commercial stainless kitchen appliances?

Anyone here ever scrapped the heavy duty commercial kitchen stuff. Like coolers and ranges and refrigerators? How did it turn out?

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I scrap a lot of commercial stuff. I guess it depends on if you are going to buy it or have a way to get it for free. If you are going to purchase it you really need to take a close look at it. Its value really is in SS, but like grills, sometimes it is magnetic. A big problem with some of the equipment is that it is SS but a lot of it is welded to regular steel so you have to pull out the old grinder.

I usually will only purchase commercial equipment if I am buying it at scrap steel pricing or if I can pull parts for resale.

My last hobart dishwasher was purchased for 25.00 and just the motor and control box sold on ebay for 300.00.

You need to do your homework.

If you get it free I'd still be looking for parts that resell then chop up the rest. This equipment goes for $$$$ and is repaired rather then just replaced. Small things like thermostats, controls, ect.. sell well.

Thanks guys that is what I thought. I going to look at some stuff today just wanted a little input.

I hope to never have to cause most are worth good money on resale or parts but even still stainless is high right now so its still good scrap plus every other goodies

Pretty good money on them I sell them as breakage 15 cents a pound something like that

Originally Posted by Longhairboy

Stainless is just barely higher than aluminum here. Old aluminum- $0.50 SS- $0.55

Same deal here too, actually we get a better price for Ali, by about 30%.
But stainless is a lot smaller, so size for size stainless steel is equal.

I try and stay away from stainless, I won't scrap dishwashers for stainless, just the Copper and Ali on the motors and thats it.
I find its far too easy to get cut around stainless, its always so sharp and a scratch ends up as a slice.
Even a rub is a cut, which can be a slice too.

Like its said above though, theres a great resale value in stainless steel. The metal is expensive to buy new, add in labour and something simple like a fumehood can cost around a thousand plus.
Since it never wears out, never corrodes, a used peice is as good as a brand new peice and adapting/welding is not very hard.
Like above again, the parts that do wear out, since its commercial they are expensive, but the stainless is like new so they do replace the items that do wear since its cheaper to do that.

So, be very carefull with it, it slices and dices. Get more money by selling it as secondhand. Find out what its worth new.

Thanks for help