MMFJ
Well-known member
Here's a post I've been wanting to do for awhile - one that goes, step-by-step on what it is to do a nice load of computers.
Seems many people ask "is is worth it" and/or "is there really any profit", so I want to go through this load and weigh everything out for you so you can determine that for yourself.
Here's the starting post, with the load "FRESH OFF THE TRUCK"
Exact count coming, but there's close to 100 carcasses (most complete computers, but some we know are empty)
These are supposed to be "complete", though some of the parts were given to me separately (a stack of 486s, other motherboards, hard drives, etc.) so it is hard to say that is true or not, but the end result is, to me, what is important.
So you know, I paid $300 for the load and rented a U-Haul on a weekend day (wow, that $.89/mile really adds up!). Paid $25.50 for gas upon return and will get the final mileage bill when I turn it in tomorrow (they are already closed for the day, but I rented it where I warehouse, so easy to turn in!)
There will be three of us tearing them apart in the morning, plus the 3 man-hours we put in today to go get them and off load in the warehouse.
My thought is to come up with a total for
- total man hours to take them down
- number of 'computers' (those that are at least mostly complete)
- pounds of
-- "farm fresh" computers (as they sit now) - I want this determination so I can see how my calculations fit against the 'guesstimate' I paid him
-- 'large' motherboards
-- 'small' motherboards
-- 'Chinese' motherboards
-- various processors (we know there are 486, PII and PIII - I did also see one P4 in there)
-- ram
-- hard drives
-- gold fingered cards
---(perhaps separate the cards and fingers to get a good detail?)
-- scrap metal, scrap plastic and wire are, to me, not part of the equation - too hard to mess with for the reward of knowledge (likely we won't get an exact count - just too much trouble)
So, "watch this space" as they say, for details on how this comes out. I believe that we will see there IS profit to be made - just how much? We'll find out tomorrow!
We will start disassembly in the morning so anything you want to know about this, please post it NOW!
Seems many people ask "is is worth it" and/or "is there really any profit", so I want to go through this load and weigh everything out for you so you can determine that for yourself.
Here's the starting post, with the load "FRESH OFF THE TRUCK"
Exact count coming, but there's close to 100 carcasses (most complete computers, but some we know are empty)
These are supposed to be "complete", though some of the parts were given to me separately (a stack of 486s, other motherboards, hard drives, etc.) so it is hard to say that is true or not, but the end result is, to me, what is important.
So you know, I paid $300 for the load and rented a U-Haul on a weekend day (wow, that $.89/mile really adds up!). Paid $25.50 for gas upon return and will get the final mileage bill when I turn it in tomorrow (they are already closed for the day, but I rented it where I warehouse, so easy to turn in!)
There will be three of us tearing them apart in the morning, plus the 3 man-hours we put in today to go get them and off load in the warehouse.
My thought is to come up with a total for
- total man hours to take them down
- number of 'computers' (those that are at least mostly complete)
- pounds of
-- "farm fresh" computers (as they sit now) - I want this determination so I can see how my calculations fit against the 'guesstimate' I paid him
-- 'large' motherboards
-- 'small' motherboards
-- 'Chinese' motherboards
-- various processors (we know there are 486, PII and PIII - I did also see one P4 in there)
-- ram
-- hard drives
-- gold fingered cards
---(perhaps separate the cards and fingers to get a good detail?)
-- scrap metal, scrap plastic and wire are, to me, not part of the equation - too hard to mess with for the reward of knowledge (likely we won't get an exact count - just too much trouble)
So, "watch this space" as they say, for details on how this comes out. I believe that we will see there IS profit to be made - just how much? We'll find out tomorrow!
We will start disassembly in the morning so anything you want to know about this, please post it NOW!