Well,that's the law

rrlund · Oct 30, 2013

The neighbor had a couple of old cars sitting in the tree line. His grand daughter is going on a school trip to D.C.so he wanted to haul those cars to the crusher and give her the money for the trip. I went down and loaded them on his trailer with the 1365. He went to the crusher two miles up the road and came right back with the cars still on the trailer. I asked him if they rejected them because he needed a title. He said yup. He found the title to one of them and went back. They unloaded that one,but told him he'd have to cut the other one in half,unload half of it,bring half of it back one day,the other half another day. Couldn't take both halves the same day. He cut it in half,I went back down and unloaded half,he took the half we left on the trailer in,I sat the other half back on when he came home,but he can't take it until tomorrow.

They told him "that's the law",didn't want to loose their license. Even though they know where both halves are coming from,they can't both come in on the same day.

JMOR · Oct 30, 2013

(quoted from post at 19:44:21 10/30/13) The neighbor had a couple of old cars sitting in the tree line. His grand daughter is going on a school trip to D.C.so he wanted to haul those cars to the crusher and give her the money for the trip. I went down and loaded them on his trailer with the 1365. He went to the crusher two miles up the road and came right back with the cars still on the trailer. I asked him if they rejected them because he needed a title. He said yup. He found the title to one of them and went back. They unloaded that one,but told him he'd have to cut the other one in half,unload half of it,bring half of it back one day,the other half another day. Couldn't take both halves the same day. He cut it in half,I went back down and unloaded half,he took the half we left on the trailer in,I sat the other half back on when he came home,but he can't take it until tomorrow.

They told him "that's the law",didn't want to loose their license. Even though they know where both halves are coming from,they can't both come in on the same day.

ust one of tens of thousands of DA laws!

Anonymous-0 · Oct 30, 2013

Can take them in whole around here But without the frames, Have to take the frames in another time, Don't what they do with unibodys, It was a pick up I had trouble with.

Royse · Oct 30, 2013

We have quite a few stupid laws in this country.
That's a great example. What does it protect?
Nothing, unless you turn in the first half with the license plate that
belongs to a stolen car and come back the next day with the other half. :roll:
I do like those "worlds dumbest criminals" stories though.

Adirondack case guy · Oct 30, 2013

The local scrap yards, 3 of them, are advertising on the local Country station big time, Pay cash for all ferious and nonferious metals, and take cars with no tital. "Battle of the scrappers". When I go to the one I have chosen, there is a constant flow of old cars and PUs being towed in, and on those front wheel totes, and on oneT rollbacks every time I'm there.
Just have to stop and give name while on the scale, and let them determin what you have. (I sort and cut, all my scrap for max price), and they weigh you when you pull out, and you go see the cashier.
Works for me
Loren, the Acg.

IH2444 · Oct 30, 2013

(quoted from post at 05:55:58 10/31/13) We have quite a few stupid laws in this country.
That's a great example. What does it protect?
Nothing, unless you turn in the first half with the license plate that
belongs to a stolen car and come back the next day with the other half. :roll:
I do like those "worlds dumbest criminals" stories though.

Stealing cars and selling them as scrap is pretty common around here. Just a couple of days ago someone stole a broken down car by the interstate and had it crushed.

They just passed a title law here too and it helps with the problem. Most thieves would not do enough work to actually cut a car in half.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 30, 2013

I Had a cement mixer Parked in my back yard ,was going to fix it fo 15 years? Looked it over,decided to scrap it while the tires would still hold air,Towed it on the scale,they never asked me for my licence or anything,the mixer didnt look any worse than some I have seen on jobs,I could have stollen it ,they didnt even check me out. Got 100 dollars cash for it,about two years ago during the winter.

JOB · Oct 30, 2013

Here is a load my brother and I hauled in this summer. Had three complete cabs for three trucks, the box for one and a bunch of miscellaneous sheet metal. All cut up they don't say a word weigh you coming and going and write you a check.

bison · Oct 30, 2013

Only in America :roll:

Royse · Oct 30, 2013

(quoted from post at 20:13:55 10/30/13)

(quoted from post at 05:55:58 10/31/13) We have quite a few stupid laws in this country.
That's a great example. What does it protect?
Nothing, unless you turn in the first half with the license plate that
belongs to a stolen car and come back the next day with the other half. :roll:
I do like those "worlds dumbest criminals" stories though.

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Stealing cars and selling them as scrap is pretty common around here. Just a couple of days ago someone stole a broken down car by the interstate and had it crushed.

