BimmerJeeper

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Is it? Is....?

Golly, I haven't seen a junkyard in my parts for over 20 years.
Didn't know they even exist anymore.
Land is like $600,000 an acre.
Can't have that kind of overhead selling $5 door handles to people!

Rogue4x4

LOL...

I've lived in 3 states in the last 20 years, and all of them have had many, many choices in salvage yards. None of which were very far away. Several different types of yards, like pick and pull, or they pull and sell, etc....as far as them not making money, they get a small amount per piece, yes...but, sell many of these pieces and it adds up. Top that off with a side order of scrap value from the shells, I don't see how you couldn't make money. Remember, they pick these rides up cheap, or even free. There's at least 3 pick a parts within 15 minutes of me. I'd bet there's some right near you, but if you're not looking for them, you'll never see 'em. My guess is you don't hang out in the industrial areas of town.

uber

srs? there's 4 yards within 15 minutes of my place

tssguy123

600k an acre huh? that's like the price of a 5,500 sq foot house sitting on 10 acres where I'm from...

PocketsEmpty

x2....Bimmer, where do you live? LOL

tssguy123

I think he's from NY... maybe....

emptypockets

If one is referring to yards that contain "classic" cars, then yes, they are becoming rare. There's a yard we go to on occasion that is stacked full of cars from the 30's to the mid 70's. I'm talking over 10 acres of vehicles. He only crushes once a year and only a few cars at a time.

Another place we go to has newer stuff up front, but as you walk the sprawling yard there are old cars and trucks tucked into the landscape. It's really cool.

Locally, we probably have close to 8 yards. Then there are the ones in the Chicago area and the ones in Wisconsin that we hit in the summer. So maybe 15-18 yards that we know of.

Sales of parts are really secondary. They get more money from the car bodies and pulling cores. Most everything is pulled and sorted to get top dollar. A lot of heavy weights died when scrap peaked 4 years or so ago.

I've actually wanted to own and operate a junkyard. However, finding the right property and dealing with the environmental issues is the biggest issue.

Rogue4x4

Fred/N0AZZ

And I hate living where I do now. A guy died a couple of yrs ago and they sold off his farm land a half a mile up the road from me and Damned if someone didn't build a house on it.

Now they ***** anytime were out firing guns off my back deck at hanging plates at 25/50/100/200 yards plus a few handgun targets hanging at 7/10/15 yards. I think they nee4d to mov

In a 50 mi radius of me there must be way over a 100 JY's and that is an underestimate I bet

McCaffrey

In SF area I fricken hope they're doomed. $1 to get in, everything is super expensive (75% of a new part), and they nickel and dime you for every little thing. If you forget to remove a 2" brake line and tiny bracket from master cylinder they will hit you for another $5 each.

caronaxtr

We've got a bunch around here (Buffalo NY), one place specializes in 4x4 parts, he's nutz for what he asks for parts. Pick & Pull has "nothing over $99.00". That's the best place to pull parts from. Yes, there's money to be made in recycled parts/scrap.

Rogue4x4

Especially with the whole "green" movement. It's fashionable now.

PurpleToxin505

Yeah theres a ton here, I usually only hit Pick and pull, sometimes the others if pick and pull has nothing. And 600k an Acre, um maybe if your trying to build a JY in like a historical part of the city. I know my family owns almost 2 acres, in our "Old Town" currently I think the value sits right under 1.5 million

Ianf406

We have two that I know of in Missoula. One of them is ran by the Russian mob (supposedly)- There is a center here where they send troubled Russian kids and 90% of them end up working there- definitely Russians when you go in haha- In any case their prices are outrageous and you can't go into the yard. The other one is much cheaper and much nicer. Probably have 150/200 in the whole state. When I was stationed in Louisiana, there seemed to be one for every 1000 people haha. 600k an acre is ridiculous. You need to move.

Bustedback

Another thing Obama is trying to kill. Anybody remember cash for clunkers and what it has done to the used car and dismantler market?