We Have Too Many Parts For Our New Building!! - First Big Scrap Run!

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

organization and packing things in the right way on the shelfs is HUGE, itll save SOO much space alone but that overflow room is NUTS😂

[@timfoster6018]

I used to work in a wreaking yard, and we had a building just like your new one. We used the same good pallet racking you have and built an entire second story inside the building, but never touched the building. It stood alone. One end of the building to the other. And side to side. We built Isles and isles with walk ways in-between, all out of pallet racking. With racking upstairs too, We had a small electric fork left we used to put stuff upstairs. And a staircase. 2 buildings in one. Twice as much space as you have now.

[@IronTrapGarage]

That’s the plan!

[@silasmarner7586]

A wreacking yeard? What hath God wrought?

[@silasmarner7586]

What havoc didst thou wreak in thine wreaking yard?

[@JefferyValstaz]

I am in this same situation myself. I drag home pallets of stuff from auction after auction, just for the one thing I want. After years of swaps, ebay, & now marketplace, I realized there is no value in model A brake parts, &differentials. Now, because of the LS movement, I can't even GIVE sbc parts away... not even to machine shops. I've been selling and scrapping this spring.

[@danielbuckner2167]

I see some sbc parts holding or increasing but only because there will always be a style of build for a sbc and also because of the cost to build an LS and with so many newer LSs having DOD/VVT issues SBCs are looking pretty affordble.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

list piles of stuff at 2-3x scrap value...youd be suprised how fast people show up!

[@stevesimons6333]

You guys are kidding yourselves. You aren't close to having enough space in your new building to haul all the warehouse keepers over. You will need a temporary staging spot or get another Mike. Appreciate your efforts to save all these items for those of us out here in the population. Wish I had the money to do another build because you would be my source for goodies.

[@michaelguinn5736]

Good morning Matt & Mike! Wow! It's hard to imagine the true depth of inventory y'all have. Mike is definitely earning his keep!

[@garycloud5705]

You guys are in trouble. You need help. That load to the scrap yard didn't even put a dent in it. Good luck. Can't wait to see the finished new warehouse.

[@richardlees778]

I hope you put a second Floor in their new building. You're gonna need it. Good luck

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you Matt and Mike for sharing this with me ! I didn't realize just how much stuff you had but I had noticed that the warehouse looked huge not realizing just how big !

[@thetaillightshow]

Starting the same process here too due to a massive life change. Over 30 years of collecting stuff for my various cars has to be gone thru and culled.... not what I want to do but has to be done to move on.

[@philb386]

Overwhelmed would be an understatement, my god, I dont envy your job Mike. I'd like to help you mate but i'm sorry i'm busy that weekend and I live 12500 k's away. Good luck guys. Phil, NZ

[@jerryhablitzel3333]

This is where things get real. Taking a pile of parts and putting a market ready product out for sale from it. You do a great job saving what you can. Scrap is inevitable. there’s just little or no market for some parts.

[@BrianSmart1959]

That's an exhausting job. It's like saying goodbye to old friends. But it will be worth it.

[@janyoung1633]

OMG!!!! You definitely have your job cut out for you. Overwhelming amount of goodies! Good luck with this project! Wow!

[@andyd2806]

Full mezanine across the new building?

[@murdoc6501]

Amazing, awe inspiring how much you have accumulated! Seeing it in this context is mind blowing! Admire your passion, but understand that some things have to go! You've built one helluva business! Wish you were closer, would love to pick through the cast-offs (and over fill my already full garage)! Go Iron Trap, keep moving forward!

[@stevenslater2669]

Buying & moving inventories of new parts is tough enough. Old used parts collected, inventoried, then moved again, sorted and re-inventoried…hard to do. I had a Start Firestar pistol which broke its extractor. Usually that would be a minor problem except: Star (a large, veteran Spanish manufacturer) went out of business; the importer Interarms suddenly closed because the owner died, and the parts supply dried up. Then SARCO, a very large consolidator, bought the entire Interarms inventory. So I called Interarms and tried to order my extractor. Good luck to that! SARCO had to move, sort, reorganize and inventory all that stuff! They called me back after three years, finally ready to take my order.

[@lelandrogers1078]

LOL, I see another warehouse in your future.

[@Joebrownbug]

I would happily drive up and help remove/recycle/reuse some of that scrap!!

[@HogshooterHotrods]

Super stash of the early parts. Your building is full already!

[@matthewschneider2089]

Dude!!! Not the milk crates!!! Lol!!!✌️

[@mort-u1n]

I fear the "recovering hoarder" is just in remission and it will flair back up and be worse. LOL

[@johnkranz4004]

Looks like a good fun time guys

[@logansellers2747]

That's a shame about the old warehouse, but hey being onsite is going to be nice. Sorry I'm on the other side of the country, I'd be happy to lend a hand if I was closer!

