Salvage yard haven for do-it-yourself customers
The growing trend of salvage yards has begun to sweep the nation. This very cheap way of finding parts of old smashed cars for your car that could possibly need parts replaced, it affordable and effective. People that go to these also res-sell the parts they pry off the junked vehicles.
Today, if you recycle scraps you can receive up to $300/ton. Automotive Recyclers Association president, Sandy Blalock, said “At one time, a crushed car would go for $20 to $30 a ton. The market for scrap metal has skyrocketed so high that a family said they were able to put 3 kids through college by selling scrap metal on e-bay. Pull-A-Part, a self-service yard, only charges $1 for admission, $1 for wheelbarrows, also there is a flat fee price for each part. At times, customers are charged a $3 core deposit as an incentive to bring the old parts back so Part Galore can recycle it.
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Thats very interesting. I guess that this is a very good example of resources being scarce. Because of higher fuel costs, heavy loads such as scrap metal are expensive while at the same time the actual resources themselves (alloys, and metaloids) are also decreasing.
I was just talking to my grandpa about my cousin that has really gotten into the crushing business. He bought 4 full sized vans for $5000. None of which worked. After tearing them apart, mixing some parts here and there, he had one running and sold it for $3000. After scrapping the other three, he was able to make back his money and even make a profit as well.
This trend has also become a trend in robbery. I just read in the Marietta Times yesterday that something like, 15 junked transmitions that were intended to be crushed had been reported stolen.
This was also a fairly recent trend in copper tubing and piping. As the price of copper was once on such a high.
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