now i still call myself a newbie also as ive not been doing this a year yet. got a call for a saturn offered our min of 200 for a complete car, got there and the guy had already taken the battery,radiator and the cat. stated our offer was for a complete car and we do so on the phone, come to find our he was a new scapper that had given up griping about the 7 per 100 he woulda got, he said it took him forever to get the car loaded, the yard only gave him $4 for his cat, anyway he couldnt get the car loaded again for whatever reason and at this point im just shaking my head while he's telling the story to my partner. anyway we get the car for 125 and get it home i open up the trunk and bust out laughing, a donut was on the car pretty common for junk cars but one of the aluminum wheels was in the trunk with the tire half cut off with a sawsall.
now i say that to say this, our first car took us hours to load, in the woods, four flat tires and no key. using a comealong ended up buying a $60 boat winch at walmart and using both, learned from our mistakes and got a winch after just a few cars, the first aluminum wheels i remember using a sawsall, grinder bolt cutters hammers and didnt stop till we got them off, anyway we done a few when we needed cash and saved the rest, finally got a manual tire changer at tsc for 60 bucks and started making some real money.
anyway some new guys have gumption some dont, for the new guys this is hard work, you can find a way to do almost anything if you put your mind to it, the main thing is not to give up and learn from your mistakes. if you cant break down wheels or compressors or anything of higher value with what you have now, dont just send it thru the shredder wait until you have the means, stock pile and when you get the right tools you will have some big paydays in your future. sorry to ramble, but the guy i met yesterday was so close but just gave up
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