Friday, February 15, 2019

a train derailment sure destroyed a lot of new cars... and I bet they weren't stripped for spare parts.


imagine having the job at the factory of tearing apart delivery wrecks to reuse good parts. Rims and tires for example, there's no harm in tossing those on new cars, and whatever doesn't get damaged in the train wreck, that doesn't have a VIN, seems like a good source of parts for new cars. Let a QA/QC check them out, and re-use them

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4 comments:

  1. I don't know about back then but today they would be crushed. I work for a manufacture's finance company so I've seen it happen for less. We had some new cars get hit with hail before delivery to the dealers. If the back glass busted out they were crushed.

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    1. yeah, there's a reason, legally, that anything that gets damaged must be crushed, liability and lawyers no doubt. It's seriously a bad thing, with all the good parts that are destroyed instead of being conserved, and reused

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  2. When Henry was building Model-Ts they had a recycling department at the factory. They would tear down wrecks, reused parts, especially upholstery stuffing, steering wheels, wood floors and glass, then melt the rest down in the iron mill.

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    1. So, could you say that Henry was ahead of his time when it came to recycling? Kind a sounds that way to me.

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