stealthstylz
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Jul 26, 2010 19:37:24 GMT
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I've had my old Clio sat on the drive for months and it needs to go. Its currently stacked to the roof with scrap metal, and the local scrap collectors will only give me £60 which with the price of scrap being £130 a ton at the moment isn't gonna happen.
The car is immobile due to having no front suspension so i'll need to chop it to bits so I can get it in the car. I've chopped cars up with a 4 1/2" grinder, hacksaw and hammer/chisel before but it takes ages and uses loads of disks.
I'm thinking of hiring a Stihl saw but can you buy blades for cutting metal, or will some sort of stone cutting blade do the job just as well?
Matt
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Jul 26, 2010 19:39:44 GMT
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You could use a Stihl, or rent out a petrol grinder from your local Tool Hire Facility.
I'm surprised at the price though. I get cars collected from me by the recycling yard direct, about 9 miles away...
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Jul 26, 2010 20:19:51 GMT
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If you can hire a plasma cuter it would make lite work of it.I use one at work sometimes its a amazing bit of kit.
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Jul 26, 2010 20:30:24 GMT
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ive seen people use those stihl grinders on cars. Knowing the people that were using them i doubt they changed from stone discs to metal....
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Jul 26, 2010 20:39:38 GMT
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a Stihl TS400 or 410.
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spiny
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Jul 26, 2010 20:39:58 GMT
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hire a powerful 9 inch grinder and buy a pack of cutting disks. I chopped up my old VW bay window in two days into pieces small enough to fit in the back of my hyundai pony so I could take it to the tip. this was what i hired:  which reduced this:  to this:  |
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Jul 26, 2010 20:43:12 GMT
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I tend to use an angle grinder with the skinny disks and a hacksaw, normally get half way through and rather cheesed off and get the scrap men to hi-ab the car with all the broken hacksaw blades still stuck in the chassis.
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10mpg
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Jul 26, 2010 20:55:21 GMT
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Sounds a lot of work, I'd sooner hire a trailer and take it myself
Or just tow it there on a beam or even a rope (book MOT first!!)
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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spiny
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Jul 26, 2010 20:58:52 GMT
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Or just tow it there on a beam or even a rope (book MOT first!!) even the most out of touch police officer isn't going to believe you intend to put a non running car with no front suspension through an mot. |
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Jul 26, 2010 20:59:32 GMT
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Last Edit: Jul 26, 2010 21:06:02 GMT by dafdaffer
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Jul 26, 2010 20:59:56 GMT
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10mpg
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Jul 26, 2010 21:05:17 GMT
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Or just tow it there on a beam or even a rope (book MOT first!!) even the most out of touch police officer isn't going to believe you intend to put a non running car with no front suspension through an mot. Ah yeah i missed the 'no front suspension' bit DOH! still I'd think £20 on a trailer for the morning would be the easiest route If i didn't have a trailer myself .. |
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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Lawsy
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Jul 26, 2010 21:11:41 GMT
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i'd find out how much its actually going to be worth if you take it down, say if its £100 then I'd look at the £40 and say sod all the hassle, £40 is paying yourself, 4 hours work and it'll take yo a damn site longer than 4 hours to chop it up..
I've had that same dilema myself, got halfway through, called up the local tip and 2 hours later someone was here dragging its sorry ass away.. I was expecting £50 if i took it all, so was happy for them to just take it, the space and my time was more valuable!!
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simes
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Jul 26, 2010 21:15:02 GMT
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We used a couple of large angle grinders to turn this  into quarters and take to the recycling centre in a trailer.  This happened a few years ago, although it actually took my bro' 3 further years until he cut the car up into bits. Bit of shame really as he crashed it only 3 weeks after buying it. |
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Last Edit: Jul 26, 2010 21:18:51 GMT by simes
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Jul 26, 2010 21:47:43 GMT
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I cut a hillman imp up in the street with a hammer,a cold chisel and a hacksaw once. This was partly so I could save the running gear/interior/glass as spares for my other one, and partly so the remains would fit in the audi for weighing in (80CL saloon). Took about 4 hours from pulling up with it to last bit stashed - Mrs Next-door rang the police as soon as I parked a 15 years out of tax heap in the street. Police did attend, at 9.30 that night. PC tripped over the front bulkhead on his way to the door  |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Jul 26, 2010 21:59:18 GMT
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reciprocating saw thats all i use for cutting old parts cars no sparks to worry about and usually only need a couple of blades
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dubwarrior2
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Jul 26, 2010 22:59:59 GMT
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I would have a think about how desperate you are for the money?
Its gonna cost you a bit if you don't already own the right tools.
In the past I have broken and the chopped up a Subaru Legacy estate and a 1303 Beetle.
I just wanted to get rid of the body shells so I cut them into three pieces and went to my local travellers camp and asked if they wanted them.
Somehow, they turned up on a saturday morning, loaded the lot into a pick up and even left the bits I asked them not to take, all without waking me while I slept.
I only knew they had been when I saw the cars were gone and checked the CCTV.
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Jul 26, 2010 23:04:50 GMT
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Watched my uncle murder a Spitfire with a Stihl saw - quicker and cheaper than any therapy from what I could see!
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spiny
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Jul 26, 2010 23:17:37 GMT
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I already had an 'argos' 9 inch grinder (well, the blue ones that homebase do) and it just span down when it hit thick metal. the one I hired barely slowed no matter what I pointed it at, well worth the hire fee. |
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MrSpeedy
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Jul 26, 2010 23:21:20 GMT
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Never underestimate the power of an axe ;-)
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