Auto salvage yards like LKQ Pick A Part, Pick N Pull and Pull A Part are great for our communities, they help us keep old cars and trucks from rusting away, dripping their hazardous fluids into our yards by recycling old clunkers.

Whenever there is a car accident, you can count on local junkyards to help keep those junked damaged or broken-down vehicles off the streets.

Sometimes auto insurance companies write off a total loss of a vehicle, it's cheaper to get a new one than it is to repair it, but those vehicles still have auto parts that are fully functional and deserve a second chance.

LKQ PICK A PART SELF SERVICE JUNKYARDS

With over 70 locations across the USA and Canada, LKQ Pick Your Part has one of the largest inventories of junk cars of every vehicle makes and models, their yards open 8 00am to 5 00pm 7 days a week.

LKQ buys used cars, the price for any vehicle will vary depending on scrap prices for that day, week or month, make sure you call them ahead to get an over the phone quote, it's better to know how much they will pay you so that you can shop around for the best prices from all buyers.

In case the vehicle doesn't run, you need to make sure they include the tow on the price, some buyers don't tell you about the tow cost until they are there with your car on their tow truck, some will even want you to pay them just to have your car taken down, in case you don't agree with the new proposal they are giving you.

LKQ is a great company and will work with you all the way through the process of buying your vehicle.

Pick Your Part self-service junkyards or you pull it has high quality cars and truck parts for you to pull from, this is a simple process, but you need to know how and have the tools to be able do it.

The process is very simple as 1,2,3:

1 Bring your tools.

2 Pull The part out.

3 Pay for the part.

There is a small entrance fee when you enter a U Pull It junkyard, but before you pay it and go in, make sure you ask them for an interexchange lookup, you need to find out what vehicles in the yard carry the part you are looking for. Just because your part belongs to a specific model, it doesn't mean it won't be on another vehicle from the same manufacturer.

You see, car manufacturers use the same part on multiple makes and models, so you could be looking for an alternator for a Toyota Camry, but a Toyota Tacoma may have the same one too, so it's best to know what vehicles carry the part, how many they have and where they are located in the yard.

Pick-n-Pull JUNKYARDS

Pick N PULL or Pick and Pull are the second largest self-service auto salvage yards in the USA and Canada, with over 50 locations all over the USA and Canada you bet you can find the car part you need to get back on the road at a low discounted price.

Pick N Pull prides themselves on having an abundant of vehicles in their junkyards, junk cars inventory can be the make or break on any small junkyard, so how do they keep such a fresh inventory? They buy cars and offer free pick up on every purchase, other companies like LKQ and Pull A Part will charge you or give you less money if their tow truck driver has to come to you to pick up the vehicle.

Auto part pricing depends on location, some parts are cheaper at different stores, but the prices are low though, if you try to get an aftermarket part you will pay less than dealer prices, but you could be paying double of what the same part could cost you at the local junk yard. Shop around before you commit to buy the part. Many stores want you order the part over the phone and are willing to take a credit card over the phone, as long as you don't buy it from someone else.

PICK-N_PULL buys and sells cars, yes this is something not many salvage yards are doing, selling cars requires a dealer license, they need to make sure the vehicle is drivable, safe and meets minimum requirements.

PULL-A-PART SALVAGE YARDS

PULL A PART is another large salvage yard and scrap yard in the USA, it counts with over 25 locations mainly in the South East part of the USA, their yards are very clean and well organized.

Part prices at PULL A PART are exceptional, no matter what vehicle you pull the part for, you pay the same price, truck van or car have all the same prices.

While is easy to find the parts on any of their locations, you need to bring your own tools and the know how to pull the parts out, if you have no experience working on a clunkers junked damaged car, you could ask at the entrance for one of the mechanics that work in the yard, they don't work for PULL A PART, but they help people take parts out for a small fee, they could even help you install it in your car.

PULL A PART buys junk cars, they say “Even if the vehicle it's broken we'll buy it”. Another big business is scrap metal recycling, scrap yards like Pull-A-Part buy all kinds of ferrous metals and vehicles to scrap and sell to auto manufacturers to make new vehicles from.

They recycle over 80% of the vehicle, and even those vehicles that got scraped in the junkyard by us, they eventually get back to the scrap yard to be crushed and shredded.

WARRANTY ON USED AUTO PARTS

NOT every junkyard will offer you any type of warranty on used auto parts, basically you buy it, you are stock with it, BUT companies like LKQ Pick Your Part, PULL A PART, PICK N PULL do offer a warranty on most parts.

A nonrefundable part exchange is offer for almost every purchase, in case the part is defective, doesn't work or it doesn't fit your vehicle. If something like this happens you can bring the part back, pull it again from another vehicle and try again, you have 30 days warranty where you can pull the part as many times as you want until you get it right.

Beware of small mom and pops junkyards as many of them will not offer you a replacement warranty, or even if they do, they may not have another vehicle in their yard to supply the part you need.

The best junkyard is the one closest to you, the one that has the part at the price you are willing to pay, or the one that offers you the most money for your junked vehicle.