They just passed a title law here too and it helps with the problem. Most thieves would not do enough work to actually cut a car in half.

The title law maybe, but having to cut it in half is worthless.
Takes less than 30 minutes and isn't much work at all.
Turn one half in at one yard, the other at a different yard same day.
Done in an hour and no one has time to report it.
All the requirement to cut it in half accomplishes is making sure
the insurance company doesn't have to fix it as far as I can see.
If the owner wanted it back, no chance.
If it were a classic that someone may want to restore, too bad.
Don't get me wrong, I do realize they can be welded back together.
I helped my uncle do it. But they're just not the same.

tn terry t · Oct 30, 2013

Tennessee has a law older than ten no title newer than ten must have title

Old Roy · Oct 30, 2013

Think fer a buck or two he could have rattle canned primed the back, and said it was 2 different cars .

Super-H-Mike · Oct 30, 2013

Here if its older than ten years its ok with no title, but they photo your license and take the license number and VIN off the truck you are hauling it with . Lots of thieves at work when the price goes up.

rrlund · Oct 30, 2013

They'd been sitting there since the 80s. I told him to just tell them to stop over and look at the grease stains and the rusted parts that fell off when we lifted them up. lol

mkirsch · Oct 30, 2013

They're going on the premise that scrap thieves are skittish, and don't want to sit on stolen goods any longer than they have to. If you make them wait a day with half a stolen car, they may decide it's not worth the risk next time.

Chris Jones · Oct 30, 2013

Do they require you to remove the gas tank? Drain fluids? remove tires?

Bob · Oct 30, 2013

That was a good lesson for him.

If they were HIS cars, he should have been able to find the tiles, or if he had bought them or let someone drop them off years before, he should have gotten the titles and filed them away.

Over the years, I have bought, been given, etc., many scrap cars for parts, etc., and have made it a point to get the title with the wreck, "just in case".

MichiganMike · Oct 30, 2013

I was at the junk yard 1 day, I saw a trailer with 2 halfs of 2 cars...the next guy behind him had the other halfs...Mike

PJH · Oct 30, 2013

I happened to be hauling one in for my son a couple of years ago. ISP was sitting inside the gate, and they stopped me cold. Made me dig out the title for the old hulk on the trailer, then they wanted the title to the old truck I was driving. I told them I could show them the registration papers, but the title was at home. They thought they had a real criminal until I told them I was driving the truck back home. Dang fools thought I was gonna scrap it too.

ShadetreeRet · Oct 30, 2013

I called our local scrapper just this morning and asked if they needed the title to a scrap vehicle, (NC) lady told me if it was over ten years old, not necessary, newer than that, they needed the title. Which is good, 'cause I have a 93 that a man gave me to drag it out of his yard, that some tenants had left.
The man that operates this yard doesn't put up with any crap. They write down your license number if you just take in aluminum cans! And if you have central A/C parts you have to produce the receipt for proof of purchase, or you have to be a licensed installer. I told the lady that I had two window units that had been sitting in a building for about twenty years and she said that they would take them. But, I read about once a month, at least, where someone stole the outside unit from a vacant house, and there have been instances where someone stole the unit from an occupied house.They must be taking them somewhere else to unload them.

willie in mn · Oct 31, 2013

I forgot how much difference it is, but local recycler pays more if fluids drained & gas tank removed, tank can be placed inside vehicle. It seems a few scrappers had been filling tanks & engine with water to make more weight.
Willie

Chris Jones · Oct 31, 2013

At one point I don't think they took gas tanks around here. I remember seeing a pile of them beside the road one time where someone disposed of the unsellable tanks. I was also told that tanks--in this case an underground residential oil tank needed to be cut open to be recycled.

We just had a big fire in a scrap yard a week ago I think it was--see link.
Recent fire at DH Griffins scrap yard.

Pitch · Oct 31, 2013

Scrapped an '89 Chevy couple of weeks ago, couldn't find the title so I signed an affidavit of ownership.
Yard required the gas tank to be holed, but did not say anything about oil antifreeze or transmission.
They deducted twenty bucks because I left the tires on.

Pops1532 · Oct 31, 2013

We've had to cut up cars without a title to be able to scrap them for 35 years. Maybe longer ago than that.

The local scrap yard copies your drivers license and keeps it on file. They also photograph or video all loads coming into the yard.

High scrap prices have lead to to license and photo requirements because a lot of cars and metal were being stolen and scrapped.

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