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Idaho, I agree. Will do. To see a picture go Richmond, VA craigslist RV category "1986 Chevy Bus". It is red. Also, about it running and not running.... It ran OK, but the gears were really grinding...

I agree that the title wasn't right about the weight. But between it not being her title or the title address, and the fact that all the seats were gonr, and the fact that if it broke down I would be...

Day's Report: MISSION BUS = Semi-Failure

I hate to do it, but I have to report that the bus deal was a semi-failure. We got there and started it, drove it, and things were going fine. It actually...

Oh yeah, and the yard said I can just drive it over the scale and hand them the title and VSA 40 FORM and they will take it as is for 11cents. And yeah, I know I could make more if I stripped it...

I appreciate all of the input. I am going to go look at the bus today to see if I can find the GVW from the VIN plate. I aim to purchase for $700 or less and sell for $1,200. That seems to be a...

Idaho: I agree that the bus in that link probably weighs 5-7k. Fortunately, the bus I am looking at is a lot bigger. The one I am considering is a full-size school bus. I have looked up GVWs just now...

I scrap a lot of farm equipment. That's it. I've never done a vehicle or anything outside of Iron and Aluminum. Today I saw a 1986 Chevrolet school bus (gas engine) no seats going for around $900...

Hey Vamped, just an idea coming from a guy who has quoted lots of labor and debris removal jobs: I would watch out for quoting a set price of $100 for tearing down a trailer like that. Instead, you...

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Funny story from yesterday at the scrap yard:

First off, thanks for the compliments about the Dodge. I have put a lot of time and money into her. Right now, however, she is at my...

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Still working on the farm dump job site. I took one load of 4,500lbs iron/steel this morning on the truck and trailer. That was a good one, but steel went down a bit over the weekend and...

If you're in a really rural area just put out the word that you'll clean up old farm dump sites. People love to get this crap off of their property and the money is pretty good, especially if it's...

Cody, what state/city are these yards located near? I would love to get that kind of money for the metal. The price at some yards near me is $180/ton, and only one will offer $200 or just a bit over...

Just got back from the welding store and they recommended acetylene for the type of cutting I would be doing. The guy didn't even mention propane, and I don't know if they service it. After having...

According to Idaho Scrapper's facts either torch would melt any metal on that list, with the exception of a rare few. I guess it comes down to cost and speed. How fast is the Propane and how much...

Thanks for the input. I thought about the worth of the I beams as well, but many of them have welding marks all over the place and some have holes cut in them. The ends are cut at slants and some...

Went out to my new project (old farm dump site) for the first time today. It's breathtaking. Granted, I'm pretty novice at the scrap thing, but this land is stocked with iron and steel and I think it...

Got a friend who owns an oil and HVAC company. They bring back almost all of their old stuff. Some of it sits out back for a few years and then someone throws it in the scrap yard for a few bucks....

Yeah man. I just did my first site like this (a small one) and it was 1960lbs of mixed metal, so $206. A buddy of mine almost exclusively does dump sites like this. He has given me some pointers and,...

Problem with keeping the engines that time and coming back is that the yard is about 16 miles (2 gallons) away from my place, so at $3.24 a gallon it's costing me $13 just to get to the yard and...

One time a guy asked me if I would rip down his basketball hoop. He was an old landscaping client of mine. I told him that I couldn't drive half an hour in my truck, chain up his hoop, rip it down,...

Thanks for telling me that price was low. I looked around and found a place that wasn't listed in my phone book and they offered $10.50 for mixed metal. Took 1,960lbs down there today and got $206...

That sounds good. I think anything under $130 would be a good investment because I can use it for my landscaping business as well. There are plenty of times I want to pull something big on the...

Oh yeah, and how do you guys get big weight items onto your trucks or trailers? Do you think it would be a good idea for me to buy a winch and use that to drag them onto a trailer? I was thinking...

I am located in Virginia. Yeah, $140 is a bit lower than what I expected. I just found another metal dump on my land, so I'm trying to wait a bit and make the load bigger than one ton if possible. I...