

I love tearing down old barns!, #1 steal, copper wiring, and battery's stuffed in every corner!

**hunterandscrapper** · 03-17-2014, 03:10 PM

old turkey rosters or whatever they are

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