Scrapping Boilers [Answers]

**harrisvh** · 10-17-2011, 05:20 PM

Yes much nicer ones for scrapping are the older ones, my dad doesn't tend to bother with the newer ones as he has no room to store any of the lower metals so just calls for a scrappy to just take them away. When I tell him he could take them down as is he just says he doesn't have time and the time it would take him to take it to a yard is money he's lost not working. I have even less space than he does so can't do much with them either although he is saving me the stainless steel blocks from now on that stack nicely. Also have around 2-300 immersion elements that I have to try to figure out how to get the metal coatings off to get at the nichrome elements inside.

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-17-2011, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by harrisvh

Yes much nicer ones for scrapping are the older ones, my dad doesn't tend to bother with the newer ones as he has no room to store any of the lower metals so just calls for a scrappy to just take them away. When I tell him he could take them down as is he just says he doesn't have time and the time it would take him to take it to a yard is money he's lost not working.

I am banking on the local HVAC guys having the same mind set. Saturday I was at my parents and I saw a repair truck at a neighbors, with a water heater out front. I whipped back around and asked what they were doing with it?

Guy asked if I wanted it. I said sure. Okay, but the bottom plug is out. I said that was fine and loaded it. Then he says do you want this, and this, and we have this too.

Ended up with the water heater, furnace, some coils, a central air unit and a decent amount of copper lines. I was so excited. I asked if he gets stuff like this often.

Oh yeah...at least once a day. I whipped out my card and said to call me when you get more and I will be more than happy to take it off your hands and save you the trouble of loading/hauling it away.

He didn't seem to care either way so who knows if I will get any calls from him.

Maybe I can contract with the company to have their techs call me. Anyone have any experience in doing this?

Seem to be a decent size company. 2 more tech trucks showed up shortly after I left.

**GeorgeB** · 10-17-2011, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I am banking on the local HVAC guys having the same mind set. Saturday I was at my parents and I saw a repair truck at a neighbors, with a water heater out front. I whipped back around and asked what they were doing with it?

Guy asked if I wanted it. I said sure. Okay, but the bottom plug is out. I said that was fine and loaded it. Then he says do you want this, and this, and we have this too.

Ended up with the water heater, furnace, some coils, a central air unit and a decent amount of copper lines. I was so excited. I asked if he gets stuff like this often.

Oh yeah...at least once a day. I whipped out my card and said to call me when you get more and I will be more than happy to take it off your hands and save you the trouble of loading/hauling it away.

He didn't seem to care either way so who knows if I will get any calls from him.

Maybe I can contract with the company to have their techs call me. Anyone have any experience in doing this?

Seem to be a decent size company. 2 more tech trucks showed up shortly after I left.

I do this. most will take it back to their shop and I pick up from there. however if they are on a job and don't have the room I go to the house or business and pick up from there.

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-17-2011, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

I do this. most will take it back to their shop and I pick up from there. however if they are on a job and don't have the room I go to the house or business and pick up from there.

That could work. I guess they have to haul it away regardless. I was trying to save them a step and haul from the job site. It's getting the techs trained to call me that I am trying to figure out. These trucks didn't look like they had much room to be hauling stuff away, yet they had to bring the new stuff somehow.

**Dawsey** · 10-18-2011, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I am banking on the local HVAC guys having the same mind set. Saturday I was at my parents and I saw a repair truck at a neighbors, with a water heater out front. I whipped back around and asked what they were doing with it?

Guy asked if I wanted it. I said sure. Okay, but the bottom plug is out. I said that was fine and loaded it. Then he says do you want this, and this, and we have this too.

Ended up with the water heater, furnace, some coils, a central air unit and a decent amount of copper lines. I was so excited. I asked if he gets stuff like this often.

Oh yeah...at least once a day. I whipped out my card and said to call me when you get more and I will be more than happy to take it off your hands and save you the trouble of loading/hauling it away.

He didn't seem to care either way so who knows if I will get any calls from him.

Maybe I can contract with the company to have their techs call me. Anyone have any experience in doing this?

Seem to be a decent size company. 2 more tech trucks showed up shortly after I left.

Congratulations man! Sounds like something you got going there!