Scrapping a Lawn Mower for Aluminum, Steel, and Parts for Cash!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Summer series video showing one of the common summer time scrap finds, the lawn mower! Do you scrap it as is? Take it apart? or fix and sell? This video shows you a basic break down, money from the scrap metal, AND, the big winner in this one, the money made from selling parts.
Check out Vaughan Scrapper at this link!
/ @vaughnscrapper1722
Very nice idea sir moose
After 3 years of cutting my big yard in the summer once or twice a week it finally gave out and now it mine not my moms she let me take it because I scrap because no job yet and I like taking stuff apart
I definitely would have liked to see you leave the portion where you beat the crap out of it with a sledgehammer. Entertainment value of that would have been through the roof LOL
Moose, always informative. Thank you! When you say 'light iron' is that the same as 'shred'?
thank you for all your help
The aluminum flywheel on top of engine is all aluminum except for the magnets that are pressed into it , the magnets when going past the ignition coil react with the ignition coil creating the high voltage necessary to fire the spark plug , you may be able to remove the magnets ! Also when taking the crankshaft out always remove the connecting rod and slide the rod and piston out of the engine ? Plastic gas tanks and GOOD ignition coils are worth more for parts of course but always write down the model of mower and tag the parts so you know what you have ! Great video !
I think I am scrapping the same (briggs and stratton) engine.. the piece he says at 5:02 is aluminum, is magnetic in my case.. so I guess it can't be.. or it's an alloy of some sort?
Thanks for the vid I got a mower and knew the motor was worth more than light iron so took it off and threw it off to the side. Now I'll have to go at it and get it apart soon. Plus this will help me know more about how this stuff works.
Thats a nice side effect to the scrappingthing, learning how to fix things! THats how I learned to fix mowers.
I like your videos.you have a great attitude.and good info.ty
Just watching now, but will come in very handy as I just got 3 mowers yesterwards from a couple different pickups. Thanks Moose!
Thanks Moose!! It just so happens I have 2 in my truck that were going as light iron right now...maybe will wait a bit now...Love all your videos. you're an inspiration
Thanks Matt!
I remember back in 70’s all push lawnmowers were aluminum that’s unless you had money and owned a lawnboy
Hi from the future!
Anyone want to post the current buy prices for scrap metals discussed in this video?
great job moose!
Very informative as always. Thanks for the heads up on the mowers. I just picked up three this week.
No problem! With a handle like that you must be into metal detecting.......
Great timing, I just picked up an Electric lawn mower the other day and it is on today's "To-Scrap List". Similar, just a lot more plastic. Keep up the good work!
more plastic, but a lot more copper I'll bet...
Moose Scrapper there was a surprisingly high amount of insulated # 2 and brass. Pretty nice DC motor I am thinking of keeping for something.
Nice Western Safety Gloves. I use the same ones. Harbor Freight Tools special. I love that place!
Yup, got hem when i got mu free 6 piece screw driver set...lol. Cheap gloves and free tools...can't get much better than that!
remove the fitting the blade connects to, Remove the lower housing, remove the race bearing connection, push the piston out and away. Tap the spindle out of the upper housing....
thx
Awesome - Great video as always Moose!!! - Appreciate it. Thanks a lot!
Moose get a impact driver with sockets it will save you alots of time,I use one every day to. break down scarp.
working on it. I fixed up a mower and am trading it for an air compressor with an impact driver and wrench.
The cordless impact pack a lots of power now,thats what I use
the piston is connected to the shaft. you need to remove the piece the blade connects to
We couldn't see you take the blade off. You were in the way. Maybe move the camera at different angle would help. Need better explanation of what tools are needed .
Moose Scrapper Love those Craftsman socket wrenches. Good stuff Moose!
