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  1. I think that is a good idea. The only downside I...

    I think that is a good idea. The only downside I see is craigslist. I don't think you get enough exposure. The only people that are going to drop the stuff off are the people that cruise craigslist....
  2. Thread: Motorcyle

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    I used to make a part time living dismantling...

    I used to make a part time living dismantling bikes and parting them out on ebay. On the average I would make 300 to 800 a bike depending on what it was. The problem being is it is tedious, You have...
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    In all reality no, because this way you are...

    In all reality no, because this way you are pinning the wire to a flat surface with pressure from the plane. your way you would have to figure out a way to constantly keep the wire against the cutter...
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    A simple way to strip stranded wire

    I have quite a bit of stranded wire and have been trying to find a real simple way to strip it and I stumbled on a easy way. I did not see it posted in here so here it is.

    I had an old small...
  5. If I did not have much going on I would have...

    If I did not have much going on I would have talked to him but I am buried right now.
  6. I can't believe the things going to the scrap yard from the floods

    I have been helping my brother clean up his electronics store. Everything went under water and he lost about 250k in inventory. I have been taking down what I can to the scrap yard to get him any...
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    I need a boat to go to the scrap yard!!

    I am in Binghamton NY. I have never in my life seen flooding in this area like we had the last couple of days. I was fortunate that I had no loss, but I had to have 3 sump pumps running in my...
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    Rack and pinon steering recycling

    We have a local pull your own parts automotive yard and one day I was in there and there was a guy ripping out rack and pinon steering units. I tried to ask him why he was taking so many but it must...
  9. If you had $5000. to get started in scrapping how would you use it?

    I love reading the posts in this forum and I see all kinds of guys using different methods and ideas to scrap. I see many just doing it on a small scale with little to no money and many on the high...
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    I go to a few different yards for different...

    I go to a few different yards for different items. One of the yards I use, I went to 4 times in one day. You can't see the scale but they write down the weight on your ticket. Now mind you I was only...
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    New guy from upstate NY

    Hey Everyone..Great site..very informative.
    I have been scrapping part time for the last couple years but I have decided to put more focus on it. I have worked as a building remodeling contractor...
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