Parting a car Question

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The junkyards are paying abut $45 a ton here. So, figure $75 for a 4K. If  
the :gypsies" who haul in cars get an Audi for free, if you deduct  
transportation to the junkyard from the $75 and value the time at anything it  just 
isn't worth the effort. 
 
Wheels are an important point. In order to make any profit at all, the  
gypsies pull the wheels ($10.00 each), the battery ($3-4) and the cat (up to  
$120), then the "iron" is sold at $45 a ton. So, without wheels, they are 
losing  $40.00. 
 
Quite a few of the smaller local yards have closed, $45 a ton doesn't bring 
 in enough "weight". Quite a few more have gone into "export". They rent 
out  small portions of the yards to Nigerians, Egyptians and another  
nationality I can't recall. The "exporters" buy relatively expensive cars  (I saw 
one yard breaking up 3 A6's today) from the insurance salvage auctions  and 
bring them to the yard, they then do their own disassembly and fill  
containers for overseas shipment. Most go to Africa. Must be rough there, they  fill 
up pickups truck beds with engines, trannys, and PTO's, then they weld a  
chain to each one and the truck bed. That is to prevent disappearance.
 
  Guatemalans sneak into Texas and buy a school bus. They drive the  bus up 
here and then fill it with Toyota cars and parts. Then, they drive it  back 
to Guatemala.  Must be fairly lucrative, they tell me they pay at  least 
$2000 in bribes to get through Mexico.
 
So the short answer, things are not so good for the small, older, car just  
sitting in the yard. I have seen advertised prices up to $100, for that 
they  want wheels, battery and a cat. Not like last year when scrap was $400 a 
ton.  That fell apart when China declined further imports of scrap.
 
Tom Faust
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