Quote Originally Posted by corycouch View Post
To be honest you will have to run a couple tests, just remember what you gain in clean aluminum you will lose in steel and I'm talking about losing price wise not by volume, some things are worth breaking down some are not. An example for me is, when I break down radiators I cut the tanks off with a saw, leave the aluminum on the tank and turn in the radiator as clean, turn in the plastic tanks with the aluminum still attached even some hose for breakage, I do break down farther the ones with brass tubes.
Wow really? I just bend the tabs back on one side with channel locks then take the hammer handle and insert it in the hose hole and yank it off and toss the tank. The tank with the brass cooler gets a hammer smash to free it. I can break down a radiator in like 2-3 mins. tops. I deal with mostly all aluminum bodies and plastic tanks (newer style) If it's copper/alum. combo I will cut the ends off or whatever.