TOP 10 TIPS WHEN GOING TO THE AUTO JUNKYARD
Hey Team Max,
This is your Uncle Max here, with another “Quick & Dirty, Done is Better than Perfect” episode of The Life to the Max Show. Today I give you the Top 10 Tips When Going to an Auto Recycler / Salvage / Wrecking / Junk Yard (I think many of them prefer to be called Auto Recyclers since that's exactly what they do). In Fact...
“The United States automotive recycling industry supports more than $32 billion in sales annually and plays a crucial role in the efficient, environmentally responsible recycling of end-of-life vehicles. Automotive recycling businesses employ over 140,000 people at more than 9,000 locations around the country.” https://autoalliance.org/
This means that when the government, in its Infinite Wisdom, did the Cash for Clunkers program, it was a huge waste of taxpayers’ money and hurt an entire industry.
I was able to buy an electrical solenoid actuator for $7, which would have cost me $220 brand new. I picked up a few spares just in case, and since I pulled it off underneath the vehicle at the junkyard, I knew exactly how to do it on the trail, if necessary so I can keep on wheeling and get back to Dodge, or out of Dodge, depending on the circumstances! ;-)
Here's the breakdown of the tips if you want to go directly to them.
Tips:
1. 00:32 - Push. Don't pull.
2. 01:06 - Bring ZipLoc type baggies
3. 01:10 - Pull extra fuses/ small bulbs
4. 02:54 - Take a video
5. 03:07 - Do it all at once
6. 05:33 - Bring a head-lamp
7. 06:10 - Bring knee pads
8. 07:14 - Use large flat pieces as work pads and creepers/rollers
9. 07:24 - Bring drinking water
10. 07:46 - Wear a sun hat
Bonus 08:09 - Secure your belongings
At 6:23, I mentioned these heavy-duty pair of work pants that I'm wearing. I actually saw them, and did a quick intro video to them, when a cool cable repairman (NOT Jim Carry’s obsessive character, thank goodness) was wearing them. A few days later, using the “Law of Attraction” (Something we'll be talking more about in the future), I was led to an inexpensive pair for $6 instead of $60. I got a virtually brand-new pair of ‘em, that I'm wearing here in the video. I did a Thrifty Treasures segment on them as well. I'll post a link to those two segments when I get them edited and posted.
At 6:55, I talked about an inexpensive pair of work pants that you can easily make, with knee pads built into them. I will show a couple of examples of that in a separate video, and I'll put the link here when I get that video posted, so stay tuned!