Salavage Yard Safety......go in pairs

[TheSilverBuick]

Re: Salavage Yard Safety......go in pairs

Hey, at least he chocked the wheel!

[hamrmech]

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theres one yard in town that lets you pull your own, but i dont think they let you jack up a car or support it on your own. also you sign in and out. the other yards torch off whatever you want. as in, flip the car over, torch out the rear end, and set it in your truck bed with a forklift..theres been a few accidents ive heard of, one fatal, that has made it that way. i think one yard is just scrapping cars instead of selling parts now because of insurance reasons.. people need to be more careful!

[Scott Liggett]

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All the self service yards here in Cali have their cars sitting on four stands each made from two car rims. When done right, they are pretty stable. However, on more than one occasion I've seen stands not in contact the bottom of the car. I crawled into the engine compartment of cars that began to tilt under my weight. If I don't think the car is stable or safe crawl around or under, I go look for another candidate.

[BangShiftChad]

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For the life of me, I can't remember who told me this story. Could be DF or a million others, but...

Someone told me about changing a trans and driveshaft in a Jeep that they flipped onto it's side (on purpose) to work on along a major road or highway. People called the cops thinking it had been a rollover. I love the thinking behind that one for sure.

[Monk]

Re: Salavage Yard Safety......go in pairs

All the self service yards here in Cali have their cars sitting on four stands each made from two car rims. When done right, they are pretty stable. However, on more than one occasion I've seen stands not in contact the bottom of the car. I crawled into the engine compartment of cars that began to tilt under my weight. If I don't think the car is stable or safe crawl around or under, I go look for another candidate.

When my son lived in Dallas (about 10 years ago).....all the salvage yards down there had the rims as stands.
It was pretty neat.....you didn't have to jack anything up and the cars were pretty stable.
Only thing concerned me was the 40,000 volt wire running around the chain link......... ;D

[sedandelivery55]

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I had a good friend killed that way about 20 years ago. He was trying to pull a tranny in a salvage yard he worked at, had the car up on a forklift when it slid off the forks and crushed him killing him instantly. I make sure whatever I'm under is supported properly. I have had a few close call including a crushed foot because of idiocy. Yes, I admit it, I was an idiot in my younger days. ;D

[66gg1tnc]

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Another reason to bring a buddy (at least in the So-Cal yards I've been in) is to keep an eye on your tool box.....and what parts you already pulled. >

I lost a freshly rebuilt Thermoquad that was in a '72 Dodge van and an thumbwheel AM-FM Radio I pulled out of a '69 Dart to some sonuva bitch at the Adelanto Ca. Pick a part.

[Monk]

Re: Salavage Yard Safety......go in pairs

Another reason to bring a buddy (at least in the So-Cal yards I've been in) is to keep an eye on your tool box.....and what parts you already pulled. >

I lost a freshly rebuilt Thermoquad that was in a '72 Dodge van and an thumbwheel AM-FM Radio I pulled out of a '69 Dart to some sonuva bitch at the Adelanto Ca. Pick a part.

Boy.......you hit a nerve here!
I set my junkyard tool box on a car one time and ventured away to look at another car.......well I got turned around and when I came back the tool box was gone!
There was one yard in North St. Louis.......had some great salvage back then....we always took a 9mm with us in the tool box.......ahhh the good old days.

[DanStokes]

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None of our local yards will let us pull stuff, either. However, I've found that if I establish a relationship with the guys, after a while they will let me take off underhood and interior stuff. I'm careful to show them EVERYTHING I have removed, even the fasteners, so that they never have to worry about me stealing stuff. Now, most of the yards will even lend me tools if I've forgotten something (I try to think of everything I might need, as their stuff is either junk or worn out!).

My tips
Dan

[HEMI]

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Only 1 yard left in my neck of the woods here in Nor.Cal.When my buddy owned 1 here localy,I free run of the place,but always left my toolbox in his office till I needed it.