Yeah but our Sears has been closed for over a year now.
just so you know Mr.Moose , mower coils are worth between $40 and $120 New . So if you can get spark it's a good Idea to take the Make and model Number off the mower Deck and Sell it On Ebay for half of new. ( make and model of Mower are very important when you sell some parts, as the same engine from another brand may not fit another .
wish i could have tooken it apart but i had 2 rusty lawn mowers i had 2 turn in as is. couldnt get any bolts 2 budge
I received 4 mowers for scrap. 1 looked too damned new, it was...a new murray 21 in. briggs and Stratton engine was froze. I spent 10 dollars on oil, spark and gas....I got it unfrozen and it is running like a champ.... spent 10 getting 20, doubled my money.plus getting another mower to fix.
Jay Stevens Got to love it when that happens!
Remove the blade.... Remove the part the blade connects to.....remove the lower housing plate....disconnect and remove the piston....the upper housing will come off easily...still waiting for a vid about removing the valves using a valve spring comressor
With the wheels and that metal you could make a creeper.
Hello Moose. I have stumbled upon two truck campers that have roof damage (both) and leaked for a year. The interior is ruined and moldy and none of the appliances work. There would be a fridge stove water pump and furnace. Have you ever scrapped a camper before? Also the siding is aluminum and not the newer fiberglass ones.
Nope, never scrapped one of those before, I would love to hear how it turns out! I have scrapped the individual parts though and made vid on em, all but the fridge that is.
I have about 10 carburetors. Any advice on how to sell them?
+Lee Lowe Clean them up, if they are in good shape, sell them on ebay. They should move pretty quickly at the right price if you know what machine they came off of. My DIY Daddy channel has a three part series on ebay selling.
What about the copper in the magneto?
way too much work for what you get
Hey, Moose, its been a while since I've seen some of your vids. Been over on Scrap Metal Forum a lot. Great vid!! Dig that you cashed out on ebay. Being a hobbyist scrapper, I'll take my time to take stuff apart. I don't have to be just a shred junkie but to each his own. Keep rockin' on!!!
I hear you. I made more money from this 1 mowers parts than scrapping 10. Best of luck to you!
I like scrap metal junkie and his forums.
FYI for fellow/fella scrappers:keep an eye out for printer/toner cartridges. Some are worth up to $22 each with shipping paid by the buyer at tonerbuyer_DOT_com - no, I don't get a commission for this, just appreciate them and like to share good info like Moose does tyvm
Great vid as always Moose! I appreciate the shout out. Thanks a lot!
Glad to do it! Hope you get a little boost in subscribers!
Hey Moose, great vid. Too bad we missed out on the sledge, lol. Here's my deal, I've been piling up scrap for years: car alternators, electric motors, aluminum siding, grills, many push mowers, motorcycle aluminum wheels, odds and ends. That and I own/operate a motorcycle salvage yard mostly Jap bikes from 1960 to the mid 80's, over 1200 cycles, mopeds, atv's and snowmopiles. Just the front fork bottoms alone (on rusted forks only!) would add up to hundreds of pounds of aluminum. My problem....I'm too busy trying to eek out a living selling parts on evilbay (and paying them and PayPal and fed tax) and ignoring the scrap. I make barely enough to pay the bills with a little money left over for fun. I'm a consummate procrastinator and um, hoarder. Any ideas?
Well, I dont know what your expenses are, or how much money you make on ebay, but I think if you could try to manage a few hours on one day a month to get to the scrap yard I think you will find it worth it and end up forcing yourself to make more trips. Don't get me wrong, you should sell what you can on ebay, but what does not sell, scrap it. Try not to go with just a load of iron though, you will liekly be dissappointed if you go with just that. Try a load of half Al and half Fe. Best of luck to you, I totally get the issues with eeking out a living and finding time, between my 40 hour a week job, scrapping, ebay, and youtube, two kids, wife, pets, home to maintain...the time just slips away!
it would be wourt it. the cast is alot of weight in better then sheet aluminium. the rims is just to bash out the bearings and remove the tire and then the forks is like one bold to take off and bash away the fork tubes
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how did you take the the blade collor moose most have stuck on or are rusted on the shaft
+allan bayne The only two ways that I know of are to use a pair of jaw pullers, you put a bolt in the middle hole that is longer than the depth of the hole as a base for the jaw pullers to push against, or use two prybars on each side and try to pry off gently. SOmetimes it needs to soak with a little liquid wrench overnight.
one day u should take us to ur scrap yard moose
+Jacob Perez I asked them that once and they seemed very uncomfortable with it and declined.... Maybe a covert spy cam kind of video?
