[Shotimes] Removing wheel-less car body from driveway

[James White]

One thing that few people realize is that steel is the most commonly
recycled material.  All steel contains at least 20% post consumer recycled
(usually cubed up car bodies) and sometimes is 100% recycled for things like
bar joists and rebars.

In addition the steel making process uses a lot of processed slag that is
recycled into the both the blast furnace (makes iron) and the oxygen furnace
(makes iron into steel).

The nationwide average content of all steel is 37% recycled material.

Thinking that any steel is worth about $30/ton.  A shell should weigh about
that.  Copper and aluminum is worth more and is also recycled, but there
aren't a lot of pounds there.  Plastic and rubber are more of a problem..

Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'93  5 SPEED   276k few mods
'95  5 SPEED   229k lots of mods
"double clutch"  it's good for both you and your SHO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Salaets" <jsalaets@msn.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Removing wheel-less car body from driveway


> >   Any tilt/rollback flatbed will be able to slide the end of the bed
> > under and winch the car right up,  wheels or not...not a problem.    Be
> > sure to tell them beforehand though,  as someone with a shiny new
> > aluminum bed may not be thrilled with the idea.
>
> Through my college years, I've seen many wheel-less shells of cars hauled
> off after I or one of my friends was done with them.  There was a junkyard
> in the town where our college was that would bring a flatbed out and drag
> the car right up onto the truck.  They did eventually start charging $35
to
> do this, but still not too bad to get rid of it if you ask me.  Call
around
> to some junkyards and metal recyclers and see what they can do for you.
>
> Of course, you could always do what I and some friends did with two Omnis
> that were TOTAL shells (no windows, interior, carpet, dash, etc.).  Borrow
a
> big flatbed truck & trailer and get five people to lift the whole car up
> onto them.  We took them to the local metal recycler and even got a whole
> $15 for the both of them!  It was definitely a sight to see, and even
> stripped shells of cars are decievingly heavy - it took the five of us all
> we could muster to lift them onto the truck! : )
>
> Good luck!
>
> Josh Salaets
> 95 SHO MTX (I SHO U)
> 85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
> NWSHOC Member
> Eugene, OR
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