What advice do you wish you could give yourself when you 1st started scrapping?

**ScrappinRed** · 04-28-2015, 11:32 AM

Always always always check resale value, even just for parts, before you scrap it.

**Mechanic688** · 04-28-2015, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by ScrappinRed

Always always always check resale value, even just for parts, before you scrap it.

This is my one thing my partner and I did not do (didn't even have an idea). We just turned and burned as fast as we could.
Also our first load of TV's would have been around 400, give or take. We had them coming out of our ears. Could not send them out fast enough.

**ChesterCopperpot** · 04-29-2015, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

This is my one thing my partner and I did not do (didn't even have an idea). We just turned and burned as fast as we could.
Also our first load of TV's would have been around 400, give or take. We had them coming out of our ears. Could not send them out fast enough.

I've gotten about 30 tvs my 1st month as a scrapper. I broke them all down & separated the metal/boards. Should I have tried to sell them first?

**Mechanic688** · 04-29-2015, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot

I've gotten about 30 tvs my 1st month as a scrapper. I broke them all down & separated the metal/boards. Should I have tried to sell them first?

I really don't think there's a market to sell tube type tv's now with flat screens getting so cheap. What I was referring to was to have an outlet for the tubes and plastic. Back then Goodwill and a few others would take the tv carcass after stripping but thats changed and you have to really check around to find the "green" outlet for them.

Just for the non-believers,,, 26 ft. Hertz rental.