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    commercial stainless kitchen appliances?

    Anyone here ever scrapped the heavy duty commercial kitchen stuff. Like coolers and ranges and refrigerators? How did it turn out?


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    you would compare scrapping stainless commercial kitchens like you would a heavy duty pick up compared to a car.

    A little more work and a little more money.
    "anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"

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    I scrap a lot of commercial stuff. I guess it depends on if you are going to buy it or have a way to get it for free. If you are going to purchase it you really need to take a close look at it. Its value really is in SS, but like grills, sometimes it is magnetic. A big problem with some of the equipment is that it is SS but a lot of it is welded to regular steel so you have to pull out the old grinder.

    I usually will only purchase commercial equipment if I am buying it at scrap steel pricing or if I can pull parts for resale.

    My last hobart dishwasher was purchased for 25.00 and just the motor and control box sold on ebay for 300.00.

    You need to do your homework.

    If you get it free I'd still be looking for parts that resell then chop up the rest. This equipment goes for $$$$ and is repaired rather then just replaced. Small things like thermostats, controls, ect.. sell well.

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    Heavy, large and awkward...Trailer and help required.

    If you don't have help, get a good winch...scratch that get a winch regardless and save your back.

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    Thanks guys that is what I thought. I going to look at some stuff today just wanted a little input.

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    I hope to never have to cause most are worth good money on resale or parts but even still stainless is high right now so its still good scrap plus every other goodies

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    Stainless is just barely higher than aluminum here. Old aluminum- $0.50 SS- $0.55

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    Pretty good money on them I sell them as breakage 15 cents a pound something like that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Longhairboy View Post
    Stainless is just barely higher than aluminum here. Old aluminum- $0.50 SS- $0.55
    Same deal here too, actually we get a better price for Ali, by about 30%.
    But stainless is a lot smaller, so size for size stainless steel is equal.

    I try and stay away from stainless, I won't scrap dishwashers for stainless, just the Copper and Ali on the motors and thats it.
    I find its far too easy to get cut around stainless, its always so sharp and a scratch ends up as a slice.
    Even a rub is a cut, which can be a slice too.

    Like its said above though, theres a great resale value in stainless steel. The metal is expensive to buy new, add in labour and something simple like a fumehood can cost around a thousand plus.
    Since it never wears out, never corrodes, a used peice is as good as a brand new peice and adapting/welding is not very hard.
    Like above again, the parts that do wear out, since its commercial they are expensive, but the stainless is like new so they do replace the items that do wear since its cheaper to do that.

    So, be very carefull with it, it slices and dices. Get more money by selling it as secondhand. Find out what its worth new.

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    Thanks for help

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    I once tore apart a all stainless steel commercial fridge/chiller unit or what ever it was once. tore all the pannels off, scraped off all the foam, ect ect.

    Pro tip, Dont do that, sell it whole
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    hey you shouldn't do it all. I usually resell the whole thing when I was reselling my kitchen appliances (those were stainless steel as well). I had a few pieces that I wanted to resell ( I owned a restaurant when I lived abroad) and i didn't know the best course of action in this situation so I tore some of them apart and sole them for pieces and the others I sold as a whole thing. it turns out if you have good equipment it will sell for a good even if they are not brand new. I got the biggest profit out of my commercial food display fridges. They are usually less prone to being broken and you can use them for a long periods of time.
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    I am currently working (when i have time and nothing easier to do) on a fryer i got from a restaurant. It has been the bane of my existence since I picked it up. Covered in grease, stove bolts are stuck, and i not entirely sure how certain parts fit together. I know the "pot" of the fryer is non-ferrous but its about to get the grinder/torch treatment if it doesn't start cooperating a little bit. Its mostly "wrapped in SS so there are some welds i gotta bust to get it off. I told my wife if I ever tell her I am thinking about getting a fryer for scrap again to divorce me cause I'm obviously not learning anything.


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