[Shotimes] Removing wheel-less car body from driveway

[Paul Nimz]

Here's another recycling factoid....

Batteries are made form 85% recycled material.  Almost all the lead and
plastic have been used before in a battery.  Even the acid is recycled.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR SHO
'93 EG mtx SHO


----- Original Message -----
From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
To: "Josh Salaets" <jsalaets@msn.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Removing wheel-less car body from driveway


> 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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