Being something that is commonly on a “to do” list, the rusted heap of metal on your property that vaguely resembles a vehicle, is a constant reminder that something needs to be done as it takes up valuable space in your driveway. Having the eyesore take up space on your property is frustrating, no matter if it was a vehicle that was poorly maintained, an automobile in a car accident that rendered it useless, or age took its life. Places such as Smitty Cash for Junk Cars is interested in giving you cash for the piece of junk though few people would be interested in buying a vehicle that was mechanically deficient or the body a jumbled mess, or both. Many want to know what happens to a junk car after you take the quick cash to get the heap off your premises. Today, we at Smitty Cash for Junk Cars would like to relate the general of the process of junking a car, which typically includes parting out, disassembling, and selling as scrap.
Where Do Junk Vehicles Go & What Do They Do with Old Cars?
1) Flush All Car Fluids. To begin with, the fluids are drained before the vehicle can continue to be processed. Usually, leftover oil and gasoline is removed in addition to the power steering fluid, brake fluid, radiator fluid, transmission fluid, as well as all other liquids that are critical, are siphoned from the vehicle. Before any further processing is completed, these fluids are properly disposed of in a safe and responsible manner.
2) Removing All Valuable & Usable Car Parts. From the vehicle, the functional parts that are worth something are extracted. Being inventoried and put on the market for the public, the major components like the transmissions, alternator, and engine, as well as smaller parts like the battery are removed and recycled where possible.
3) Compress & Recycle Scrap Metal. Next, the scrap metal from the shell of the automobile is processed and is truly an impressive sight to see. Being that the auto recycling industry feeds a considerable large part of it, in the United States alone, approximately 750 million pounds of scrap metal make their way back into the industrial cycle every single month. Nearly 95% of cars worldwide end up recycled rather than sitting in a dump somewhere in fact. Once the initial processing is done, with an enormous machine that compresses it into a small, flat, compact sheet of metal; the vehicles are crushed. Even a standard SUV or truck is little more than two feet tall after emerging from a crusher. The crushed block of scrap is fed into an incredibly powerful shredder, after the compression of the junk car. The vehicle is shred that small, flat, compact sheet of metal into even smaller bits of compacted scrap metal with the machine. The metal is shipped easily to the processing plant once it is in smaller fragments. In order for it to be used to create new products including additional vehicles, the aluminum and steel is separated and melted down at the processing plant.
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Call Smitty Cash for Junk Cars and let us give you cash and take it off your property for free when you have a junk car taking up space on your property. We will tow it away at your convenience after our experts will give you top dollar for its worth.
