Salvage yards around the country take on different salvage items for different reasons. As an example, you might stop by a salvage yard that is also known as a reclamation yard you might see stone statues, roof tiles and other manner of reclaimed items from homes and buildings. However, if you pass by a salvage yard that sells car parts—otherwise known as a wrecking yard, a scrap yard or a car breakers yard—you will see old battered cars, trucks and vans which have been involved in accidents or just died from old age.
How a Salvage Yard Works
Generally speaking, when a car is involved in an accident there are a few scenarios that can come from that situation. Firstly, the car could be towed to a garage for fixing. Secondly, the car could be towed to the owner’s home and thirdly, it could be towed to the insurance company because of the damage being so severe it needs to be assessed with a view to totaling it.
Once the insurance company has assessed the vehicle at the place where it was towed, it can be either repaired or written-off. If it was written off then it will end up in a salvage yard in Cheltenham, London, Liverpool, Newcastle or wherever else. The owner of the vehicle must then hand the vehicle to the scrap dealer and complete the appropriate sections on the V5C registration form and send it to the DVLA.
The salvage yard can then take out the parts that are still good on the car, such as the alternator, engine, wheels, doors and any other piece of the vehicle. Some yards will take out the parts themselves while others will expect the customer to retrieve it themselves. However, most yards will have a person who will retrieve the part for the customer.
Because of the space limitation most salvage yards will leave most vehicle parts on the vehicle until a customer comes to ask about them. With that, they will check their catalog as to availability and then retrieve the said part for the customer. Charges for parts are usually based on second hand prices rather than brand new and aftermarket charges.
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