Yeah a spy camera
Do you have a video of how to sell on Ebay?
yes, three on my DIY Daddy channel
@@moosescrapper5928 great thanks, I subscribed to it.
Just curious, do you pay a lot of eBay fees? Your structure may be different in Canada? but in Aus it always seems like I'm bent right over on fees. I sell a little, mainly car parts I won't use, mainly under $100 per item and I'm paying around 20% in eBay/PayPal fees. Also, you should invest in a good set of gear pullers and maybe even a harmonic balancer puller set, it may make things a little easier, I recently bought a 3 and 4 jaw puller and some bearing separaters, damn they've been used. If it won't fit onto my press, one of those, or my slide hammer comes out to play.
HI and thanks for watching! I am actually in the US and as for the ebay fees, they drop once you have sold a certain amount or become a power seller. My fees are now a flat 10% which is completely manageable for me, especially since everything I post is stuff I get for free! lol. Best of luck to ya mate!
Moose do you need a bank account to sell things on e-bay Please answer back thanks
yes, in order to open a paypal account you need to have a checking account.
Moose, can you post the link to this teenager scrapper ? ..Cant see it in the desc.
damn, oops... I just fixed it and here it is as well.
th-cam.com/channels/8OIuaMS9i6jR8A36PX3p_w.html
I have a paypal account thats good then right?
SHould be
Oh and another question I need to buy a universal bit can you recommend a place for me and i mean it has to have every bit to every screw you encounter on a daily basis.
I have not found any one set that has all those little bits, but You can go to most hardware stores, I went to an ACE hardware and found a bit set that has about 50 bits, all the phillips, flat, hex hear, allen, torx etc and then I ordered a tamper proof bit set from ebay for $5. Those two sets together get me through 99.99% of my scrapping.
Thanks for the Info I checked Homedepot and found a set with everything for 36 is that to much?
Hey Moose, do you detach the wheels or throw those in with the light iron?
Love you vids!!
Dave in Washington
Aztec Self Storage Aztec Self Storage They come in handy for other projects and can also be sold on ebay!
i subbed to him a couple days ago..def has some good videos for a kid! Good video..yea parts sell good on ebay.. weedwacker parts sell great too
Nice one Moose!Have you done a garden vac/leaf blower/shredder? Maybe in autumn when the leaves start to fall and people get them out and find they don't work any more for some reason. I second what Moose said about Vaughan Scrapper, he's a great kid and a great sport. Head on over and subscribe!
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Good one! I'll keep an eye out for one!
cuss that shaft out lol
Moose can you please put a link to your other channel
And your ebay name
Thank you
th-cam.com/channels/vXmchTvaoMGS1bNDeHJyWw.html
is my DIY Daddy channel and on ebay I am Maineauctioneer
So what software are you using for your videos? I notice not many youtube folks get around to detailing that?
adobe premier elements 12. Its ok, but I am not able to figure out how to do a lot of the things i want to do.
looks like you got a truck :)
Yeah, I named her Baby...
I don't think it be worth it time put into it taking it all apart good lawn mores just sell them junk ones just toss in the truck aling with the metal
I would just smash it all up with a sledgehammer.
vivitar45 he just told u the scrap value vs the take apart value. 2-3$ vs 8$ plus any parts sold. Multiply that by 5,10, or 100 and that is significant money.