According to a quick Google search, resurfaced rotors can go for $10 to $80 each ( depending on type ) .
Even with a high rejection rate, $1 each is a great price !
Cash In The Trash
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According to a quick Google search, resurfaced rotors can go for $10 to $80 each ( depending on type ) .
Even with a high rejection rate, $1 each is a great price !
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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6.7 Ford Diesel dpf systems are big money. When my Pittsburgh brother is ready to sell his set, I will surely take care of him.
Originally Posted by CTSSolutions
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I guess I misunderstood when you said you had a girl of 6 years. I read it as you having a daughter that was 6 years old.
My Bad.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Probably going to keep my old equipment. I've heard some viscous rumors that PA laws are about to change and diesels emissions will be required. Takings of huge fines for people who are caught with tuners overriding the testing equipment.
Time shall tell on that stuff.
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It might be better to let the current situation on the rotors stand, but still keep your eyes open on any other possible opportunities that are not spoken for. You might can start out with something small, then expand as any other opportunities open. Let them know if the current setup with the rotors goes south, you would be interested in taking it over. Then just let it go and keep your eyes open.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Highly doubtful. If they make diesels have to take emissions they have to do ALL of them, including Fire Trucks, Ambulances, and PennDot's entire fleet which contains thousands of vehicles.
It's the reason emissions testing showed up here so late. We were supposed to get it back in the late 90's (sniffer test), but none of the State Police vehicles they tested then would pass.
Not one.
So they postponed it until they could come up with something that was easier to pass and would still keep the EPA happy. That's how we got the system we have now.
Pre 1974 vehicles, all diesels, and vehicles over 8500 GVW: Exempt
1974-1995: visual inspection + gas cap check. For the visual inspection the emissions components only had to be there, they didn't have to actually work.
1996 on (OBD2) : Plug in inspection + gas cap check
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
No worries. Principle still applies. She wants to see more of me, not more of me taking on work I don't *need* to survive.
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Before taking some other guys contract away from him just so you can have a hobby ask yourself is this something you could see yourself doing for the next 10+ years. If you know you can handle it and will actually follow through on your end of the deal every day then go for it. If your already unsure that you'll have enough time to handle it then its probably best you take your hobby elsewhere. Maybe take the kids/wife around on garbage night and let that guy keep doing what he does since he probably depends on those rotors to feed him and his family.
If your goal is just to make your truck squat using it for truck things and money is not an issue i would personally just go buy/find a boat or rv or maybe some dirtbikes or quads and take the family out every so often in it. Ive scrapped the whole time I was in the army and believe me its challenging at times working 12+ hour days and then still finding the time/motivation to scrap. I also didn't have any storage for things besides what fit in my trucks. If you do the rotor thing without storage one of your trucks will pretty much neeed to be a dedicated scrap hauler that goes with you to work almost every day. And if loaded by someone other than yourself given enough time your truck will not only squat but also develop bed sag.
Here is a book that helped me with my selling. The author has written more than one book. Cheap book, cheaper if bought used.
How to Sell Anything to Anybody
73, Mike
"Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}
Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Just my 2cents. I scrap a lot of ewaste part time. My real job is heavy equiptment operator. I drive exactly 35 miles to work one way. And every morn I take interstate 10 to work and keep my eyes peeled for any metal on side the road. On my way home I take hwy90 and check the sides of the road there. Every day I have a lil something in the back of the truck. When I get home I throw it in my trailer next to where I park my truck, ussually takes less than 5 mins. When the trailers full I take it to the scrap yard. Extra money for my drive home. Lots of auto rims and bumpers for some reason, but I like to pick up the smaller things, lil pieces of rebar and chains and chain binders, the smaller the items the more weight when the trailers full. Just something to think about
Copper Head
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Jobs that deliver consistent income are always to be treasured but let's face it they also have stress
like who do you have to make happy. Plenty of jobs might require a dozen human's to make happy till payday.
Scrapping is kinda simple . Over all it's all over the place - find it - sell it
Except for the lifting , over all relaxing work not a bad way to spend a day .
Scrapping as a sole means to earn is a different beast .
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/members/copper-head.html
Copper Head and CopperHeadAKA (same person)
I am back to my skill set from the 80's Painting & all that follows it
I removed myself from the trash company I worked for as of 2 years ago
I find scrap non the less
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Thats always a good way to make money. When I worked for PennDOT we would occasionally walk the highways for various reasons, they're pretty much covered in car and truck parts from accidents and breakdowns. Sometimes people even change out parts on the shoulder and just leave the old broken stuff there. But even in the best conditions that type of scrapping is extremely dangerous.
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