[A-10]

That's a sweet ride you have there!

[meatloaf]

thats a kick ass gator!

[tommy]

thanks.i have it loaded out with all kinda stuff. i got a toyota alternator i put on it that is pumping out about 90 amps to a marine deep cycle battery on the side. and i have a regular car battery for starting the gator and running the winch.but if i need extra power i just turn the switch under the passenger seat and bombine both batteries and the juice from the alternator and i have all the power to run my winch or lights /power inverter. or what ever i need on the trail.with the stock system and the alternator i am putting out 111 amps of 12 volt juice.

[just_a_car]

tommy, you're quite the backyard engineer! Well-done, sir.

[bored2bhere]

wow i should i get into this scrap buiseness at the sawmill my grandfather owns we have a junk yard a big junk yard full of all types of stuff cant get no steel they recycle that but there is copper all over the place ther is all a ton of oil barrels no boddy wants can u tell me the price on them any way great way to get money any beginner tips any body

[tommy]

oil barrels are considered tin metal and they really don't like to mess with them but i think if you smash them up they will buy them. now if you have alot of them i would check with your local recycler and see how much they would give you for them and if they buy them ask if they take them whole or smashed. they will give you a better price smashed because it saves them the time and money and space .. another thing that is a hot item is catalytic converters for cars and trucks they buy the heck out of them i don't know what they are made out of but if you have any of them or can get your hands on them you got yourself some cash!!!

[just_a_car]

Catalytic converters contain Platinum as a catalyst. Platinum is more expensive than gold.

[bored2bhere]

we have a couple of old trucks with catalyc converters there how much are they apeice

[erik]

that is a very good idea ill have to try it some time

[tommy]

Quote:       Originally Posted by bored2bhere

we have a couple of old trucks with catalyc converters there how much are they apeice

you have to cut them open and sell the honeycomb thing or you can sell it whole but you get less if you sell it whole. but it goes buy the pound and next time i go i'll get a price for you but it's pretty high from what i hear.

[bored2bhere]

thanks Tommy the only thing i have to worry about now is how to convince my grandpa not to charge me a ton of money if he found how much money u could make out of this he would charge me more than he does stumpage !!!!!!!!!

[tommy]

Quote:       Originally Posted by bored2bhere

thanks Tommy the only thing i have to worry about now is how to convince my grandpa not to charge me a ton of money if he found how much money u could make out of this he would charge me more than he does stumpage !!!!!!!!!

what do ya'll do with all them wood chips??? you know mulch and animal bedding is a big thing and that wood chippings are very costly for for people who use them.have you ever checked into that?i would check into the local zoo or animal shelters to see or even the local nurseries to see if they will buy the wood chips i bet they will.i go to the dump and pickup the big bags of wood chips that the carpenters throw away and i use them for my rabbit cage.the carpenters throw away huge bags of wood chips all the time so i take one home every so often when i run low.

[meatloaf]

Quote:       Originally Posted by bored2bhere

wow i should i get into this scrap buiseness at the sawmill my grandfather owns we have a junk yard a big junk yard full of all types of stuff cant get no steel they recycle that but there is copper all over the place ther is all a ton of oil barrels no boddy wants can u tell me the price on them any way great way to get money any beginner tips any body

The copper is pure money.
Pick it up and sell it you wont be dissapointed.
Im an electrician and copper is the main way I purchase my weapons.

[tommy]

it's funny i just thought about it. i sell copper to buy a gun that shoots a copper jacketed bullet . i then have to go and pay more money for the bullet with the copper on it .but atleast i got my free gun out of the deal.i wounder if anyone ever thought of mineing a shooing range mound?? i bet there is tons of copper and lead in there dem hills!!!

[bored2bhere]

Quote:       Originally Posted by tommy

what do ya'll do with all them wood chips??? you know mulch and animal bedding is a big thing and that wood chippings are very costly for for people who use them.have you ever checked into that?i would check into the local zoo or animal shelters to see or even the local nurseries to see if they will buy the wood chips i bet they will.i go to the dump and pickup the big bags of wood chips that the carpenters throw away and i use them for my rabbit cage.the carpenters throw away huge bags of wood chips all the time so i take one home every so often when i run low.

all wood chips are shipped out in trucks going all over the place from Luisana (pardon the spelling) to alabama we have about eight trucks from six companies making an average run of 3 to 6 loads a day depending on a location. we make not only woodchips but also shavings and sawdust. we probaly make depending on various factors about 20 to 30 truckloads a day of all 3. wood chips and shavings are sold while sawdust is used to as fuel for the burners that help the boilers operate . i dont do it since they make money off of it . how ever the junkyard is a place where they just drop junk off not interested in selling it because it too much trouble (at least for my grandpa anyway)

[A-10]

What's steel going for on average.
I was walking through the woods and practically stubbed my toe on a 6' section of I beam and thought of your money-making operation. I also found more rims thant I can count and a sea of fuel tanks.

[ArkansasHunter]

bord2bhere you will make a fortune off the copper if grandpa will let you have it.
I take our sodie pop cans and sale to the recyclers.

[tommy]

steel is about almost 300.00 a ton i think.

[just_a_car]

Quote:       Originally Posted by tommy

steel is about almost 300.00 a ton i think.

So, $300/1 ton * (1 ton/2000 lb) = $0.15 per pound.

[A-10]

Thanks JAC! I couldn't find a functioning calculator in the house.
Well, that's 3 cents better than I guestimated!