New Guy
hey every one, its that young gun again,
so im in a bit of bind for money and honestly the crops in michigan arnt great this year, so my boss cant supply me with work. so im broke. But i found a old junk yard behind my house, on our property a while back, there are pianos, t.vs. microwaves. a old car battery. and toilets and old bikes. can i scrap these? or is it not worth my time? out of the appliances can i dissemble any? and what should i look for if i do.....getting money sucks.
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good luck scrapping porcelain toilets. watch a few videos of breaking these items down, you'll see whats in them, and how to sort it all
We're the renegades of Junk!
If its truely an old junk yard you may find some great stuff. Items thrown away many years ago can be collectable today. Also beware that items thrown in the trash years ago might contain hazardous material. To answer your general question anything made of metal can be recycled. As far as bicycles are concerned mostly just remove the tires and put them in with the steel.
What you should be doing is reading all the old threads on this forum. You don't know what you don't know readin will help you alot, Mike.
"Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}
Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
hek yeah, even the old piano has an iron soundboard in it. There's an ancient one in an old barn here that's about to fall down around it, I just haven't figured a way to get it out of there yet ; )
Crt & Ewaste Specialist
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bear if there is nothing but scrap in the barn i would just do a controlled burn. Collect the metal a rebuild if you want to. Then again i see big money coming out of old barns like that with crap shoved into the rafters or under the section that fell in. I'd call American archeology out there have them crawl around in it, then when they say there aint nothing left have one hell of a bon fire lol.
Born to think, destine to succeed.
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spend a week studying the archives then , go to the back yard and make some money.
On my trip to the yard yesterday to collect some tool and survival money, it turned my stomach to see so many survival "scrappers" who had no Idea what they were doing. sorry to be so blunt but this hurts every one. people bringing in 2 0r three bicycles with tires still attached, what can be easier then breaking down a bicycle for premium $. some brought in hand fulls of copper with hoses and other attachments for 35 cent MLC price when copper is $2.20. $2 vs $8 or $9. he88 it cost $5 to bring the stuff in. for the most part these were not people who were just recycling for the ECO value, they needed that $2. one guy brought in some compressors and motors and a disposal with all the attachment still attached and got mixed metal price.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
That was an early consideration Dune, but it has a good tin roof I don't want to ruin. The only thing holding it up now are some pecan trees that have grown up around it! So, I'm just patiently waiting ; )Originally Posted by Dunemaul
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You might want to help it by pulling it on down and tear it apart after it's on the ground. When their rickety it's the only safe way.
P & M Recycling - Specializing in E-Waste Recycling.
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Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I'll do that Mech, maybe wait till this winter when the snakes are all gone to bed ; )
The barn sounds like it is in bad shape but some people like old barn word. Mike
Rural scrapper
That older lumber is nice and a 2x4 actually was 2x4 not 1.5 x3.5
Alvord iron and salvage
3rd generation scrapper and dam proud of it
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If a bicycle has steel wheels I don't take the tire off, you would be taken wieght off. If the wheel is alluminum then I take thr tire off and sell the rim as exstruded alluminum. Why do more work than you have to?
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
There's an old bicycle in a shed I'm hoping to clean out soon, also hoping she'll let me take the bike, It's like got the rail on front, kinda like an old Indian motorcycle. She's a friend of my Mom's, and I've been telling her when I found anything of real potential value (sentimental or monetary/or both), but I would like to see what I could do with that ol bike
If its a old indian bike...beter check it. Seems to be worth tons of cash. Call up the american pickers..lol.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
who are "the american pickers" ?
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LOL. Do you have Television? History Channel, They're on all the time, Mike and Frank, American Archeaology, They go around and buy stuff out of people's collections of old junk
Keeper of the Cooler!
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American pickers...excellent show, tho Frank can get on your nerves real quick. lol.
Good show, I watch it on regular tv when I can, failing that.. netflix for the first 3 seasons! I also use a free tv site but..I'll error on the side of caution an not post the link to it though.
You'd like it for nothing else then the crap they pull out of old barns, houses, yards, etc.
Sirscrapalot - Enjoys the items they find and sell.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Actually, I got it yesterday, it's in pretty bad shape, and the front tire is missing, but I'll probly still be looking for it a second home. In the front of the rail compartment, or whatever that thing is called (it would be the gas tank on a motorcyle) are two tiny light sockets(one still has a bulb in it) but the lense isn't on it ( if it ever had one)
Doesnt matter, sttill worth money, Maybe a couple hundrend. Mike Wolfe | American Pickers | Antique Archaeology | History Channel
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