Find The Best Solution For Scrapping Forklifts
People ask us all of the time about scrapping forklifts & other industrial equipment, and about how they can make money scrapping them or reselling them and we decided to talk about them. Forklifts can be a hard item to scrap sometimes because they are not easy to cut up, you need to drain the fluid out of them, and you have to really put some effort into them to be able to scrap them correctly….but once you figure out how to make money with them you can be really happy while scrapping forklifts & other industrial equipment.
Scrapping Other Industrial Equipment
Larger industrial ovens, dryers, washing machines, and cutting equipment can be used for dozens of years at large commercial companies but there comes a time when they are just scrap. We want to help you figure out what to look for and how to scrap them.
Other Equipment Examples:
- Cherry Pickers
- Scissor Lifts
- Off-Road Forklifts
- Earth Moving Machines like Bulldozers
- Cranes
These large pieces of equipment have one thing in common…they are heavy and worth money in scrap. But there is a very important thing to think about when you talk about scrapping this equipment, and that is moving it….so let’s go over the logistics.
Moving Equipment
This is one of the harder things to do when you are looking to sell equipment. For example, when you have a piece of machinery that weights 12,000 pounds you generally have to hire a larger truck to move them. Larger trucks = larger costs and that means that you need bigger pieces of equipment to move these already big pieces of equipment.
Kinds of Scrap Forklifts
When working with large forklifts you will have two kinds of forklifts that you can scrap. The first kind is an electric forklift and will have a large battery, (similar to the orange one below) and you could have a nice score this way. The electric forklift batteries are going to weight anywhere from 1200-3500 pounds and can be a nice score if you are able to buy the whole forklift for a flat steel price.
The second type of forklift is a propane or gas forklift and these will only have smaller batteries similar to your car or trucks. The rest of the machine will have an engine and one of the most important things with these machines is to make sure that you have the fluids drained out of them when going to scrap them.
Scrapping Forklift Batteries
The steel-encased batteries will definitely take some work to get out of the forklifts, but the dividend will come through after you sell them. Ask your scrap yard if they will help you take it out ahead of time and that may make it easier for you.
The engine and hydraulic oils going throughout the machine will have to be drained for most scrap yards to take them, but if you don’t have a way to drain them yourself ask your scrap yard if they will help out or maybe just take a deduction for weight off of your scale ticket.
Struggles of Scrapping Equipment
One of the biggest problems with scrapping forklifts & other industrial equipment is the hauling part of it. Many times the big machines that you may find are hard to move, and because of that you are going to have to figure out how to haul or cut them up…but we will leave that conversation for a different post.
These things are very heavy, and one thing that you don’t think about is the torching and cutting up of the materials. The counterweights on forklifts can only be torched, and some yards do not have that ability so they have to send it out to other places.
