A Bet between Farrar and I

**saturninin** · 05-19-2016, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by farrarrecycling

As for towing that varies from $75 to $225 depending on distance. We service all the way down to Machias Maine and all the way up to Houlton Maine area. I have several more cars coming in at the end of week on top of these. But the average towing bill is around $100 each. As for scrap most of it comes in inside the cars or I get it from site clean ups for Free and haul it in either by borrowing a friends truck or using the car or if my cousin has his car carrier at the job site he also hauls for me.

The ION was painted flat black but was spray painted tonight purple, white, and a few other colors due to so much rust nothing outside or underneath could be saved. Most of the cars had a good amount of parts available excluding one and the jeep and blazer have had alot of attention. The Ford Expedition wasnt listed on craigslist or Facebook groups yet but will be soon as I get it drained and the converters removed. The front tires on it are brand new and the back are in excellent shape with a almost new full size spare as well.

All the vehicles pictured plus the ones coming in soon will be crushed by AIM Recycling from Bangor Maine in a few weeks. They drain the vehicles for us and remove any converters we couldnt get when they arrived and haul them to saint john in Canada for shredding.

I was just wondering about trailers and such.... just doing the math... If it was possible to have a truck'/ trailer to haul some of these cars.... Cause I'm figuring that if you both are shooting for 100 cars a piece even at $75 delivered for 100 cars you are at about $7500... thus $4500 for your truck/trailer and 3000 for gas (and could go up from there) & just figure if you are multiplying it to 200 that's at a 9000 truck/trailer and 6000 for gas... roughly... also how do you get them to the yard to get paid....

What makes this worth while for you? verses having your own truck may I ask?

Also IDK how much time you have or that.... but I know 1st hand on the weight of the Saturn plastic, would it be worth your time pulling the body panels and setting on it to sell to some one that needs a fender or that to paint (This is what I have now.... panels upon panels of parts Saturns... thus my name)

**farrarrecycling** · 05-19-2016, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by saturninin

I was just wondering about trailers and such.... just doing the math... If it was possible to have a truck'/ trailer to haul some of these cars.... Cause I'm figuring that if you both are shooting for 100 cars a piece even at $75 delivered for 100 cars you are at about $7500... thus $4500 for your truck/trailer and 3000 for gas (and could go up from there) & just figure if you are multiplying it to 200 that's at a 9000 truck/trailer and 6000 for gas... roughly... also how do you get them to the yard to get paid....

What makes this worth wild for you? verses having your own truck may I ask?

Also IDK how much time you have or that.... but I know 1st hand on the weight of the Saturn plastic, would it be worth your time pulling the body panels and setting on it to sell to some one that needs a fender or that to paint (This is what I have now.... panels upon panels of parts Saturns... thus my name)

I used to have my own car carrier but the cab rusted out beyond repair and parts were getting so hard to get for it due to an accident in December with it (car tried passing when I was pulling into the drive way and got sucked into the front wheel on the drivers side totaled the car out, no injuries and was never reported by the sheriffs department to the FMCSA) I am looking at buying another ramp truck soon as I can my cousin offered me his old one for at a discounted rate but now its just coming up with the money for it. As for towing we have been using them for about 4 years now and we make enough off the converters since we sell them direct to the decanner / precious metals lab so we can pull every gram of precious metal out of them direct same place buys and picks up all our aluminum rims, batteries, starters, alternators, and radiators so we never have to leave.

We have AIM Recycling pickup all the metal right onsite with the cars when there out to crush them down. It cost about $8000 to crush everything due to transport cost from Topsfield Maine to Saint John for shredding but we get the Canadian price per ton. The saturn everything has to go with the car due to the amount of rust and we only get thirty days to crush from the time the first car arrives on the lot. Each car will be stripped as much as possible but most will go with alot of parts still on them. We use the car to bring scrap wire, any aluminum rims not worth keeping on hand for recore trading in New Hampshire, and any other non ferrous we get in to Bangor and East Millinocket.

As for owning a truck and trailer I dont have enough cash on hand to buy a used truck with the prices people want around here since our inspection program is the worst in the country at this time and everything is rusted out around here to the point it cant pass anymore. Same goes for our trailers even with no inspection but the DOT # is still required on the pickup since I register them at 12000+ lbs each and Maine has a law requiring a DOT #, time cards, (no log books or medical card required if within 100 air miles under the Maine state law), state commercial inspection, and a federal commercial inspection, etc... are all required which take to much time to do.

I know the towing seems high to most people but its just a regular cost of doing business in our area when you live over 100 miles from the nearest city and the closes trucks for sale are over 150+ miles alone that are worth buying and own a car the wont make it much longer due to mechanical and the inspection almost up and to much rust to pass it again.