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    6 month anniversary 51 to 100 + and new tools

    kinda like my 2nd intro but today is the 6 month anniversary of our first car, i posted on march 6 my list of 50, here are the next 50+ so far
    51 97 voyager
    52 92 blazer
    53 98 grand am
    54 91 cutlass
    55 94 bronco
    56 95 cutlass sl
    57 94 corsica
    58 97 passport
    59 90 geo prizm
    60 98 silouette
    61 87 442
    62 00 cirrus
    63 94 thunderbird
    64 87 astrovan
    65 95 bmw 325i
    66 buick lesabre
    67 buick riverira
    68 93 buick lesabre
    69 91 omni
    70 03 pathfinder
    71 99 escort
    72 03 century
    73 95 thunderbird
    74 91 ranger
    75 87 rodeo
    76 80 toyota truck
    77 99 mazda b6000
    78 90's dakota
    79 99 taurus
    80 pontiac parisinne
    81 chrysler imperial
    82 98 chevy lumina
    83 99 jeep grand cherokee limited
    84 buick riviera
    85 buick lesabre
    86 89 cavalier z24
    87 91 exporer
    88 escort xr
    89 00 cadilac catera
    90 93 grand am
    91 90 dodge dynasty
    92 95 dakota
    93 93 jimmy
    94 99 taurus wagon
    95 96 mazda millilum
    96 mitsubitshi mighty max
    97 mercury cougar
    98 dodge stratus
    99 02 blazer
    100 88 delta 88
    101 95 f150
    102 pontiac transport
    103 pontiac grand prix

    i have right now on my list to still pick up a ranger, escape, explorer, accord, and a mazda car.

    ive posted a tools list ive aquired b4, i may miss some but i will only list what we have aquired while scrapping.

    manual tire machine this at the time was the best tool we had
    automatic tire machine ( traded a cirrus for it and the guy give me two cats)
    new 16ft trailer
    numerous milwaukee dewalt rigid and metabo tools
    80 gallon husky pro air compressor
    chopsaw
    craftsman, stanley, and huskky socket sets
    bluepoint professional battery charger
    black and decker charger
    hammers, prybars, pliers, cutters, bolt cutters
    vises
    jacks
    snap on diagnostics kit
    and got a little right angle air grinder today (dont know the technical term)

    still to purchase mainly a plasma cutter i know i said months ago i was gettin one it just hasnt happened yet but ive got my eye on one, and anything else i see that i think we may need

    anyway during this time we have also done yard cleanups, scrapped a crawler loader, the better part of a greyhound bus, cut up 1000's of fire extinguishers, several smaller pieces of farm equipment and several off the wall stuff we all run into.



    in the future our plans are to mainly keep doing what we are doing, going to do extra advertising, trying to get new contacts and contracts which we have really found out tend to find us.

    it will be a while before the next list not going to share it until 250, i say this everytime but thanks to everyone for what you have taught me cory couch

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    Has the pay out been worth it

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    Congradulations Cory! Did you get the snap-on scanner that MDG recommended?

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    absolutely, our average price is right about 300, i have a 200 min, i step it up on a few select customers or larger vehicles, if you scrap cars you can figure our profits, all the tools ive bought have come from the profits of scrap, ive got wiring harness for days in my yard, stacks and stacks of aluminumwheels to break down, i posted a pic a few weeks ago of radiators, whenever or if ever i have time to get to any of this its pure profit.

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    yep i got the very one, havnt used it yet tho, still in the case looking pretty

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    congrats on what you have done.I have a manual tired machine it does a good job.Also what do u want a plasma cutter for?

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    to cut up our fire extinguishers, i think it will be the easist and cheapest way, we got the money just holding out for a good deal

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    Great Job Cory!
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    Great job Cory! I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that I love seeing these kinds of posts about hard work paying off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by corycouch View Post
    to cut up our fire extinguishers, i think it will be the easist and cheapest way, we got the money just holding out for a good deal
    You won't regret getting a plasma cutter. I've heard the term "cuts like a hot knife through butter", but until you have used one (I hadn't until I bought mine), you don't know true that statement is.

    I just wrapped up cutting down 8 of these

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    a commercial dish washer and other misc stainless equipment. Effortlessly sliced through it all.

    Originally started out using a Skilsaw and 7 1/4 cut off wheel, then the 4 1/2 grinder with cut off and it was taking forever.

    I had a bit of trouble with my cutter and still do from time to time, but overall I am happy with it. Wish I'd gotten it sooner.
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