Auto salvage is the practice of reusing automotive parts from old or unusable vehicles and disposing of the parts that can't be salvaged. Business owners create these salvage yards to sell spare parts that may still be functional on some vehicles, which, in turn, saves the consumer time and money.
Keeping Our Environment Safe and Waste Free
These junkyards for automobiles prevent the waste of expensive auto parts that may still be used for functional vehicles. Otherwise, such parts might be disposed of in landfills, causing severe damage to our environment. More than 76 percent of an average unusable vehicle???s parts can be salvaged. This creates an environmentally sound way of reusing materials and avoiding unnecessary waste.
Disassembling and Removal of Automobile Parts
The first phase of auto savage is known as pre-treatment. This stage consists of disassembling a vehicle and determining which parts are able to be sold and reused. The fluids in the automobile such as fuel, oil and coolant are drained in order to prevent leaking of the fluids into the groundwater. Other parts are also removed such as the tires, battery and gas tank.
Reusable Gas Tanks, Tires and Vehicle??Fluids
The vehicle's battery and fluids that are taken from the unusable automobiles are packaged and then reused in another automobile. They might also be sold as is, or transported to a recycling facility. Once the gas tanks are drained, they are then broken down and reused as scrap metal. Old tires can be used in several different ways such as being resold, re-traded, burned for energy or recycled into ground rubber.
Inventory of Salvaged Parts and Materials
Each remaining part of the automobile is then evaluated and reused, repaired or disposed of, depending on its condition. An inventory is taken on all useable parts for easy consumer access. Consumers can then search for the specific vehicle parts they need. Popular parts that are often searched for in auto salvage yards include bumpers, rear ends, body panels, transmissions, motors, electronics and tires.
There are several benefits to purchasing from an auto salvage yard compared to buying new parts from an auto shop. Not only is the cost exceptionally lower, but also rare, out-of-production automobile parts can often be found in these salvage yards. The insurance rates are also lower if the repair is used as an insurance claim. Once all useable parts of a vehicle are removed, a crusher is contracted by the auto salvage yard to flatten the remaining vehicle frame.
