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This is one of my local yards, Lewis Salvage in Warsaw, In. #574-267-6781
They have a big drive on scale for steel, scrap vehicles and a smaller platform scale inside for everything non-ferrous and motors.
Lately they have added electronic recycling and also cardboard. Prices are low on these.
They seem to have very competitive prices.
Here's a pic of them unloading a truck out back.
Their address is 1961 White Industrial Dr.
Lewis Salvage
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What no magnet!!!
Those are magnets inside those claws, and those guys running them are good. I watched the operator pick up a big wad of misc. wire a couple of times and kind of shake it out. Then he reaches down and plucks out a small electric motor the size of a baseball out of the middle of the wire. He could probably pick up a large needle if he had to.Quote:
Originally Posted by happyscraper
I think there's a total of 5 or 6 magnets, some with claws and a couple without. And 3-4 semi's.Quote:
Originally Posted by happyscraper
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Wow, we go to Lewis also! `Course ours is in Il...lol. We sometimes take a 4X8 trailer w/an old cow water tank full of small stuff. They`ve got Good operators too & its cool to watch him "have fun". Asked him to save the tank for another trip & he Did!...lol....I`ll try to bring cam & video next time!.......GAS
Last time I went to the yard I wish I could have recorded the crane operator.. he was a PRO. He got 4 washer in 1 magnet grab! And the way he would swing the magnet back SUPER fast and swing the boom ahead of it and it would then level out directly over the bed of my truck. Hope that makes sense lol. My yards are MUCH more cluttered! That place looks well kept
Time before this last trip the guy in front of me was getting unloaded and I hear "Just don't drop it on the trailer! Haha" as the guy jokingly shouted up to the crane operator. Magnet then precariously picks up a lawnmower by the handle and its swinging and swaying then DROP! SMASH it lands and takes his trailer light right off!!
Attachment 2022Attachment 2023Attachment 2024So, we made a metal run yesterday & This time I remembered to bring the camera & I`m glad I did! Between me & the oldest daughter(coppergirl_98, she`s almost 16 too!), we came home w/$150+ cash money....lol! BUT, the best part, I was looking around & there he is, a BTO scrapper from our hometown area. He was gracious enough to give us a perty good lesson in scrap`n. He was looking over our stuff(Eagle eye`n...lol) but he saw a `lil what I thought was prolly brass, but a mask. He reached in there & told(I`ll just call her RM) her to take that back home, guess I need to look it up....LOL! So we got all the stuff out of the back of the `rango & needed to unload the `lil trailer. He did her a Dandy by talking the magnetic crane operator into let`n her go for a ride!!! Oh my Lord, I don`t think the pix I`m about to try to post will even Closely justify the smile on her face!!! Welp, lets see if I can get`em posted....lol.....GAS
Yeah, got it!!! RM said the scary part was the cab coming back down...he spun her around 360+, I guess for carnival ride effect...lol
That's an experience she'll remember for a long time. My youngest still remembers the time a small circus came to town and I bought her a ride on the back of an elephant. Just me and her. Another time we went for a ride in a special monster truck. They had one built with seats (and belts) in the back of the pickup bed. She's 24 now and still remembers them. Irreplaceable.Quote:
Originally Posted by gasman66