240zphilly Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 (edited) I'm up in the high desert northwest of Barstow and was wondering how I could get rid of a non rolling body from a 73 z... I'm considering taking off all the brakes and suspension parts, but I dont want to be stuck with a 1500 or so pound lawn ornament. Any help would be appreciated. Edited for the capitalization police, save they lock this thread too. Edited January 2, 2011 by 240zphilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 These guys will give you a quote over the phone. I don't know how wide their range is but might be worth a call. http://www.picknpull.com/locations.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zphilly Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 (edited) Thanks, any other suggestions in case that falls through? Edited January 2, 2011 by 240zphilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Oh, PNP will not fall through, likely you will just have to pay them to haul it off. Usually $40. They only pay money for complete vehicles. If it's incomplete, you will pay to have it hauled off. Ask me how I know... "BUY?" If you have a title, you can GIVE it to me, I might come get it with my trailer. And buddy, that's going to be your only hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zphilly Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 I have no issues breaking him off some money to take it. I just need to know that he'll take it before I start dissecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Find out what they will accept, they have been known to say 'no' if it's something that needs to be manhandled too much to get it on the truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zphilly Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'll give them a call tomorrow to make sure before I go any further with the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I have called them, then put the car up on stumps and stripped the undercarrige. They weren't happy about that, but my spraypainting 'PYP CALLED FOR PICKUP 12/12/08' on both sides of the car kinda forced their hand. Left my wife with $40 and said "just play dumb and say 'it was complete when we pushed that damn thing out there last night! Kids in the neighborhood probably stripped it, it had nice aluminum wheels on it!' when they come to pick it up." It worked, they took it and didn't charge me. But I didn't get the $40 they said they would give me either! That thing weighed huge, I had filled in the interior of the car with old compressor elements (6 of them at 322# each!)and all sort of stuff from around the yard. My wife said they had problems getting it up on the back of the truck with their winch. They got a lot of scrap out of that one. Not many saleable parts, but LOTS of scrap---they can't complain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zphilly Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 HAHA nice one, hopefully they come through. Woke up this morning with three or four inches of snow on my cars, are you anywhere near Barstow, Tony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 215 / 60 Split Moreno Valley-Riverside Did my time on the wash racks at Ft Irwin changing filters in water up to my waist... I had the compressed air service contract out there for a couple of years. Fun Fun Fun... But a better commute than going into freakin' OC on the 91 during rush hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zphilly Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Yea I've been up here at Irwin for the past two years, moving to South Korea this summer. going to have to transport the wife and Z back east until I get back stateside, when we make the move to Colorado. Hooah, not. Do you work for an air compressor company? Edited January 3, 2011 by 240zphilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yep... Just came back from Korea as a matter of fact. More time in China recently than any place else. Well, going to Korea now you get a much better than average chance of standing on alert more often than not. Lots of sabre rattling up north. I got to go to Anshan China in late January...wonderful! North Korean Border not that far away... I get to learn about the Frozen Chosun firsthand! Spent my time there, 3 weeks short of actually getting a short (remote) tour ribbon out of it. They cancelled my last TDY there so I could go go NCO Leadership School. Told 'em: I'm not re-enlisting, I don't NEED NCO leadership school! I would like to have the cool remote tour ribbon on my blouse though... In the service's way of logical progression I was then pulled from NCO Leadership School AND didn't go on the TDY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zphilly Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 LOL its seem the more things change, the more they stay the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zphilly Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 As far as Kim Jong Il is concerned, I'm a tanker by trade, as such although I promote diplomacy before all else, I secretly hope for the all else. Nothing like watching a 120mm main gun round glowing across three grid squares before meeting its final destination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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