turns out it was a good deal. ended up winning 2, went out there with a 5 ton trailer, because the riggers said that would work, and low and behold their 4 ton forklift wouldnt budge them. they...
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turns out it was a good deal. ended up winning 2, went out there with a 5 ton trailer, because the riggers said that would work, and low and behold their 4 ton forklift wouldnt budge them. they...
though i wasnt in the game that much back then i see it now. those were the exact things we said. i got paid to pick it up before, and while i have seen on here that guys still can charge to haul...
some things are worth sitting on, especially if i have a use for them, but sitting in the garage i cant use them to get me more. and unfortunately my wife says i have to make money i cant just spend...
i ahve been scrapping for the better part of a decade now, mostly small scale bringing stuff in that was laying around job sites and such, and over time grew more and more into it. the other night i...
thats a great turn around. i just picked up 4 electric chain hoists at the last auction i was at for 20 bucks a piece, threw them up on craigslist and within 20 minutes we had a guy that snatched...
always pick up more. and when you think you have a good stockpile start breaking it down between getting more. learn from what the guys on here are saying and from your mistakes. grabbing on...
yeah truck rental isnt the greatest idea but penske, international and several of the other major truck players all have pretty good leasing options if you need it, but buying a truck and trailer are...
russel check with your garbage pickups. we have groot and get to put out one large extra item a week. so i tape a whole bunch of stuff together and make a go of it. the first time the guy started...
not sure about the tar, and they all look fairly old, but im bidding on them at a straight steel price with no competition, so i should make out pretty good, i hope.
i havent had the chance to deal with them. i called them about buying 2500# of clean plastic and 500# of brass plated gold a month ago and they told me that they would give me clean brass prices and...
best of luck to you. i hope and pray that things go well. didnt see your rant, and im not really a noob, but on here i am, and i have spent hours learning stuff on here. you have to look for some...
thank you both. when i searched them all i came up with were computer sized ones, not sure why i couldnt see those.
im lucky that i have 7 scrap yards all within about a 10 minute drive of me, well kind of. i have the 3 that i deal with stored in my phone and if i have a big load i call and see what they are...
anybody on here ever pull apart one? how hard are they and are they even worth pulling apart? i searched but didnt see anything on here about them, and it was about the same on google. they should...
i love them every time i am at someones house ,hat has one, and my old company had one for us to use, but i drink way too much coffee to make it worth while. i make a pot and it is gone before the...
yeah lessons learned. i think that i got overexcited, this was the first one my wife let me jump into and said prove me wrong. but there is always next time, and i know not to do that again.
won my first surplus auction today, but i think i might have sold myself short. i had 8 big machines i was bidding on, and got tied up with a stupid doctor appointment that they wouldnt let me...
take a sawzall and after it is evacuated, run it down the inside of the steel at the ends of the radiator. if you dont the yard will give you half of the price of clean, and it only takes a minute. ...
no, loking at buying one at auction and wondering what a good baseline would be for pricing. do i look at it like an electric motor?
anybody have experience pulling brushless generators apart? what kind would i be looking to get for it? same as a motor? any input would be greatly helpful. thanks
id love to sell them at .35 a #.
there are a few yards around me that screw people around with their scales. i took a whole bunch of parts from work in, 2500# worth, and the only yard here that i could get rid of them at without...
i love the torch blades. to me the blade makes all the difference. a good blade in a crappy saw works way better than a not so good blade in a great saw. i like the dewalt cordless, but the...
sorry guys thank you for the responses. where is thorton exactly? im in naperville. i have been watching govliquidation, i dont get the whole mutilation thing and am leary of that so im watching...
just did the quick math in my head here and i would only make an extra $2 at the prices im getting here. and while that adds up it seems like a lot of work and time to make it? how long does it take...