Doing work son.

[rawrrediffer86]

So I work at a junkyard. & its sad the trucks that come in. the other day someone tried junking a MINT 80s ranger. i about cried. hah. just had to vent. working at the bone yard sucks somedays.

 

[Redneck_Ranger]

It does... Unfortunately some people junk their vehicles just because of small, stupid things... I saw someone junking theirs because a fuse was blown and it wouldn't start.... Luckily saved that one. But leaking radiators, bad rear ends, etc...small, kinda easy fixes. It's a shame what you see sometimes.

 

[4.0B2]

shoot the ford focus I bought was being junked b/c of a coil pack issue lol... fixed it and sold it for triple what I paid!

 

[rawrrediffer86]

It does... Unfortunately some people junk their vehicles just because of small, stupid things... I saw someone junking theirs because a fuse was blown and it wouldn't start.... Luckily saved that one. But leaking radiators, bad rear ends, etc...small, kinda easy fixes. It's a shame what you see sometimes.

the guy said he had no use for it nothing was wrong with it.. i told him if i had cash in my hand i would by it right then & there. he fully restored it & look fantastic. he only wanted 500 for it. i took his name & number gonna pick it up with my tax return if he still has it. cant bare seeing it rot away or get crushed like the 78 F250 Custom Crew cab long box that we got in a few months ago. it got smushed today. i teared up as it was happening. sniffles..

 

[rawrrediffer86]

shoot the ford focus I bought was being junked b/c of a coil pack issue lol... fixed it and sold it for triple what I paid!

way to be man! make money if ya can! hah.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Mine was being scrapped for nothing more than a blown up engine, easy fix.

 

[rawrrediffer86]

Mine was being scrapped for nothing more than a blown up engine, easy fix.

See people like you I like they save the trucks!

 

[wildbill23c]

I found out that my 84 Bronco 2 was actually bound for the scrap yard originally but the previous owner who I bought it from actually saved it and planned on restoring it but had major health issues arise so it had to go, so now I have it and plan on slowly getting it restored, except if I do so I definitely will keep it around.

It truly is sad the number of vehicles that are junked just because the owner doesn't want it, because they have too much money to just go buy a brand new car instead of keeping their old one and driving it and being money a head.

I watched a 1989 Jeep Cherokee get dropped into the crusher the last time I went to the recycling center. Sad thing was the only issue with that jeep was it needed a new chain in the transfer case, the recycling center had been driving it around as a yard vehicle for several years, but didn't want to bother with a $80 chain WTF.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The sad reality is though that every one that dies can keep many more on the road.

Something had to die to give my Ranger its engine, something else for the trans... without that it was just another 30 year old truck that was blowing oil out the dipstick and had a leaky A4LD... basically kept it out of the junkyard itself.

Not to mention all the other little parts that went into it as well. 4wd linkage, fan shroud, msc brackets, Explorer belt drive, rear axle, interior, grille, tailgate...

Probably a year ago I found a mint restored S-10 in u-pull-it, really pretty blue color. Took a hard hit in the front, sad because you could tell from a mile away it was somebody's baby.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

I bet the lead in every battery that every member here has is recycled.

 

[upnsmoke]

I do hate to see old vehicles go away, mostly because I don't much like the new ones. If I were ever rich I think I would have a collection of cars like Jay Leno or the like, but they would all be old, dirty and beat up.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

I do hate to see old vehicles go away, mostly because I don't much like the new ones. If I were ever rich I think I would have a collection of cars like Jay Leno or the like, but they would all be old, dirty and beat up.

Awww so like you would have your own dog pound but with scruffy old unloved vehicles.

 

[upnsmoke]

Awww so like you would have your own dog pound but with scruffy old unloved vehicles.

Yup, and the ones beyond saving get put down and donate their parts to keeping the others running. It does sound silly, but looking at my current fleet I think I am getting there already. Either that or they get turned into track cars.

 

[brokemechanic3000]

People around me used to do just that then the government told them to cover it up or get rid of the neighborhood eyesore. More of the government sticking their nose where it dont belong.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

People around me used to do just that then the government told them to cover it up or get rid of the neighborhood eyesore. More of the government sticking their nose where it dont belong.

Agreed brother I am Mohawk you are Seneca and we are of the 6 nation tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy Nia Wen that you are feirce as I