LKQ has it down to a science.
Wander-around junkyard vs. inventoried junkyard
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Yeah, the junkyards I go to turn over the inventory pretty fast.
There was a Volvo S40 with a leather interior in good shape - I was thinking about getting the seats, maybe even some of the Dynaudio speakers in it -- but it got crushed quick.
A fun (?) fact -- I found a vehicle I had previously owned at the Pick n Pull once.
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I like the yards with a (relatively) quick turnover rate and an online inventory. I check what they have every Friday..... And I make sure I go on Saturday if there's a car I'm interested in.
I love going to junkyards and I use both the ones that have their stuff inventoried and the ones that don't.
One of my favorite ones that I used for years quit letting people go into the yard by themselves and you have to be escorted. I asked them why they were doing that and they said that people were stealing stuff. I wondered to myself what could people possibly be stealing and hiding on their person that was worth a lot of money.
We still have a lot of junkyards around here that are older and still has some of the older stuff in them. I just like wandering around and looking at stuff.
One of my favorite ones that I used for years quit letting people go into the yard by themselves and you have to be escorted. I asked them why they were doing that and they said that people were stealing stuff. I wondered to myself what could people possibly be stealing and hiding on their person that was worth a lot of money.
We still have a lot of junkyards around here that are older and still has some of the older stuff in them. I just like wandering around and looking at stuff.
I've seen people toss items such as coil packs over the fence, presumably to retrieve them later. They are something like $50 each I think so that adds up fast when they steal six or eight of them.
At another yard, a guy was spotted on the way out of the building with a giant wet spot on his pants. Huge! Like six inches across, stinking of gasoline. The employees made him empty his pockets... They were stuffed with fuel injectors!
Ironically, most of the stuff I get at the junkyards is minor interior trim pieces, or occasionally little brackets or fasteners that have gone missing or broken under the hood. Cheap stuff, usually. Fieros have a weatherstripping piece on the rear hood that is often missing, for example, and I always grab them when I see them. More often than not, they let me have most of the stuff for free. It pays to be honest.
Where this place is, its surrounded by woods and not very accessible on the sides and back of the place. Basically, it's a huge drop off on all sides but the front and it sits a little ways back from the main road. I guess someone could go through the woods at night to try and find something they threw over the barb wire fence.
I have have 3 yards within 15-45 minutes from my work or home that I will email or call asking them if they have a part I'm looking for. Not sure if they are inventoried or not; I just wait for them to email me back.
It used to be 4 yards but the nearest one to me just closed down.
I like car-part.com as it searches many salvage yards for me. Then I can sort by distance or check into shipping.
I just wish I had a yard as nice as Wilberts U Pull it of Bath nearby.
It used to be 4 yards but the nearest one to me just closed down.
I like car-part.com as it searches many salvage yards for me. Then I can sort by distance or check into shipping.
I just wish I had a yard as nice as Wilberts U Pull it of Bath nearby.
Thats the problem. A court of years back some moron junked a perfectly straight Audi S8 with the V-10. I was seriously considering pulling the engine as they can go for $1-5,000. Unfortunately i didn't have any help and it was gone quick.
Actually the State of Colorado has a weird rule. If you sell more than 5 vehicles per year you're required to get a sales license which can be expensive hence pnp's reluctance to get one.
^ Doesn't seem that weird a rule, other states require the license as well to sell more than X # per year. In KY it's also more than 5 per year.
