Those mercedes are fairly heavy for their size. I maybe wrong but most older diesel converters arent worth much at all. So take that into consderation when making a offer.
Those mercedes are fairly heavy for their size. I maybe wrong but most older diesel converters arent worth much at all. So take that into consderation when making a offer.
I've learned quite a bit about scrapping cars in the 9 months I've been doing it because that's my niche. Yes definitely, it is a must that you know the year model make so that you can get an almost exact weight and the way that you do this is by typing Mercedes blank(whatever kind it is) curb weight into the search engine and look at all the weights that come up that match your search pay close attention because with this you can make money or lose money, what I always do is go with the lowest possible weight that I think it could weigh to avoid any negative surprises. If the car has aluminum rims that's a plus, new or very good tires are a plus(good tires and aluminum rims alone can mean 148 bucks for me) if anyway possible cut the cat off, many times there may be 2 but I've seen as many as 4(big money) get the battery but that's not big money. This is how I scrap cars, many people take out the radiator but I've never done it although I know I should. Be careful scrapping cars can be quite addictive lol. Oh yeah I felt this was worth mentioning cars can be extremely heavy so be very particular about how you load it on the trailer because if you load too much weight in the rear you will be paying for a wrecker to come tow you away, I'm sure many already know this and I've touched on it before but I don't believe it's discussed enough.
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