Buying and Selling Junk Cars

I am buying a car dolly $400 i still owe $300 (paying it off) I foresee $$ in cars

Originally Posted by Copper Head

I am buying a car dolly $400 i still owe $300 (paying it off) I foresee $$ in cars

Last car i took in $884.00, stuffed with small bits of metal from under the cutting table from a machine shop. My cars average $550.00, I always add extra weight to make the trip pay.

Regards
Gustavus

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

A big car lot here in town told me he would sell me some of his trade-ins for $350. each, but the best yard for taking cars is 40 miles away. $260. a ton, I would need to haul at least 3 at a time to make any good money. Otherwise I'm just scraping by and wearing a truck out.

Not even. That's a gold mine deal if you can adequately scrap everything and have stuff to resell. I got a 2001 Volvo the other day. Motor seized. I paid 200 for it. I took after it with a gas powered cutter and some insight. I sold the interior on ebay, cut out the wiring harness, cut the alternator and starter, made off with the motor and radiator, junked the rims, and then got a small exotic on the cat. I made out with close to 1200 off the aluminum from the motor, reselling off ebay, the cat, and the auto body price. Never even had to tow the car as I just stomped it with a back hoe and took it in the back of the truck. Tell you what, if you want to pm me, being as we're almost in the same location, we'll see if we can't come to a good arrangement on how to junk cars out proper and make you some cash. I don't have an all the time source, but I can junk a car like no one's business. Besides that, you can make your money back on the cats if he's got some foreigns. There's possibilities.

LOL here's a good pic of the hillbilly debauchery.
http://scrapmetalforum.com/image/2cgcgwt38/

I have thought about putting an electric winch on my 16ft flatbed. How big do you folks think I should go to easily pull cars onto the flatbed?

Originally Posted by Mick

10,000 lb - minimum. It's the vehicles with flat and no tires that'll cause you to need it.

I use the cheap 10,000 lb super winch on my trailer, if the car or truck has been loaded with extra scrap no tires I use a snatch block attached to the item being winched onto the trailer, run the cable though the block and back to the trailer head for an anchor.

Really stubborn stuff gets double blocked, another block at the trailer head, run the cable through and back to the item being dragged on where it is attached, double blocking slows the line speed of the winch increasing the pulling power for every block added into the rigging.

If something from under the car gets snagged on the rear of the trailer, it's coming off by brute force.

Regards
Gustavus

Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

I was going to say the same thing Fat Dude But I Didn't want to come off as Knowing everything Like Some PERSON WE KNOW ON Here lololol

It was bound to happen, where I would wear out my welcome.

Regards
Gustavus

No, Gus, Kris Kringle wasn't talking about you ! You're being too sensitive again. Even if he was, it shouldn't matter. But I KNOW he wasn't.

ahhh my first love, junking cars, just cant hack it any more tho. Hey Mr G I dont claim to know every thing, just most of it

Originally Posted by gustavus

It was bound to happen, where I would wear out my welcome.

Regards
Gustavus

Nope homie, I use to think you were odd, then you posted about how I could turn the wheel of my truck into a super winch. You're still my hero for that.

Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

On the Test stand Idea That will work Easy for the cars that are not computer controlled. The other Cars here is a Idea You could Always get a Good Camera that Does Video and Record the Car With the engine running in it To show the person Buying it. If not Plan on pulling out the entire Wiring harness so you will have the Computer Harness Along with the ECM Computer to Run that Particular Engine. Also you may want to consider Also about the Different Fuel pumps used on Different Cars Like TBI runs Pressures of 9-15 PSI TPI Can Run up to 90 PSI If you hook that TPI up to a TBI System You will Blow out the Fuel Pressure Regulator Which when Started up it Will Blow Smoke and Smell Like RAW Fuel. You could Get a Couple of 5 Gal Plastic Buckets and Plumb the Pumps in them so whenever you have A engine on the stand that requires a certain Pump Just Fill the Correct Bucket with Fuel.

These is just some Things I have Ran into Long ago.

Oh man your so right,,,didn't even cross my mind. I'm so used to messing with old domestic vehicles... Thanks for the tip, so basically a test stand would be good for my own hobby motors,,,might have to put that project on the back burner now.

Are most newer domestic and foreign cars equipped with super heavy aluminum intakes or are they still mostly using steel/iron?

Wonder how many newer cars are equipped with aluminum heads? Heck even aluminum blocks.

Originally Posted by Catfish Bob

Are most newer domestic and foreign cars equipped with super heavy aluminum intakes or are they still mostly using steel/iron?

Wonder how many newer cars are equipped with aluminum heads? Heck even aluminum blocks.

Plastic intakes.

Regards
Gustavus

2nd car I scrapped was an '89 Dodge Dynasty. It has a good size alum intake on it. Same with the 3rd car, a '95 Dodge Intrepid.

In addition the current vehicle I am tearing down has aluminum transmission and transfer case (AWD Safari).

If I am not mistaken, most of the smaller cars/imports have aluminum blocks, but you're going to have that pesky iron liner.