How to find junk cars

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Those big bus tires are close to the same size as semi tires and you should be able to find a buyer for them, even if they use them for recaps.
Then you would have a truckload of steel rims to scrap, it would take a few phone calls to get everything on the same page but when you did you could do one a day. Cha-Ching

I used to sell tire carcases for re-capping and made some decent money at it, better learn how to pre-grade your carcases because the capper charges large. The shop will spend 15 to 20 minutes examining each carcass adding to the cost of your rejects.



Earth moving equipment, skidder, grader and loader tires is where the big money is to be had in the recapping business, once again you have to learn when to leave a tire behind.

Large loader tires with chunks and slices could still bring in reasonable bucks while smaller truck types would be rejected on the basis of how common the tire is giving the capper the choice to purchase premium casings.