maestro489 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I've upgraded several of my accounts this summer which is great, but it has left me with a garage full of vending machines that I most likely will not put back out on location, they are just to old and out of date. What do you guys do with machines when you have no more use for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacanteen Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Lucky for me this is 1 block down the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coal River Vending Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 If they cannot be refurbed then I would sell the working parts on eBay and scrap the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maestro489 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 I figured scrapping would be the most common response. There are plenty of places around to take them but right now I don’t have a way to get them there. I know I could pay somebody but I’d rather not pay to throw something away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikVend Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sell as is or part out and scrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvending Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Scrap them after you be sure to scavenge out any common parts(motors, boards, spirals, harnesses). I hate when I scrap old machines then have a need for apart and have to buy new. You can probably get a Ryder or U-Haul with a gate for about 75 bucks and would most likely get a couple hundred bucks for a truckload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAVending Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 If you can hang on to them for a bit, sell as is on Craigslist. Can be a headache, but you can at least get something out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvending Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Selling these to someone on Craigslist is selling to your competition. They get them cheap and then try to place them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAVending Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, cvending said: Selling these to someone on Craigslist is selling to your competition. They get them cheap and then try to place them. Hadn’t considered that. I guess I don’t have a competitive enough mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jchunn28 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I strip off anything still good, remove the cooling decks, and a couple times a year I call the scrap yard and they bring me a roll off container. I spend a couple days loading it and then they come get it and I collect the money from them. Usually get couple hundred dollars from a 30 yard roll of container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southeast Treats Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 4 hours ago, lacanteen said: Lucky for me this is 1 block down the street. That is the cleanest looking scrapyard I have ever seen..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc vending Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Craigslist list if they work if not they get scrapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Honestly in my market there are so many machines for sale that scrapping them to deprive my competitors would be like pissing in the wind. If they are worth 100 or more I’ll sell on CL. With that said, most of the machines I’ve gotten rid of lately have been really old junk like flat face DN 440s, Rowe 4900s, and AP 4500s, which went to scrap. Or I’ll repurpose them, had a buddy that needed a secure locking box so I gutted a Rowe and riveted sheet metal on the front. Great for tools or as an ammo locker. Also turned an old AP into a paint booth for small parts. I’m fixing to make a sandblast cabinet out of whatever snack machine I junk next. I’m also toying with making a chilled air dryer by placing old AC condensers in a chilled, gutted single price DN. But I’m not even sure that it’s possible yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putrevus Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Crraigslist has become horrible, you cannot sell anything there anymore, there are too many scammers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe101us Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I’m my area only machines on CL IS bottler assets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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