[@ratriderob]

Wow Big job!!!

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

list stuff at 2-3x scrap value...youd be amazed how fast people show up for great deals. Id LOVE a flathead engine block to make a table out of for $80-100

[@IronTrapGarage]

We’ve tried that before and no one shows up.

[@johnfowler6600]

Facts of life it's got too go sometime, I'm probably old enough to identify some of the parts you can't & willing but legs say no way. Not a easy job ahead for you guys so lots of luck be rooting for the unknown treasure you're going to find in the scrap that you didn't know you have👍

[@ernlevens8523]

Big job going well so much in stock.

[@lordleonusa]

That is one heck of a problem you've made for yourselves, a heck of a lot of work ahead!

[@WilliamNast-v1g]

GUYS, THAT IS ONE MONUMENTAL TASK FOR SURE! GOOD LUCK TO YOU THOUGH, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA TO DOWNSIZE.

[@Mopar46]

My problem is; I find that, after I throw something away, 2 weeks later, I need it for some other job. [and I know this happens to other folks, too.]

[@chrisclark4813]

Great video guys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, as ever, we are on this journey with you guys. Love as always, Reading, England. PS (Wooden frame barn with all that metal stuff? Just saying, different cultures is so interesting)

[@paulfox3532]

It's gotta be hard getting rid of any of it after the backbreaking labor it takes to get it back to Pennsylvania, but good for you separating the wheat from the chaff.

[@davidacks8014]

I would say make a package detail on the 41 Continental. It’s rough and you could spend years on it, your 38 Ford would be a better keeper.

[@allancompton6912]

Wow that's alot us stuff to move. If l was close to your area l would give you a hand with the move. Eastern Ontario Canada is to far from Pennsylvania!

[@AndyGeesGarage]

Dude I used to commute from eastern Ontario to York PA for work lol it’s not that far.

[@IEchuckie]

I see lots of free lunches for the iron trap crew. You earned it. Even Moon 😊

[@mitchelpinion1852]

A very daunting job.

[@KJSvitko]

Should do a one day FREE SALE to give away unwanted parts. I'm sure you have an email list of list of people you can call and let them come and look around and take what they want from your scrap pile. Having a weekend 2 day party for customers and try to give away rather than scrap.

[@mikethomas5797]

Was my thought as well. My saying is "rather give it away than throw it away!!"

[@Kevin-go2dw]

I am sure they have tried that in the past without much success.

[@steveclark4291]

​@@Kevin-go2dw You could be correct as Mike stated that some stuff he had marked way down in price and still couldn't get rid of it .

[@steveclark4291]

Matt and Mike did you guys keep a record as to how much weight wise you hauled off ? I wondered just how much stuff was moved and how stuff weight wise is still needing moved to the new warehouse !

[@vito336]

New Building…please add a toilet area, a couple of sinkdrains and a floor drain

[@roadmaster720]

a gallon jug and a plastic shopping bag works great for a toilet. just dump, tie the bag up, then put your finger in the bag handles, give same the twirl and watch it land in your neighbors yard. SPLAT!!! works great.

[@mikedavis3841]

I occasionally recycle my junk pile the last time I did it scrap prices was high. 👍

[@garysoykin2783]

You can go a lot higher with your shelving in the new building and get yourself a nice little tiny forklift I mean why not go all the way up to the trusses

[@IronTrapGarage]

That’s the plan

[@jamesmusser6160]

Past videos gave an inkling to your parts inventory. Thus video greatly illustrates how deep the trove is. The video makes it looks like your simply discarding alot. But commentary clarifies you did get some revenue out of the purging.

[@genemounce8302]

Iron Trap Garage is the OG 'Iron Curtain' ! lol Have a good weekend everyone!

[@josephpalen7149]

You are there to connect the dots. I'm sure you'll make it work. Too bad there isn't an option to pile the stuff up in an area where (potential customers) could come and pick through it for nothing.

[@tradrodsandcustoms]

Scrapping wide 5 drums...yeesh....they dont repop em yaknow, us fellas runnin em are gonna run out of luck one day

[@IronTrapGarage]

All of them are way out of spec or cracked/damaged.

[@tradrodsandcustoms]

@@IronTrapGarage well thats a relief!

[@johnbrice7868]

Actually you should not feel guilty about scraping stuff. There is always an imbalance between what parts are available and what is needed. Carrying inventory waiting for the market to come into balance is expensive. Plus there are a lot of replacement parts for breaks, electrical system, pumps, shocks, etc. No sense keeping them unless the part is working well or nos. Weeding out the collection is always good! You will find things you did not know you had. BTW if you implemented an inventory system (that tracks location of each item) you could optimize the space needed for storage. Eliminating the need to organize! For example you could store many disparate items in the same box/pallet.. You would not have to keep extra space for future purchases if things were organized by item.

