There is a trashed TC that has been for sale locally for a while. I was thinking of seeing how cheap I could get it to use as a parts car. I'd use the rear end and other random pieces then part it out. But once it has been stipped down, how do I get rid of it? :dunno: There won't be any wheels or even an axle to roll or tow it away. It has to be kept in the back yard as well (neighbors won't appreciate a pile of parts in the front). So it will be a little less accessible, but not too bad. Anyone have any advice from their experience?
When my 87 TC got totalled I kept it and stripped the complete front and rear suspensions from it. I found a wrecking yard that would come and pick it up as long as the engine and transmission were still in the car. They brought out a flatbed truck with a winch and drug it up onto the truck.
I'd call around local wrecking yards and see what condition they require the car to be in to pick up. Alot of them wont want to bother with a car that old but you wont know till you start makin some calls.
I call the local metal recyclers when I have a sed car to go. It costs me $25 and all they require is that the tires be removed. (Local recycling policy requires all car tires go to a different recycler)
They have a boom truck that they use to haul the cars away.
Thanks for the advice. I'll give the local yard a ring to see what they say.
Call up the steel recyclers, out here if you can gather up 15+ vehicles they'll bring out a mobile crusher (been there, done that) or just get a flatbed to drag it out.
we have always loaded them on the flatbed trailer and haul them to the steal recycler and get our gas money out of them usualy. we always try to have a couple to go and i doubt you have a trailer or a trackter that can lift it up.
usually, I just line 'em up in a (kinda) neat row, make good rabbit hiding spots...
Then again, I got 165 acres to park em on...
Wow Im jealous! We're sitting pretty with 1/3 acre here. The local yard should be able to haul it away so hopefully I can get it. It's been for sale for at least a month. Hopefully it will still be around for a little bit longer so I can get it once the semester is over.
Yeah, bad thing is, the collection of cars I have is starting to become more Ford vehicles now...most recent additions being the 94 Taurus, and the TC I bought about a month ago...
Hey, btw are the fenders and good, and are you gonna use em?
Well its still just hypothetical about getting it right now. But if I do get it, you can have dibs on the fenders if they're in good enough shape.
THUNDERGROWL- i like your wheels on your birdy, i like them better than my factory ones, its the ones with teh holes. =:/
I need to strip this '88 Mark soon, and I was thinking about just cutting up what's left after removing everything that can be removed, throwing the pieces in the back of the truck, and hauling the pieces off to the s metal place on the other side of town. Anyone see any potential issues with that?
I'm wondering about things like what to do with the title, too. Nothing? Salvage title?
Keep it and the vin tags:D
No what I would do is find someone with a trailer and throw the cut up car on it and haul it down and give them the title and pile of metal. I'm in the process of doing the same thing but with an 86 Mark.
Every car I parted out has gone to the steel recyclers, they didnt need a title so I have 3 or 4 vehicles in my name that no longer exist, no problems so far!
You could just cut it up and leave a piece of it by the curb every trash day like this guy (http://"http://media.putfile.com/car-disposal") was planning, not sure if he actually did or not
Even when my '84 was burned to the ground with nothing but a shell left and no rear axle, the local junkyard came and picked it up. I'm guessing it went directly to the crusher.
There are generally indenpendants around that own their rig and make their money by just hauling junk cars to the crusher/recyclers. As long as it is accessable, I would think one of these guys would come and get it, no matter what the cond. At worse it may cost you a few bucks to have them take it(IE bare shell, no drivetrain). I've gotten rid of several using this method...
Down in florida we had mexicans that would come around and take our old trees and shrubs away. They only wanted like 20-30 bucks to hual it to the dump.
You lived here for what, a month? :p
A month and a half. :flip: I'm actually coming back down too. But this time I'll be there for a darn long time. I'm going to transfer to Devry in Tampa.
i've parted about 20 or so cars. i just call the local junkyard and they come take whatever i have, and only one has had wheels. they just drag it up on the flatbed. i don't even have to give my address, just my name and they know where to come :giggle:
or you could always throw your old parts back in the tc, and then sell it for what you paid.