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    My first junk removal job

    I put my first junk removal ad on Craigslist yesterday and my first haul was 4 office printers and a big copier. 3 of the 4 printers work great. Can anyone estimate the scrap value of this? Getting 8 towers from the same place in a few days... the Christmas lights came out of a dumpster



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    I think the Christmas lights ad a lot to the photo's. Congrats on the clean out job, Mike.

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    I think the Christmas lights ad a lot to the photo's.
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    If they all work great, turn right back around on CL/ebay and sell them, you will get more!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrapBootstrap View Post
    If they all work great, turn right back around on CL/ebay and sell them, you will get more!
    The guy said the big copier didn't work. But just to be sure I dropped it loading it into the trailer. It's a heavy sob, didn't realize it's 2 halves. The top half just sits on the base.
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    I tore down a big copier like that and it was a lot of fun....sorry I didn't itemize everything, but it had miles of wires, some aluminum and lots of steel. I think you'll enjoy it. Congratulations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrapHunter View Post
    I put my first junk removal ad on Craigslist yesterday and my first haul was 4 office printers and a big copier. 3 of the 4 printers work great. Can anyone estimate the scrap value of this? Getting 8 towers from the same place in a few days... the Christmas lights came out of a dumpster

    Not to give you a hard time, but I think your title mean't to read "my first escrap removal job", as that is not what we classify as junk. Junk removal is things that generally scrappers would just pass on by as not seeing money in the items.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgeB View Post
    Not to give you a hard time, but I think your title mean't to read "my first escrap removal job", as that is not what we classify as junk. Junk removal is things that generally scrappers would just pass on by as not seeing money in the items.
    I think you misread it george. He said he got it from his CL junk removal ad. So the person who called him to pick it up thaught it was junk

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    I think you misread it george. He said he got it from his CL junk removal ad. So the person who called him to pick it up thaught it was junk
    I know, but he is the one that did put the title though, that is what I was referring to.

    In all honesty, I was just giving him a hard time. Been countless times when we all have referred to scrap metal as junk.

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    Great haul, good work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    I think you misread it george. He said he got it from his CL junk removal ad. So the person who called him to pick it up thaught it was junk
    Got a call once to pick up a scrap car, when I arrived at the guys yeard I had to ask where the car was. Turns our I'm standing right beside it a 1951 Chevy 2 door HT, 6 cyclinder with a poower glide automatic. Could have drove it home, all that was wrong a few spark plugs wires on the wrong plugs a bit of rust on the rocker panels.

    I did take in home, then sold it. My personal project car at the time was a 1958 Studebaker Silver Hawk, 2 door HT, V8 with a 3 speed standard with overdrive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavus View Post
    Got a call once to pick up a scrap car, when I arrived at the guys yeard I had to ask where the car was. Turns our I'm standing right beside it a 1951 Chevy 2 door HT, 6 cyclinder with a poower glide automatic. Could have drove it home, all that was wrong a few spark plugs wires on the wrong plugs a bit of rust on the rocker panels.

    I did take in home, then sold it. My personal project car at the time was a 1958 Studebaker Silver Hawk, 2 door HT, V8 with a 3 speed standard with overdrive.

    Some guys have all the luck! Congrats on that one gus!
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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavus View Post
    ...1958 Studebaker Silver Hawk, 2 door HT, V8 with a 3 speed standard with overdrive[/IMG]
    I LOVE these cars. i drive my mans 1964 studebaker hawk, 4 speed at least twice a week. he's 63 years old and he drove that car to prom when he was in highschool and the car was brand new. those things purr like no other
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    great job. You should do hard work to be a professional junk removal and should focus on your work.



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