150 a ton for street sweeper

[landmine]

Hey guys i have a 63 eglin street sweeper for scrap. No engine or trans.
Have been thinking over how to cut it up efficiently.



Today i was offered 150 a ton for it, as is. Dont have to drain fuilds or anything.
Flat bed will pick it up

Think that is fair price for something that large? Never dealt with anything this big before
Weight was 10000lbs stock, now missing engine+trans
http://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/pts/2892336394.html

[bejak]

$1300-$1500 and they haul away. I'd start waving bye bye. Imao

[wescrapmetal]

i would also all ready be waving

[landmine]

Im guessing max of 8000lbs
Max of 4 tons
Max price of 600 bucks

Not following the $1300 price??

[happyscraper]

Did you pay $1000 for it, if you did and your only getting $150 a ton I think your going to loose money on that deal. Stockweight was 10000 lbs. miness the motor and trans. your left with 90000 lbs. devide that by 2000= 45 x 150= $675.00. I don't know what your yard pays for things like this but the yard I use pays $12 a hundred or $240 a ton for cars. Iwould never buy something like this unless I had a way to move it. Just my .02

[IdahoScrapper]

$1,300 to $1,500??

I'm coming up with $750 if it weighs 10,000, and you said it doesn't since the motor/trans were pulled.

What would it be if you cut it up and haul it in?

[bejak]

Just like my smart phone my mental calculator sometimes works on the dumb side. $650-750 no investment and someone else hauling still be waving bye. just my opinion.

[ParkerFlyer4]

take the quick n easy sale! ........or rebuild that beast into the most badass curb sucker around! I see some potential.

[landmine]

Thanks for the responses guys
I will call the flat bed tomorrow and set it up.

And i did not pay anything for it, so any money is a win win. This way also i can save my acetylene and oxygen and hone my skills on smaller easier cuts.

[happyscraper]

OK landmine I get it now when I saw the cl add it said $1000 but you got it for free. Free is always good, get that flat bed out there first thing and make some fast money. Good job!!!

[skylinejack]

Seems to me like you'd be losing out on an opportunity to make more by cutting it up. Not to mention you'll also be losing the perfect opportunity to hone those cutting skills now. However, it you're just after the quick and easy buck then go for it.

[drozenski]

If they are paying you straight out on the weight w/o fluids drained. Fill up the water tank.

[myekem]

And people like drozenski are the ones I watch like a hawk in my yard.. If you are cutting it up I would sell it.. Using acetylene isn't cheap and street sweepers have a big container on them that is thin.. Takes a lot of cutting for what little weight you will get out of it.. On the other hand you can get a better price for the frame and axles once cut. And if it is like the street sweeper we bought.. It has two motors, one to run the sweeper. We took the thin container and water tank off of ours and put a screw compressor on it using the sweepers diesel motor; making a big sandblast truck lol.. we will use it for a bit then cut it up for scrap.

[Bear]

i wouldn't mess with it, looks like it needs about a ton of paint

Does anybody ever use natural gas for cutting? It's all we used in the shipyard, it takes a different nozzle, but the benefits are endless

[PistoneScrapProcessing]

Can you say rip off? I would want 300 plus a ton for crying out loud there getting 400 to 450 a ton from the mill. I would have laughed at the yard. Call another one and tell them you will deliver it with a rollback and stop calllin BS scrap yards.

[skylinejack]

If they are paying you straight out on the weight w/o fluids drained. Fill up the water tank.

Something about this just doesn't sit right with me. Most of us sell metal. Not water.

[RustyDollars]

My local yard would pay $280/T as-is. I think you should call around.

[forwardlookguy]

Drozenski, why would you say something like that? Talk about dishonest! And it amazes me that you run a business and say things like that with your company name as your signature. Now we can all associate your business with your crooked views...bad form man.

[freonjoe]

I'm hoping he meant it as a joke.

[landmine]

Wow i was about to call the guy and now im rethinking it.
Anyone know a large rollback in MA??? I only know small tow companies.

I am also worried about the mess and fire that will start with cutting it. There is a large conveyor belt in the middle of it and the whole broom is plastic; not to mention all the hydraulic fluid in all the lines. Also it is in brush and not near any easy water sources.

Im not after the quick money but the best price/work ratio.