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Posted: 1/27/2015 9:33:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/27/2015 10:35:42 PM EDT
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Had a rash of them a couple years back. Dodge trucks were a common target as they bolted the cats in making for an easy removal. Local dealers started welding them and problem seems to have decreased to where I no longer hear about it.
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Posted: 1/28/2015 12:04:57 AM EDT
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Platinum in the cats?
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Posted: 1/28/2015 5:25:05 AM EDT
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We've had runs of that. Usually cutting out the catalytic converters for the scrap value. It's easy now with cordless saws.
It's usually the same people hitting a bunch of vehicles in a short period of time. |
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Posted: 1/28/2015 11:53:39 AM EDT
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All the freaking time... watch car lots and rental truck lots like u-haul pensky etc. You will get em
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Posted: 1/28/2015 10:06:06 PM EDT
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Havent had a run on Diesel cats per se but we usually have a pretty steady rate of cat thefts in general, despite catching a few people every month. Appearanlty lots of goodies inside a cat, lol.
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Posted: 1/28/2015 10:07:26 PM EDT
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Platinum in the cats? I think there is another metal too that they are getting, cant think of it off the top of my head right now. A couple of years ago they were getting just over $100 per cat at our local scrap yards. J- |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 4:45:50 AM EDT
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I think there is another metal too that they are getting, cant think of it off the top of my head right now. A couple of years ago they were getting just over $100 per cat at our local scrap yards. J- Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Platinum in the cats? I think there is another metal too that they are getting, cant think of it off the top of my head right now. A couple of years ago they were getting just over $100 per cat at our local scrap yards. J- Platinum, palladium, and rhodium. (thanks Wiki. Knew the first two, rhodium was new to me!) Right now, platinum is $1223/ozt, palladium is $777/ozt, and rhodium is $1145/ozt. A troy ounce is 31 grams ... so if a cat has a couple grams of each in it, melt value is easily $200. Knock off the cost of refining and I can see a scrap yard paying $75-100/cat. 
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Posted: 1/30/2015 5:39:18 PM EDT
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Platinum, palladium, and rhodium. (thanks Wiki. Knew the first two, rhodium was new to me!) Right now, platinum is $1223/ozt, palladium is $777/ozt, and rhodium is $1145/ozt. A troy ounce is 31 grams ... so if a cat has a couple grams of each in it, melt value is easily $200. Knock off the cost of refining and I can see a scrap yard paying $75-100/cat. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Platinum in the cats? I think there is another metal too that they are getting, cant think of it off the top of my head right now. A couple of years ago they were getting just over $100 per cat at our local scrap yards. J- Platinum, palladium, and rhodium. (thanks Wiki. Knew the first two, rhodium was new to me!) Right now, platinum is $1223/ozt, palladium is $777/ozt, and rhodium is $1145/ozt. A troy ounce is 31 grams ... so if a cat has a couple grams of each in it, melt value is easily $200. Knock off the cost of refining and I can see a scrap yard paying $75-100/cat. Damn where's my sawzall at. Lol J- |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 6:17:04 PM EDT
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Damn where's my sawzall at. Lol J- Around here they only allow you to scrap one a day and the get a copy of your DL and take your photo. It's also felony theft................. 
The dealerships have been stamping vins in cats. |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 10:29:05 PM EDT
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Around here they only allow you to scrap one a day and the get a copy of your DL and take your photo. It's also felony theft.................
The dealerships have been stamping vins in cats. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Damn where's my sawzall at. Lol J- Around here they only allow you to scrap one a day and the get a copy of your DL and take your photo. It's also felony theft.................
The dealerships have been stamping vins in cats. Which is likely why thefts have dropped off there. When you make crime difficult it drops off. Good on the dealers! |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:39:03 AM EDT
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Around here they only allow you to scrap one a day and the get a copy of your DL and take your photo. It's also felony theft.................
The dealerships have been stamping vins in cats. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Damn where's my sawzall at. Lol J- Around here they only allow you to scrap one a day and the get a copy of your DL and take your photo. It's also felony theft.................
The dealerships have been stamping vins in cats. They do that around here too, but I work 30 minutes outside of Detroit, so you could back up a dump truck full of Cats and tell em you name is Donald Duck and you would be GTG. J- |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:20:47 PM EDT
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We have been dealing with this for several years too. Dodges seem to be the biggest targets as well.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 10:21:37 PM EDT
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Platinum, palladium, and rhodium. (thanks Wiki. Knew the first two, rhodium was new to me!) Right now, platinum is $1223/ozt, palladium is $777/ozt, and rhodium is $1145/ozt. A troy ounce is 31 grams ... so if a cat has a couple grams of each in it, melt value is easily $200. Knock off the cost of refining and I can see a scrap yard paying $75-100/cat. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Platinum in the cats? I think there is another metal too that they are getting, cant think of it off the top of my head right now. A couple of years ago they were getting just over $100 per cat at our local scrap yards. J- Platinum, palladium, and rhodium. (thanks Wiki. Knew the first two, rhodium was new to me!) Right now, platinum is $1223/ozt, palladium is $777/ozt, and rhodium is $1145/ozt. A troy ounce is 31 grams ... so if a cat has a couple grams of each in it, melt value is easily $200. Knock off the cost of refining and I can see a scrap yard paying $75-100/cat. Wow. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 2:30:35 AM EDT
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Cordless sawzalls and shady scrappers. Attack it at the point of sale. Make business with thieves unprofitable and they will move to the next scam.
When they start collecting DL's, plates, and photos of sellers and trucks it can help to slow it down. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 2:52:17 AM EDT
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I replaced the exhaust on my 2005 Magnum with a new system (headers, cats, mufflers). I kept all the old stuff in case I wanted to go back to stock. After I sold the car I took the old exhaust - which only had about 5,000 miles on it- to a scrap yard. They looked at me like I was crook. I got 50$ for the cats.
Yeah - CSB. |
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Posted: 2/1/2015 3:36:47 AM EDT
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Cordless sawzalls and shady scrappers. Attack it at the point of sale. Make business with thieves unprofitable and they will move to the next scam. When they start collecting DL's, plates, and photos of sellers and trucks it can help to slow it down. that may work in certain areas but not in others. When the scrap yards are shady too, there is no point at which to attack. see my above post ref where I work. J- |
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