What do you guys do with your junk? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

realmencutfenders · 09-12-2006, 02:21 PM

What does everybody do with junk body panels, parts, whole vehicles, etc that arent worth selling, but cant be rolled away? The reason Im asking is because I have a friend with an old non running GM truck I want to snag the 14 bolt from. He said I can have whatever I want as long as I take it away. Thing is, once I gut the thing, how do I get rid of a rear end-less truck (read: cant roll) before the city comes around and nails me with a non running vehicle ticket?

NotSosimple · 09-12-2006, 02:25 PM

I usually take the truck to a wrecking yard, tell them they can have the truck for free if I can use there forklift and some tools to take out the rear end. Then they have a free truck, I get my parts, and I go home happy.

bbagwell · 09-12-2006, 03:53 PM

You can take it for scrap metal if you have the title.

Bansheestu · 09-12-2006, 05:09 PM

In oregon you can dispose of vehicle without a title as long as you don't have an entire vehicle. I just cut em in half and haul half in at a time. Never had any problems.

Juztyn00 · 09-12-2006, 05:30 PM

call one of those guys that advertise "wanted any car any condition will pay cash for some" or put in the free section in the classifieds section, run an ad in your paper... there is always someone willing to take something for nothing..

KWTMECH · 09-12-2006, 05:53 PM

Same here, I cut them up into pieces I can haul and dispose at the dump metal pile

NHRedneck · 09-13-2006, 05:47 AM

dont bother bringing em to the dump if you have a local metal yard near ya..... most of them will pay a couple cents a pound (we get like .04/lb) for heavy steel scrap..... its a pretty good deal if youve got a motor and frame....... they normally dont give you any cash for light metals like body panels though, but they will let you dispose of it on thier pile......

littlejohn · 09-14-2006, 08:47 AM

I purchased a rusted Int'l Traveller ($25 Buy It Now on Ebay) for the rear axle. It was sitting in a field, and I had to winch it on the trailer. Once home, I removed the axles (sold front for $125) and dropped it on the frame. Took the hulk to the metal recycler, they picked it off the trailer with a crane and gave me $114. Didn't have a title for it.

Yota Tony · 09-14-2006, 11:56 AM

Metal I just take to a scraper.
My trans and D35 will go to a local junk yard.

knaffie · 09-14-2006, 12:43 PM

Scrap steel is $100 a ton right now. Most places will come and get it if you tell them they can just have it.

uglyscout · 09-14-2006, 05:11 PM

Post up the scrap you have and approx. pounds on your local Craigslist in the free sections and the Scrapper dudes will come and pick it up --- You'll probably have to fight them away --- I got 20 emails last time I had about 200#s of scrap at my garage.

realmencutfenders · 09-14-2006, 05:58 PM

Ok, cool. Thanks guys.

09-12-2006, 02:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
realmencutfenders Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Member # 79125 Posts: 143	What do you guys do with your junk? What does everybody do with junk body panels, parts, whole vehicles, etc that arent worth selling, but cant be rolled away? The reason Im asking is because I have a friend with an old non running GM truck I want to snag the 14 bolt from. He said I can have whatever I want as long as I take it away. Thing is, once I gut the thing, how do I get rid of a rear end-less truck (read: cant roll) before the city comes around and nails me with a non running vehicle ticket?

09-13-2006, 05:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
NHRedneck Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Member # 47246 Location: Greenville NH Posts: 466	dont bother bringing em to the dump if you have a local metal yard near ya..... most of them will pay a couple cents a pound (we get like .04/lb) for heavy steel scrap..... its a pretty good deal if youve got a motor and frame....... they normally dont give you any cash for light metals like body panels though, but they will let you dispose of it on thier pile...... __________________ Mud DriverI: 79 F150 built 400M, 35x14.5x15 boggers, 4" lift, 9"R, D44 F, NP435, NP203 : [url]http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2145548[/url] Mud DriverII: 77 F250 stock 400M, 36x12.5x16.5 TSL's, highboy, D60 R,D44F HD , NP435, np205 : [url]http://www.cardomain.com/ride/393604[/url]

09-14-2006, 08:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
littlejohn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Member # 40690 Location: CHESTERFIELD, VA Posts: 173	I purchased a rusted Int'l Traveller ($25 Buy It Now on Ebay) for the rear axle. It was sitting in a field, and I had to winch it on the trailer. Once home, I removed the axles (sold front for $125) and dropped it on the frame. Took the hulk to the metal recycler, they picked it off the trailer with a crane and gave me $114. Didn't have a title for it. __________________ 1990 4Runner, 4" procrap lift, 4.88 gears, Arb locker rear, Detroit Trutrac front, 33" MTs Last edited by littlejohn; 09-14-2006 at 08:47 AM.

09-14-2006, 11:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
Yota Tony Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Member # 39045 Location: The Rock Posts: 1,092	Metal I just take to a scraper. My trans and D35 will go to a local junk yard. __________________ Anthony

09-14-2006, 12:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
knaffie Rock God Join Date: May 2005 Member # 48084 Location: I live in a van down by the river Posts: 2,085	Scrap steel is $100 a ton right now. Most places will come and get it if you tell them they can just have it. __________________ 2011 TTF buggy

09-12-2006, 02:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
NotSosimple Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Member # 32139 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 264	I usually take the truck to a wrecking yard, tell them they can have the truck for free if I can use there forklift and some tools to take out the rear end. Then they have a free truck, I get my parts, and I go home happy.

09-12-2006, 03:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
bbagwell Granite Guru Join Date: Nov 2004 Member # 38118 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 733	You can take it for scrap metal if you have the title.

09-12-2006, 05:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bansheestu Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Member # 73413 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 866	In oregon you can dispose of vehicle without a title as long as you don't have an entire vehicle. I just cut em in half and haul half in at a time. Never had any problems.

09-12-2006, 05:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Juztyn00 Squirrel! Join Date: Aug 2005 Member # 52569 Location: Mt. Vernon, IL Posts: 501	call one of those guys that advertise "wanted any car any condition will pay cash for some" or put in the free section in the classifieds section, run an ad in your paper... there is always someone willing to take something for nothing..

09-12-2006, 05:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
KWTMECH Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13786 Location: moved 7 miles to colfax, ca. Posts: 4,224	Same here, I cut them up into pieces I can haul and dispose at the dump metal pile

09-14-2006, 05:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
uglyscout Dana 44 Polisher Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13731 Location: Newberg, OR Posts: 3,301	Post up the scrap you have and approx. pounds on your local Craigslist in the free sections and the Scrapper dudes will come and pick it up --- You'll probably have to fight them away --- I got 20 emails last time I had about 200#s of scrap at my garage. __________________ Buy my stuff!!! High Pinion Dana 44 for an Early Bronco Almost brand new 39.5x13.5x15 IROKS

09-14-2006, 05:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
realmencutfenders Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Member # 79125 Posts: 143	Ok, cool. Thanks guys.

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