Scrapping a mobile home

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Scrapping a mobile home

Postby messymessy » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:57 pm

Didn't someone on here scrap a mobile home? I can't seem to find the thread. I was wondering how it turned out.
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Re: Scrapping a mobile home

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:23 pm

That does seem familiar, but I can't find the thread either. I can only find your post asking about doing an RV back in April 2011.
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Re: Scrapping a mobile home

Postby OneBiteAtATime » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:55 pm

I was on the scrap metal forum for a while and remember that scrapping a trailer was not very cost effective for those who tried it... but don't take my word for it.
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Re: Scrapping a mobile home

Postby messymessy » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:09 pm

OneBiteAtATime wrote:I was on the scrap metal forum for a while and remember that scrapping a trailer was not very cost effective for those who tried it... but don't take my word for it.


Most of a mobile home is trash and needs to be taken to the dump. I've got someone willing to pay for the dumpsters if I tear it down. I'm wondering if the scrap would be worth my time.
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Re: Scrapping a mobile home

Postby Thogey » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:15 pm

That discussion was on old realcent.
If you could set it on fire, then recover the metal it would be worth it.

There are a mess of parts and pieces that would do well on ebay.
I had an RV. Little parts are ridiculous expensive!
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Re: Scrapping a mobile home

Postby messymessy » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:19 pm

Dr. Cadmium wrote:That does seem familiar, but I can't find the thread either. I can only find your post asking about doing an RV back in April 2011.


Wow, that's funny. I didn't even find that one.

Most of what I found was about different member's work trailers.
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Re: Scrapping a mobile home

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:21 pm

messymessy wrote:Wow, that's funny. I didn't even find that one.


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Re: Scrapping a mobile home

Postby fire medic 160 » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:24 pm

Check with local fire department. May be willing to burn it down for training and just leave you the metal and glass to mess with.
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