Scrapping forklifts and pallet jacks

Hi Im relatively new to scrapping. Ive had good luck with batteries and copper cable but being a forklift mechanic by trade I come across quite a few junk forklifts, pallet jacks (electric and manual) and all sorts of material handling equipment that the owners have deemed not worth fixing. Ive partially scrapped pallet jacks before, motors, cables contactor tips etc and left the frame/body because my work would frown upon me for loading it up into my service van. I was thinking about picking up a 16' equipment trailer and I have a 3/4 ton van to handle the bigger forklifts. Has anybody srcapped a whole jack or forklift? Is it worth the effort?
Thanks

From what I've seen, skid loaders are fairly simple machines. I know that my father has bought, repaired, and then resold countless numbers them. I would look into repairing them before scrapping them. Maybe spend a couple hundred bucks, but you get a much larger return. Just my $.02

Also certain parts may have greater than scrap value, forks come to mind. I would think you would have a lot of the knowledge reequired to determine value. Sometimes the problem is finding a market and transportation costs to get your used stuff to the customer. Best of luck Mike.

My first scrap run was an old fork lift with no forks. I had the yard's flat bed pick it up and I still got $700 @ .10/lb Ya it's worth it :)

Yes it's worth it. So long as your boss says it's all clear. No sense in putting your job in jeopardy over a few bucks.

I've scrapped an old, and i mean OLD forklift. Made a few hundred bucks. It's always fun tearing into something new and figuring out how too maximize your money made, and time spent.

Good luck!