New Mexico Recycler Begins Car Crushing Project

Albuquerque Car Crushers, located in Albuquerque, N.M., will be starting a project to crush jumped automobiles in Grant County, N.M., this week. The company has moved a mobile MAC car crusher to a site in the county, and is expected to process between 1,500-2,000 automobiles in the county.

Vences Trujillo, with Albuquerque Car Crushers, says the company will be at the site in the county for at least 60 days. The company moved a loader to the site Nov. 14^th, and expect to be processing material by Nov. 18^th.

This is not the first time the company has instituted a program to crush vehicles in a particular county: Trujillo says that earlier this year the company conducted a similar program in a Colorado county

The program does not cost anything to residents. The only stipulations is that batteries are removed before crushing and the gasoline is drained from the vehicle before they are shipped to be crushed.

The timing also is ideal, Trujillo notes, as some scrap processors and dismantlers are facing license renewal time, and are attempting to get rid of many of the excess vehicles on their sites.

According to local press reports, in addition to automobiles, the company will be taking in refrigerators, stoves and other metal appliances.

Freon must be removed from freezers and refrigerators prior to crushing, he added.

While the car crushing operation could take in quite a few cars, Albuquerque Car Crushers expects to ship the cars out quickly to end destinations. With a fair amount of backhauling options available, the company expects it will be able to move the crushed vehicles to a number of locations in the Southwest, including CMC, Chapparal, and other sites with auto shredders. Further, the company will use its own trucks to move the vehicles.

While the company is geared toward ensuring success of the Grant County project, Albuquerque Car Crushers also is looking at putting together a similar program in the city of Albuquerque.