Your favorite thing to teardown

[rca987]

What's yours? I'm just curious.



My favorite thing to tear down is ceiling fans.
Just simply because 99% of them something for almost every respective bucket I have.

Brass, Copper, Insulated wires, aluminum, mixed scrap.

[Mick]

220 wiring and (just discovered) welding cable.

[Patton]

Computer hard drives.

[ArgonWelding]

Welding equipment. It's full of copper and copper and, oh yeah, copper.

[BigRyan]

I'm going to have to say dryers, as I now feel like each one is a scratch off lottery ticket. Never know what you'll find!

[crazyman16]

My favorite things to tear down is Vehicles, Motorhomes, and Busses.

[Destructo_d]

Air conditioners - they have aluminum/copper "fins", copper tubing and wiring and electric motors... sometimes aluminum covers.

transmissions, some engine heads, lawnmowers - cast aluminum

Copper wire - copper of course and now that I have my stripping machine, it's much easier on me.

aluminum cook ware - not much to do to them to clean up

[IdahoScrapper]

Scrapped one vehicle so far but I like that. And some appliances.

I need to figure out a better way to tear down coils.

[TheFatMan]

Air Conditioners.... They've got the number 2, the electric motor, the radiators. All of it makes me happy. 4 air conditioners and I can go three days and be okay fiscally. I like vacuum cleaners a lot too. In my town, most idiots just cut the cord and leave them thinking they'll strike it rich on insulated. I can get $3.00 on the motors inside them versus 50 cents for the cord. Big difference.

[parrothead]

Computer towers. Love me some CPUs and motherboards.

[TheHoss]

Hahahaha, ahh, only in Nampa. ;-)

Scrapped one vehicle so far but I like that. And some appliances.

I need to figure out a better way to tear down coils.

[TheHoss]

Hmm. TV's/CRT monitors. I've torn down roughly 45-50 of them. Have it down to a science now. Dryers, because you never know what you'll find! Big screen TV's. Lots of wood, but LOTS of aluminum heat sinks.

[IdahoScrapper]

Hahahaha, ahh, only in Nampa. ;-)

lol. true. prolly couldn't get away with it in Boise...not for long anyways.

[c4f5]

Vehicles...all day long. Break it down, then stuff it to the brim. 2nd choice...large iron. I'll take on anything, but the only time I dig into the big piles of "assorted other" junk to break down, is when I lack small iron to stuff in the car bodies. I break down my non ferrous until I have enough leftovers to finish stuffing my load of cars. Depending on the size of the cars, I take in 2-4 at a time about once a week. When my non ferrous room is full, I stuff my pickup and small trailer & take it in. When my "core room is full, I do the same, but that's about a 3 day job. When my "box" (apickup box on blocks) is full of electric motors, I take it in.

P.S. Nothing wrong with putting one on it's side, or on it's top to get the cat or other goodies you may want to save, like the 9" in that sideways Ford. I also use an air chisel to split the roof so it will hold more "stuffing material"

I don't need paperwork, just a VIN, and that is somewhat optional.

[IdahoScrapper]

I put that on its side to get the running boards, and a fair amount of brass/copper lines/valves tying the 3 fuel tanks together. Also the wire along frame rail.

Dad has a skidsteer with forks, so it was quick work.

[c4f5]

Medium sized tractor (old Allis 7060) with forks does it for me

[Mechanic688]

Idaho, I'm just curious, is that an air conditioned outhouse in the background???lol
:confused: :confused:

[IdahoScrapper]

lol. I can see where it might look that way. It's a shave ice stand. Known as sno ball, or sno cone in other parts of the country.

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[IdahoScrapper]

P.S. Nothing wrong with putting one on it's side, or on it's top to get the cat or other goodies you may want to save, like the 9" in that sideways Ford. I also use an air chisel to split the roof so it will hold more "stuffing material"

I posted an ad on CL for the 9" while I was stripping the truck. Had some interest, but no follow through. After about a month I took it in with a current load.

[Mechanic688]

I was just making a joke, yea the sno-kone stands are a big hit around here in the summer with all the lakes close by.
Nice set-up tho,,,