We have been trying to sell a CO2 extractor for like 2 years now so we can stop paying to store it, but the values of this stuff have fallen so hard that no one wants it even basically giving it away.
We’re considering trying to scrap it for the 400+ lbs of stainless. Has anyone here done this and was it a good move?
It was a $100k machine, it seems like an extreme choice but we’re not sure what to do.
Thanks.
It’s about 30 cents a pound in ca. I bought A tamiusium years back and it’s now a giant paper weight.
maybe trade it for something someone else considers worthless, that has value to you
Where is the unit located?
North county san diego
It happens all the time in manufacturing, unfortunately. I spend more time fighting to make sure capital isn’t spent on equipment we don’t need / can’t fit / wouldn’t fit our process than I do on scoping out new equipment. So often people think you can throw money / new equipment at a problem, and that will be the panacea.
A robust capital approval process can help prevent this kind of thing, but it still can happen. But when it does happen, you just have to write it off, cut your losses, and don’t hold on to junk because of the sunk cost. Sometimes the manufacturer might be willing to buy it back in exchange for a discount on another purchase (if you’re buying other equipment from them).
So, tiny.
Vitalis Q90’s - $750k+ MSRP - go for ~$20k at auction.
Depending on what it is, as a guess you might get someone to take it for $5k.
Open to the idea, but business is defunct.
I think we’re down to $3500 and still no interest. Just had a $2k pump rebuild too.
We got a lot of use out of it, but everyone upscaled while we were shut down trying to get a license, suddenly we could buy distillate cheaper than we could make it. We were going to keep it to extract terpenes, but then we never got to open…
Dang, its worth less in scrap than we will have to pay to move it. I guess we should have just abandoned it at our old location to let the prick landlord than screwed us deal with.
Thanks.
Woof! That sucks…
IIRC I pay $1/lb for stainless at the local salvage yard.
Even at that price it would probably cost more to get it up here to Eugene than you’d make selling it to me.
Already asked the boss, he didn’t bite.
Guessing it weighs in below 500lb
seems like the swagelok fittings and coil could be sold separately without a lot of trouble?
Where have you listed it for sale?
There are some auction sites that you can negotiate having your gear attached to big lots, you might have some luck if you can sneak it into one of the many cannabis processing facility liquidation sales.
Selling them isn’t the hard part.
Taking them all off, taking inventory, taking pictures, making an ad, etc - that’s the hard part.
@VincentBrick I might know someone who would be interested in picking it up for more than it’s worth as as scrap. I’ve sent them a message.
Dm me. I have this machine
I’ll take another for cheap to free for taking it off your hands provided it’s complete.
It has the compressor?
Nope…
This looks like the system you saved me from buying a few years back @cyclopath
That wasn’t me…
Here, Ebay, Craigslist and Marketplace. Don’t know of anywhere else to list, we don’t have any industry connections.
I’m not sure how to accomplish what you just described, but would love to hear more info.