congrats, sad that we have to be so old before stuff is paid for :P. Always said we should be born old and grow young, would look better tanning to LOL.
anyways well done and hope to have many...
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congrats, sad that we have to be so old before stuff is paid for :P. Always said we should be born old and grow young, would look better tanning to LOL.
anyways well done and hope to have many...
I have studied costs in all sorts of ways, Depending on how you operate and your goals, it can vary. I studied trucks for 4 years, all costs in. it ran about $1.41 a km or $2.27 a mile, for a one...
Crane was supplied by customer, it was there to lift the new one into place, they do have a pretty beefy electric motor in them, but when dealing with cranes you have to have everything taken apart...
It is a water cooler, water comes out from the plant passes through, gets cooled then back to the plant. sad part was it was to high for the trailer, (over height restrictions) so had to unload it at...
Did not weigh much, (4300 lbs) but it took a very big crane to get it off the roof :p
Had one it took me a year to get his plate, as it turned out he was sitting across the street at a bar watching us watch for him. The camera would show him loading up a few minutes after we left....
Had the same thing happen to me years ago, my big old heavy 30 inch tv quit, I put it in the back of my truck and was sitting at the kitchen table, when some guy scooped it out of the truck and was...
Recently had a request for a quote from a company that does Fire Sprinkler Systems, attached to the quote was a report on the building and safety issues. It stated that the pipes had all been...
Went and sold on E bay for the first time, not many can say they got 10 bucks for their old socks :p Cleaning up one place I found a pair of socks in a box, some sort of fancy men's socks from the...
Doing a large removal at a plant right now, seldom do things go as one would like. As 1956 said two is a must on big jobs for safety.
When I quote a big job, I estimate how much metal I can get...
Perfect trailer for scrapping, right price to, hope it makes you lots :)
They are air, used to force plastic into shape, they are going to scrap.
Getting them out is difficult due to lack of space to move a forklift. Have to take them apart more than I want to, in...
scored two large compressors :)
before
http://i.imgur.com/RqAYjpO.jpg
after
http://i.imgur.com/YlgUvh2.jpg
A guy can never have to many tools :p
Have to agree, No matter where you go for scrap ask permission, often when you do that, it can lead to more business. A honest friendly approach has often lead me to the peoples work place to get...
I have been thinking of bidding out some loads on Uship, Good way to get the big stuff to a yard
I would check with the Police or parking enforcement, here only the parking enforcement can remove them, If you take one here, charges of theft could happen if caught.
One thing you have to watch for In Canada many of the scrap yards quote per ton, but they are quoting a metric ton
I used to do a lot of medical stuff, for x ray none of the scrap yards here will take it or e waste shops, all the stuff I sold in the past never set off the radiation detector, However one yard...
very nice!!! mine used to be clean to :) now the back seat is full to the top of the seat, hope you get some nice loads!!!!
Look for the signs that may come before you get injured, sometimes there is higher powers at work >:)
True story: I was about to load a commercial Hot Water tank, phone rings and a customer wanted...
Been scraping for years, always good to see new ideas. Up for anything in scrap that can make a profit :) sometimes I take the odd job on just for the fun of it or just to get out of town
I do scrap for a living have for years, I run a one ton cube at the moment, but have used throw away trucks often over the years. Right now I can't see getting away with anything for less than a...