Quote Originally Posted by nagol68 View Post
Hey all, first post here (other than into post)! I'm looking and how to properly get rid of appliances without completely tearing them down for hours at a time. I had a stove and fridge I just took. I cut cords/wires off, cut the compressor out, and a 6" brass tube then dumped the rest of it and $0.03/lb as shred. Is this right? I see people saying that they are "light iron" which is worth a lot more than that, but when I pulled up to the scale at my yard they told me to head to the shed pile and dump everything there. I'm planning to pick up a washer, fridge, and stove tonight and hoping to make more out of it.

Also, I'm talking with a guy who is going to give me 50 golf cart rims. Mix of steel and alum.. What's the best way to go about this?
at some yards shred and light iron are interchangeable. steel is down alot right now apparently. You don't have to spend hours tearing apart appliances. Takes me 30 seconds to completely tear apart most white goods. with the exception of some washers that have really unserviceable designs. the best way to separate a tire from rim is with a rim crusher. or log splitter for golf cart sizes. if you don't have that a plasma cutter. cut around the rim completely. then cut each side into 3 sections if you can't break the bead. if you don't have that i'm not sure. never cut a golf cart tire. car tires take forever no matter what you do. unless your not in america then they seem to not use as much steel belting. I could be wrong on that though. but if you wanna see how i tear apart appliances i made a few youtube videos. some are on here. some you gotta look at my channel on youtube to see. same name just add in "scrap processing" at the end of it. keep in mind though that i'm a scrapper first and just learning how to film things. I will get better though after i'm back from playing army. others on here also have a few better ways of tearing stuff apart if your trying to not completely destroy everything you touch.