Reed's Auto Salvage

What happens when ... your vehicle is towed

Everyone has seen cars stranded on the side of the road But, what happens to the vehicles once they're towed away?

Quick Tips for Scrapping

If you are looking for money-making quick tips for scrapping, you have come to the right place. The iScrap App team shows you some tips for your metals.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

How to Sort Scrap Metal

Selling scrap metal can be a great way to supplement your income, or you can do it full time. Before you can sell your scrap metal to a scrap yard, you need to separate the different metals in your scrap. A scrap magnet will help you...

How to Sell Scrap Metal for Money

Many millions of tons of scrap is sitting unused in garages and basements, but taking that haul to the scrapyard to sell can be an intimidating process. We walk you through our own trip to sell some steel at a Detroit area scrapyard.

10 Cars That Can Run For Over 250,000 Miles

While just about any car these days can clock a quarter million miles if an owner throws enough money at it in terms of ongoing repairs and upkeep – some models tend to be more enjoyable to own and hold together better over the long haul than others.<br>To determine which would be the most likely ne

How Is Scrap Metal Consumed?

Scrap metal can serve a variety of purposes for both public and private sectors. Reusing this versatile material is a great way to do your part for the environment while helping someone else get new use out of an old material. Keep reading to learn more about how scrap metal is used and how it …

Bring tools to Salvage Yards

Most of us know that you need to take along basic tools like a spanner, screwdriver, pliers, hammer and some wires to hold parts in place when looking for junk yard parts. You need these tools because junkyards don’t pull your chosen parts and hand them over to you. You need to do all the...

How the automotive supply chain crisis is leading to efficiency and investment opportunity

Investing in a phase of heavy contraction would reward investors with a long-term horizon because they would benefit when stocks ‘wildly’ outperform in the recovery stage

How Labeling Car Parts Works in the Automotive Supply Chain

Car part labeling systems are key tools for a car manufacturer's supply chain. They help to save time, reduce costs and improve accuracy.

Building a Common Framework for Reducing Emissions in the Automotive Supply Chain

Tracking GHG emissions is a challenge in the auto industry. But for component suppliers, reporting emissions may be an even bigger issue. These businesses work with a multitude of OEMs, each one asking for Scope 3 GHG emissions data.

Could automotive supply chain snap?

DETROIT — A combination of rebounding sales and an unprecedented number of new models in the works has stretched the auto parts supply chain so taut that the entire industry is holding its collective breath that it does not snap and jeopardize the recovery.

How to Shop a Salvage Yard

What Should You Bring to a Salvage Yard

One thing you need to remember if you want to look for used car parts at the junkyard is that you need to bring your own tools. Don’t think or assume that the salvage yard will rent out tools for you to use by the hour or something! So if it’s the first time you...

Why be just an "automotive stamper"?

What's the difference? An “automotivated stamper” actively seeks out the root causes of waste and inefficiency in their stamping processes. They are not satisfied with the status quo. They believe the

The Complete Guide to Automotive Sub-Brands

From Abarth to Wilderness, an exhaustive look at automakers' built wild attempts to make fetch happen.

Building a Reliable Supply Chain in the Automotive Industry

The strength of the automotive industry’s global supply chains has been tested in ways that we could only ever have dreamed. Now, it's created new ways for automotive supply chains to transform.

Nets and harpoons: how to clear space of junk

There are hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk whizzing around in Earth’s orbit and even a fleck of paint can do serious damage to spacecraft from a fast-growing satellite industry worth billions of dollars. Researchers are tackling the problem with chaser satellites, nets and even harpoons.