[@ronaldbrown5745]

A lot of $ in shelving!

[@donwoolley1811]

It was stunning to watch this video knowing the topic. The sheer size of what you are renting is painfully obvious. Man it's going to be painful! It's also my least favorite thing to do. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. I hope you are hungry because that looks like a herd to me.

[@jerrylong381]

I had a plant manager that used that saying to death. The problem was he would have us to eat the heart, liver, and brain, then suddenly decide we needed to revive the elephant and make it live for another year. Or we were forced to eat the elephant with nothing but a spoon, and our bare teeth.

[@danontherun5685]

Balance. We save everything then can't find something so buy another one, then find it two weeks later. So we toss a load and need something 2 weeks later.

[@usmclee65]

To much stuff? there is gold in those piles of stuff! Good luck!

[@kevinharms5558]

Every once in a while it's time to purge. As one gets older they get wiser and realize what their time is worth also. As always to, hard work pays off. You guys do well by passion, skill, and hard work.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thanks!

[@tooltas]

It’s great to see us younger guys that like old school cars some. Next generation kid aren’t into building old car

[@johnthiel7422]

First step to the road of recovery is admitting you have a problem. We car guys always think we could use more.....

[@markstopkey4085]

There is a prescription for that. It's called Chunkitol! 😄

[@mg-lz3kk]

Just do it guys, you'll be better off. Buy a beer and a burger with the scap money and move on. You won't regret it. Best of luck to you.

[@jimstratfordfl]

Don’t envy you one iota…. Can’t wait to see how you do it.

[@alanmize5627]

I am in total shock

[@bengone3349]

OMG, where to start! Just for fun, list the weight of scrap each time. What is the end date you need to be cleared out by?

[@kalinagoedge2777]

Good job narrowing down your rear ends!

[@beatglauser9444]

I think it was a good thing this building was sold. Imagine what would happen if you would have put in all kind of junk you collected for another ten years! I keep old junk on a very low level for my old cars. And I will have to force myself thowing alot of old stuff. And for whoever complains, shouild come to your place immediately and save som of this stuff. A friend owned a junkyard for hallf a century. Some guys filled drum after drum with trim. Nothing was marked and arranged at all. I bet soon they will have to dump everything. Because it is absolutely impossible to find anything! I came, looked and gave up.

[@steveclark4291]

I bet that you guys wished that you had a dump bed trailer !

[@wolfgangricky]

Is there someone/anyone local who would take on your overflow for trade ? Better to see stuff go to someone who may put them in their table scraps at meets. I get it, when it's too much, it's too much, yet still rare & getting rarer & junk is just junk. Ty for taking us along

[@allanrichards3752]

Maybe you have covered this in a pod cast but I haven't got enough time to watch a lot of the KZbin I subscribe to. How do you budget the picking you do? I see you doing a lot of work clearing buildings in estates and dragging out hard to move cars etc. The estate owners would have to pay a lot of money to get a team in to do this work so I am assuming you are getting a lot of this stuff for really low rates. If this is the case then it doesn't owe you a lot of money but you still have to put work into sorting it and putting it into a presentable state to sell. I think you need to be really brutal as the stuff comes in and prevent yourself getting over run with it.

[@pappabob29]

Wow !!! So unfortunate !!! I HATE to throw stuff away unless it's totally "junk". A "rebuildable" starter or generator will sit on my shelf or I may actually rebuild it before I can bring myself to scrap it. I "updated" my 57 Chevy in 2017 with disc brakes, tilt column, power steering, four speed, etc. Used the good running 327/turbo 350 into a 40 Ford project. Still have the "good used" front brake assemblies, sold the steering column, rear diff, and we still have shelves of air ductwork, trim, misc parts from 57 chevy scrapped cars that my son went through since he got his 57 @ age 14. He's now 55 YO. We all know "there's nothing like the ORIGINAL stuff !! Do you have a "want list" for potential customers to enter into?? Sometimes people just need parts to repair things. Like I purchased a 40 Ford deluxe grill half that was broken at the top because I needed one of the lower grill "teeth" to repair my grill instead of paying $450.00 for a new repro. I certainly DON'T envy you your task. It's like cleaning and re-organizing the WORLDS LARGEST CLOSET !!! Like someone else already said "one bite at a time". ;o)

[@shartne]

Starters are full of copper wire. Copper is very exspensive. It you seperate the copper out its worth a fortune.

[@IronTrapGarage]

They pay a higher rate for starters and generators. So basically the same idea

[@shartne]

@@IronTrapGarage Cool.

[@DuckReach432]

There'll be some Model A tragic watching that scrapyard clip and saying, "noooo..."

[@Mudgrove]

Sometimes, you have to be ruthless, Gents. Too much useless stuff is just that.

