The Future of Vehicle Recycling - Cars stripped, boxed and on eBay within hours!

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In this salvage yard tour episode Jonny also follows the full strip down of a Tesla Model S dual motor and a new 2019 Mini Cooper. The 'disassembly lines' showcase this brand new factory style method of dismantling cars for salvage and parts re-use. Within a few hours the parts will have come off the car, been catalogued, photographed, packaged, shelved and uploaded to eBay for purchase. Many of them can be delivered next. It's an impressive system, and one that champions a circular economy (and doesn't rely on supply chains of new OEM or pattern parts).

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:43 Car's fate decided
2:40 Meet the boss
3:18 The fuel farm
4:00 Fluid removal
4:50 High value dismantling
5:09 STRIPPING TESLA MODEL S
7:35 Tesla battery removal
8:20 Tesla motor removal
9:15 Vehicle disassembly line!
10:50 Stripping stations
11:58 2019 Mini Cooper STRIP DOWN
14:36 The big tilt arm
17:22 Giant engine dishwasher
17:49 Photo booth
18:25 What sells?
19:05 5500 car parts removed per week
19:44 Amazon style warehousing

#crushingcarsatjunkyard #teslasbatteryremoval #vehicledismantling #thelatebrakeshow

[joelfigueira]

Brilliant watch makes me more confident in getting OEM parts from eBay motors

[PaddyWV]

You know you're getting old when they all look too new!

[burnzy]

Any system setup to allow people to buy parts with plenty of life left in them like this has my absolute support. Great to see some light light shined on this type of operation. Let's try to keep cars on the road instead of rushing to make more!

[Junkyard_Jerry]

As someone from Midwestern US who is in the Auto Recycling business, this is a really advanced way of recycling cars. It cannot be understated how much waste there is in this business from a car guy’s perspective.

[nonya]

I manage an indoor salvage yard and I will watch this video for inspiration. I’ve been in the business for 15 years and still love it. I hope one day to be like Trent or better

[pakilford]

What an amazing company. And a CEO that had a vision for recycling. Well done Trent.

[lunavx]

I miss the days of climbing over old cars finding parts in scrap yards, used to be an adventure :)

[PortalFPV]

Wow, you guys are killing it! The speed in which everything is done is just baffling. Here in the states we take our vast amount of land for granted. I can't imaging how many thousands of Pick n Pull lots there are where cars just sit for years and years out in the elements destroying most interiors and fluids just leak all over the place. It's a total disgrace.
I really hope THIS becomes the new normal

[richardgiles]

It's really good to see this happening 👏 we have a few estate's in South Wales that can do this in under half an hour if the police don't turn up 😂

[shin]

Imagine going to work, parking in the wrong spot and finding your car in a box by the end of your shift.

Great episode!

[BeanoMark]

Another example, shared by you Jonny, of a CEO knowing every substance of the business. Every single step. All of it. He’s the guy you want to work for.

[georgebutts]

The Trent family should be congratulated.
The money they have spent setting this up will be mind blowing. Look at the jobs they have created. We need more families like them.

[kmg]

Congratulations to Trent and his entire team. This is an inspiring and appreciated operation.

[FirstDan]

This was eye opening. I didn't know scrappers were so up to date. The days of climbing inside the third car up, and using the door mirrors as steps are long gone.
These guys have got a really slick operation going on.

[fransb]

I'm deeply impressed by the scale of this operation and the vision that made it happen. Incredible.

[wannabemedontu]

This is incredible and makes so much sense. Much better than garbage parts from after marketers.

[TheRampax]

This is great to see, and actually gives me a little hope. What still bothers me however is how little damage it takes for a car to be "written off" / "not worth repairing". Some of the cars at the beginning looked in very decent condition, and were not even old. I'm sure in most of Europe these would just be repaired and run for another 15 years.

[artic]

I think its actually really sad that this is so revolutionary and impressive. This should have been done for so long tbh. Great that there are scrapyards like this in existence. Why would you waste everything if there is still many parts functioning in it.

[Coverly]

One of the most interesting episodes to date & refreshing to see a CEO/Owner that REALLY knows how his business works. Good job all round.

[NiranjanDecember]

Feel so happy to see there is someone concerned about environment. This is so much better than directly crushing a car. Great work team Trent!👍