Scrapping OCD

I know this is for dismantling and breaking down scrap and ill get to that. Lately, ive been getting such small loads of scrap. Mostly because of how insanely cold its been and without a heated garage, i bring most of my scrap inside to sort (family is really happy about that one). Because of the smaller loads, ive been tearing them down more often and and down to the very last part when, normally, id just take off a pieces that are different metals and call it a day.


My question is: Does anyone else have this "scrapping OCD" problem as well?

I break almost everything down to its bones to maximize what I get but most of the stuff like hard drives or printers and such I pay my employee to do

In lieu of a heated garage, you might start thinking about putting together a shed or something for next year. Something small enough and well insulated enough to heat it with a minimal expense(think South facing window, door, and such) yet big enough to do some work in

Originally Posted by Bear

In lieu of a heated garage, you might start thinking about putting together a shed or something for next year. Something small enough and well insulated enough to heat it with a minimal expense(think South facing window, door, and such) yet big enough to do some work in

Were not going to be staying here for very long. Id rather just wait a few more months for the warmer weather. Id like to find a space heater thats big enough to heat a 2 car garage for a few hours though

buy some of these. Put one on the top part of each of your hands under your work gloves. One on top of your head under your winter hat (with a bandana folded up under it or something simalar so as not to melt your brain. and one dropped in the side of each of your boots.[IMG][/IMG]

Are you really making money by breaking down material??? assign yourself an hourly wage, this is critical capture the cost of any consumables (people opening Sealed units always forget this)

do a careful timed study on the material of choice, and you might decide you are actually costing yourself money aluminum radiators and Cast iron compressors are two items I know if you are getting a fair price on breaking them down is at best a wash


Now on the other side of that coin, if you get true enjoyment out of your tasks for all that is good keep at it. There is a certain task at work that my wife can always tell I've been at I come home smiling and relaxed, but tired and sleep like a baby.

V/r HT1

When I first started to get stuff I would just take it to the yard and claim my money but with the prices down I take a bit more time and strip more things down I now take the wire looms out of washing machines and dish washers and take all the power cords off every thing to strip down at a later date I'm now even taking the motors off every thing and stripping them down for the copper getting more money that way.

I'm starting to get more fridges before I would just cut the copper take the cord and the compressor and that was that but now I'm even taking all the metal from the fridge so all I'm left with is the plastic and insulation.

My question is: Does anyone else have this "scrapping OCD" problem as well?
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As I don't work a lot at nite or in cold weather I take the time to break about everything in a 'puter all the way down to it's lowest point for selling. I'm watching tv or babysitting here anyway so any tearing down is productive to me.

Don't trade your time in for pennies is all I am saying...spend that time looking for more scrap, other ways to make more money...something anything else that will make you the hourly rate you have computed that will pay the bills and get you the things you want (again it should be way more than minimum wage)

Hard for me to be looking for scrap in the middle of the nite, not in my neighborhood.