outlawvagabond Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I have a yard full of scrap. My wife and I rent space at a garage that has had many tenants that just ditched their stuff here. For the most part, it's all stuff I can do what I want with. There are some junk 70's Honda motorcycles, a Ford Econoline, Ford Ranger (both late-90's), a couple mopeds. I was thinking that I could scrap it all, but these vehicles were all abandoned with no titles, so in Mass I can't sell them to a junk yard. This stuff has to either get used, or get taken away.If you had no money and nothing but time (as is the case), what would you do with all this material? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergy Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Break it down and sell it off as parts but be sure that is ok with owner first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlawvagabond Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 I was thinking that I could scrap it all, but these vehicles were all abandoned with no titlesThe owner is long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 What is the process to get a salvage title on them? However the econoline would make a storage shed---I used to have an abandoned short bus that I used to hold all the yard tools so they wouldn't creep into my smithy. Have you talked with the police about getting them impounded and sold off at one of their sales---no money to you but they would be gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Look and see what it takes to make them in to "non vehicles" in AZ you had to pull the engine and trans, but in any event the frame is the only thing that is registerd/titled. Cut up the frames... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Well as long as your sure your good on em, cut em up and scrap em in pieces. Save the springs and axle rods and good bits for forging. And like Thomas said the ban would make a good storage shed of you needed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Part them out. Old car and motorcycle parts are worth more than scrap-which is way down around here.As for parts for smithing; springs of all sizes, sway bars, torsion bars, tie rods, steering shafts, headliner rods, brake and clutch pedals, shifters, shifter linkages, axles, body panels provide sheet metal, pulleys for bending jigs, driveshafts for the tube, drive chains, and anything else that looks like use able material for the project at hand..Seeing as I used to do the automotive swapmeet circuit back home, I can tell you that I would sell the parts first. My friend was making $1,500 a month by selling old motorcycle parts he had laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlawvagabond Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 On 9/18/2015 at 12:57 AM, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: Part them out. Old car and motorcycle parts are worth more than scrap-which is way down around here. As for parts for smithing; springs of all sizes, sway bars, torsion bars, tie rods, steering shafts, headliner rods, brake and clutch pedals, shifters, shifter linkages, axles, body panels provide sheet metal, pulleys for bending jigs, driveshafts for the tube, drive chains, and anything else that looks like use able material for the project at hand.. Seeing as I used to do the automotive swapmeet circuit back home, I can tell you that I would sell the parts first. My friend was making $1,500 a month by selling old motorcycle parts he had laying around. That's seems like the way to go. The hard part for me is going to be identifying those xxxx motorcycles. Some of them were halfway torn down and then never touched again. Thanks, BGD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 VIN numbers will tell you what kind of motorcycles they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Pick up shop, parts manuals for each make. You can back track visible parts numbers to the make model and year.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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