[@BobHubbard-b9b]

Ha ha ha. It's always the same problem. If you have the space. You fill it . And one day you or someone else has to move it 🤔. I'm glad I don't live close to you guys. Or I probably come and help you move and also pick through the stuff you scrap 😉. Bob from Ontario Canada.

[@bohunt1092]

Looking for a complete rear springs for a 1934 ford

[@JT-un7dc]

You should have some local guys come pick the scrap pile. Just pay scrap price for it.

[@johnthiel7422]

What's scrape worth per ton? It appears you're sitting on a couple of bucks.

[@onelowzuki]

Out of curiosity, would you let a local guy come and buy from the scrap pile at scrap prices?

[@jerrylong381]

Scrap yards will many times let you do that. And I think the one they use is that way. Matt gets a lot of his subframe material from them.

[@Mercmad]

I have a massive pile of Mercedes parts and because they never actually wore out andvthr quality is so high ther is zero demand for good used parts . 😅

[@erniehoffer1784]

Great video. Have an auction of junk. Someone else will haul the junk away.

[@christopherjohnson4733]

You are breaking my heart

[@dombutler7685]

It hurts to see so many parts getting junked, but I get it, some parts may never sell and some are junk, if you keep them all you become a parts hoarder! That's a slippery slope!! I see a lot of parts already on pallets, you could just wrap them with stretch wrap and then move the whole pallet with all the parts on it!

[@smedleyhverovhe8919]

Wowzer! What a headache. My brother (30+ years Ford parts guy) wonders what parts numbering system you use?

[@wingingittracy8508]

I have a model a I wanted to put a flathead in it but after 3 cracked blocks I can't afford to go that route. Another model A with a sbc 😢

[@theSkavenger84]

Is this the old cookie cutter factory?

[@mikebougher3731]

Just imagine if you still had all the gm sheetmetal you auctioned off!

[@IronTrapGarage]

So true!

[@TexTheMaster]

Hey I'll take some parts

[@stevenkarnisky411]

I hate to say it, but I am betting there will be another warehouse rental in Iron Trap's future.

[@geraldbellows8831]

I feel for you take a lot of old car parts to swap meets people walk by and talk about what they used to pay or have. Then you load back up and wonder why you saved this and that . If it’s not mint nobody wants to deal it or try to use.

[@donhoughton271]

Have a big big discount sale with all you really want to get rid of.😊why did you throw those plastic crates away?

[@bobparadis2398]

Get ready for all the why did you throw that away its worth $$$$$ comments. I know, I had a large collection of picked thru rusty broken Motorcycle parts I scrapped back in the day, you would have thought I was throwing NOS Vintage stuff in a hole. Funny, none of the whiners offer to buy any of it even for less then scrap value :)

[@IronTrapGarage]

So true

[@ChuckBarnes-kl2nb]

You need a much bigger warehouse for cheap rent. You work so hard to get the stuff fed to throw it away. Wow. Moon's tail is straight down

[@fastback1245]

This is the story of 10 lb of s*** in a 5 lb bag classic keep up the good work man

[@kathymitch-u9d]

thats a lot of parts

[@Airforce1Gunny]

time to get yourself a magnaflux kit.

[@IronTrapGarage]

They need to be pressure checked too

[@h5mind373]

Hit the nearest gym and ask half a dozen of the biggest dudes if they want to pump actual iron.

[@dennisschickling2249]

Nice Work. You needed a Dumptruck. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

[@georgeparker7409]

Tough to watch thru the tears!!!!!!!!!!

[@drewpierce2273]

I hope your accountant for your business finds a good tax right off for all the disposed parts.

[@catman19]

Why not put a second floor in the new warehouse? Bc your gonna need it!!

[@IronTrapGarage]

That’s the plan.

[@Lastrealjeep]

Matt does look like he's breaking up with the parts. lol

[@danielbuckner2167]

I saw some axles being tossed, how cheap y'all sell a 32 axle?

[@IronTrapGarage]

We didn’t throw away any 32 axles. Only cheap ones we might have would be bent or bowed and need repair

[@danielbuckner2167]

@@IronTrapGarage I'd ask if you do have any 32s but I probably should just look on the site. Thanks.

[@MrJeep75]

Are they going to tare that warehouse down?

[@IronTrapGarage]

Make it apartments

[@johnbeyl3892]

Can't save it all and not all is worth saving. Will the building be repurposed or torn down?

[@MartsGarage]

They said it will be converted to apartments.

[@4STEVEJOY34]

It would be nice if you could find a junk yard that would part that stuff out not just recycle it.

[@garysoykin2783]

Don't let the salvage yards screw you generators and starters are worth a lot more money than just scrap iron

[@IronTrapGarage]

We know. That’s why they went in a different truck. We separate out the good stuff