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Just scored 35 computers of Various makes for $125! Figuring in the 520 mile round trip, i paid roughly between $4.90 to $5.28 per tower.
Not the cheapest towers but instead of sending them all out as Ewaste I may try to refurbish several of the units.
Hey man, congratulations! I hope it all works out well, good luck on the trip too.
The best news is you can not replace the experience once you've done this deal. It will certainly answer your questions about if it is worth it. Also congrats on wining the auction. Mike
Yes grats on the win. Still waiting for my first big auction score.
Well Ive already seen what the profit margins on towers are. As Im unemployed even a small profit is worth it to me.
What Im truely worried about is fitting 35 towers into my saturn 4 door lol. Hopefully some of them are the small form factor dells so I can stack them. :) Anyways tomorrow I plan on taking the rear seats out and a long overdue oil change.
you might also consider top and rear luggage racks, haha!
The most I've got was 18 in a Taurus, 20lb-25lb each X 35 towers is 700-875lbs. Gonna need a truck for that, it'll overweigh your car, break a spring or blow a shock.. Might want to rent a full size van or borrow a truck. Good luckQuote:
Originally Posted by andrew1990
Ive had 20-23 towers in my car before with the seats in and 5 of those were heavy servers. It will be close! :) The sl2s are rated for 1000LBs tow rating max, so if the towers are inside the car it will give a better weight distribution I hope lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
If you get it all in, take a picture and post it!
Can you pull the front passenger seat out perhaps? Usually 4 bolts holding it down. How about the base of the back seat? I believe there is member on here that stripped the interior of his car to accomodate more space for scrap. As pointed out, do your best to distribute the weight. Good luck and have a safe journey!
My business partner is coming with me so front seat needs to stay. Need to bring him as I can make him break his back rather than myself lol. Already working on taking the base of the rear seats out.
I would go rent a ski rack for sure.
congrats on the win. be care full with the weight. A tow rate max is different than a "payload max" A car/truck can tow more than it call carry. A car usually can handle 800lbs, about 4/200 lb people.
just curious, what is the year and model of your saturn?Quote:
Originally Posted by andrew1990
Its a 1997 Saturn SL2. Great little car for under $1000.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckStacyBuck
hopefully you won't have to make two trips.
You really should rent a little trailer from U-haul. You just added another 180 (?) pounds by taking another person.
35 desktops in a 4 door Saturn doesn't sound like a good idea. Even though you may be able to do it a broke suspension or torn out tranny will eat up your profits for the next few months and stop you from picking up more while the repairs are being done. Just something to think about and congrats on the win.
of course the easy solution is to find out if there is a scrapyard around nearby. Bring your tools and tear down the ones you dont think will be refurbished and take the metal to the yard, then bring the "goodies" home with you. Good luck!
Now why didnt I think of that? lol, thats actually the best plan of action. Time for some research.Quote:
Originally Posted by shendog
That would be your best bet. Get rid of most the weight before the trip home.
35 stripped desktop cases weighs around 280# if i remember correctly. But this is also with all plastic removed.
Heck Im just hoping they are the slim towers, that way I wouldnt have to break any down. Knowing my luck they are all those stupid Dell 2400s that take up a lot of space.... :(
Anyways, paid for the lot just now and going to call the custodian to arrange a pickup date as its at a federal jail....
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Originally Posted by CarolinaEwaste
Actually 14 stripped cases weighned in at 300LBs. :) Thanks for the advice, I had to use it down there.