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Hey guys i have a 63 eglin street sweeper for scrap. No engine or trans.
Have been thinking over how to cut it up efficiently.
Today i was offered 150 a ton for it, as is. Dont have to drain fuilds or anything.
Flat bed will pick it up
Think that is fair price for something that large? Never dealt with anything this big before
Weight was 10000lbs stock, now missing engine+trans
http://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/pts/2892336394.html
$1300-$1500 and they haul away. I'd start waving bye bye. Imao
i would also all ready be waving
Im guessing max of 8000lbs
Max of 4 tons
Max price of 600 bucks
Not following the $1300 price??
Did you pay $1000 for it, if you did and your only getting $150 a ton I think your going to loose money on that deal. Stockweight was 10000 lbs. miness the motor and trans. your left with 90000 lbs. devide that by 2000= 45 x 150= $675.00. I don't know what your yard pays for things like this but the yard I use pays $12 a hundred or $240 a ton for cars. Iwould never buy something like this unless I had a way to move it. Just my .02
$1,300 to $1,500??
I'm coming up with $750 if it weighs 10,000, and you said it doesn't since the motor/trans were pulled.
What would it be if you cut it up and haul it in?
Just like my smart phone my mental calculator sometimes works on the dumb side. $650-750 no investment and someone else hauling still be waving bye. just my opinion.
take the quick n easy sale! ........or rebuild that beast into the most badass curb sucker around! I see some potential.
Thanks for the responses guys
I will call the flat bed tomorrow and set it up.
And i did not pay anything for it, so any money is a win win. This way also i can save my acetylene and oxygen and hone my skills on smaller easier cuts.
OK landmine I get it now when I saw the cl add it said $1000 but you got it for free. Free is always good, get that flat bed out there first thing and make some fast money. Good job!!!
Seems to me like you'd be losing out on an opportunity to make more by cutting it up. Not to mention you'll also be losing the perfect opportunity to hone those cutting skills now. However, it you're just after the quick and easy buck then go for it.
If they are paying you straight out on the weight w/o fluids drained. Fill up the water tank.
And people like drozenski are the ones I watch like a hawk in my yard.. If you are cutting it up I would sell it.. Using acetylene isn't cheap and street sweepers have a big container on them that is thin.. Takes a lot of cutting for what little weight you will get out of it.. On the other hand you can get a better price for the frame and axles once cut. And if it is like the street sweeper we bought.. It has two motors, one to run the sweeper. We took the thin container and water tank off of ours and put a screw compressor on it using the sweepers diesel motor; making a big sandblast truck lol.. we will use it for a bit then cut it up for scrap.
i wouldn't mess with it, looks like it needs about a ton of paint
Does anybody ever use natural gas for cutting? It's all we used in the shipyard, it takes a different nozzle, but the benefits are endless
Can you say rip off? I would want 300 plus a ton for crying out loud there getting 400 to 450 a ton from the mill. I would have laughed at the yard. Call another one and tell them you will deliver it with a rollback and stop calllin BS scrap yards.
Something about this just doesn't sit right with me. Most of us sell metal. Not water.Quote:
Originally Posted by drozenski
My local yard would pay $280/T as-is. I think you should call around.
Drozenski, why would you say something like that? Talk about dishonest! And it amazes me that you run a business and say things like that with your company name as your signature. Now we can all associate your business with your crooked views...bad form man.
I'm hoping he meant it as a joke.
Wow i was about to call the guy and now im rethinking it.
Anyone know a large rollback in MA??? I only know small tow companies.
I am also worried about the mess and fire that will start with cutting it. There is a large conveyor belt in the middle of it and the whole broom is plastic; not to mention all the hydraulic fluid in all the lines. Also it is in brush and not near any easy water sources.
Im not after the quick money but the best price/work ratio.
Drozenski....I hope you have a lotta yards in your area. Pull that once at my yard and I would ban you.
Fool me once...
And to cut i need to buy regulators.. more money out of pocket. I know if i wait long enough i will come into some:D
I am thinking of calling the scrap yard to come get it. I called second street and the lady said it would be unprepared, I dont agree with it but i bet i will get more than 150 a ton.
Only thing is i bet they will want the fluids drained. Might be a pain to do but worth the time definitely.
Im thinking get a hand pump and drain the hydraulic resevoir, then check the gas tank and puncture it with a drain pan underneath. For the water container i will puncture it
Also there is no time period that this needs to be out, so while i want to get it done, i dont have to do it ASAP.
Here I'm getting $214 a ton. A difference of Around $325. How much is YOUR TIME worth, and how much in consumable supplies will you use? Could you effectively scout out even 1 more haul like this, in the time it'd take to cut it up?
I wouldn't cut it up unless I had to, my yard would take it whole and pay car price $240 a ton but I would have to drain the fluids and then would have to get rid of them. If it was me I would still call the guy with the flat bed and sell it for $150 a ton. No invesment, no work, fast cash. Just my .02
my friend uses it all the time. it works great on thin to med steel and tin. and quite a bit cheaper
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Originally Posted by Bear
some idiot got caught with front load washer and dryer full of dirt at the yard i go to....first off, its dishonest and theft. second its stupid, there are glass dorrs lol
the yard guys were taking pics and coppying his registration and stuff like that
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Originally Posted by BohemianLush
i do elgins all the time average is about 12,500 over scales i drag them on the trauiler and pull in with the dually they really aren"t that hard
for the record the water manifolds and brush assemblies are worth quite a bit of coin in good shape