Any surgestion on this would be nice

I had a guy call me a few days ago and asked if I would be willing to accept 500.00 to haul off computer he needed move I said I would have not problem doing it Yesterday I made the 40 mile trip To pick up the computer with my truck and trailer needless to say I had to call 2 friends that owned 18 wheelers to pick this up for me I ended up having 2 18 wheelers full and my truck and trailer full of complete computers. What would your surgestions on be to get these broke down I have a total of 3 employes to do this. But have been told these cant sit around with out agriculture comming down on me and not knowing I dont want to take a chance with them so need to get broke down fast anyone have ideas how to break down 1000s of computers with in days I have been tempted to just sell them whole to move them fast but cant watch that kind of money go out these doors like that. I plan to haul the cases to my scrap yard but the rest plan to send to a buyer on here

Would have to check and see if we have temp agency out in this area but a good idea to check into

Could you rent some 40' containers? Frequently they are delivered and you can rent them by the month. If you rented 3 of them you could put everything inside and no one would know what you have in the container. I ended up buying one and it has been fantastic. Just an idea...

Pay travel expenses and i will be there

Get a dumpster from your scrap yard for the shred it will save you a lot of time. it will afect the pricing, but the real money is in the boards.

you also may want to sort them a little bit so you do similar ones at the same time, it goes faster when you are doing the same computer over and over.

save the difficult ones for last, your goal is to make your pile smaller as fast as you can.

Originally Posted by freonjoe

Can you get some temps from a local agency to help?

good idea. i'd get enough help so you can organize a disassembly line. give each person a specific job in the process and you should have it sorted within days.

Originally Posted by landmine

Pay travel expenses and i will be there

me too

You could also look for warehouses for rent, and try to strike a deal to use it for a week or two.

Originally Posted by poundigity24

approximately how many towers do you have?

a rough estimate would definitely come in handy if you plan to hire help and have a specific deadline. if you set up a disassembly line and each step requires 1 minute to complete then you could sort approximately 500 towers per day.

You know the 40' container would not be a bad idea as can always us the extra storage all I know is the 2 ladies that work with me are ready to kill me for this load but not the first time they wanted to kill me for a load. I think I am going to check into this one and see what it would cost to get one in the mean time I will just work on breaking down them as fast as I can and get the pile lower and lower each day all I know is I have 104 palets of computers and looks to be 40 to 60 per palet. So yea talked with a few friends and they can come help so I am about to have a fun day teaching 4 new girls how to break down a computer me and 6 girls working tommorrow this should be fun

Storage container?

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Find a good company close, have them deliver, keep it for a month or two! Then have them come pick it up. I've heard of people renting these between $75 and $250 per month.

I personally liked the storage unit idea. You could easily rent a storage unit for 50.00 a month. 6 of them would only be 300 and you would make that back by NOT getting extra help. Get a few pallets set up and take them apart at the storage facility. Shread goes into the truck/trailer, everything else goes in a few different gaylords. I could break down all of them in a month that way.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

A while back I rented a 10X30' for $80 a month, it had a garage door on each end.

Thats the route I would go,stuff a few step back catch your breath and dive in. But if already on your property do the container idea.

trouble with storage you won't likely have forklift or dock there
Getting them broke down fast and the cases( power supplies too) to scrapyard will remove a lot of clutter. If your yard isn't familiar with power supplies open one up and discuss it with them, they should be able to classify them with motors, or at least better than shred
Being able to know if a computer is either too vintage/new to scrap takes experience, probably best put your most experienced worker at the sort position
Many will wish they had your problem(not me, but i'd like half your problem ; )
Good luck!

I will buy them from you PM me if you are interested.