200 grills need to be saved from the scrap yard in Northern Virginia!!!!!


 
Very good truth and similar ideas that I have tried to listen to from @Dave in KC who like you knows how to get to the point and move them through his garage. I guess I need to learn how, although I currently have mostly inventory of disassembled grill parts. If I had headed this advice and learned how to hone my skills like you two guys, my wife would have less issues with my grill hobby, although she would still resent the time spent. At least it would have been a money maker rather than a money consuming hobby.

Glad to hear my Trex idea on the Genesis II grills wasn't so far off. The "frame" (really just angle-bent steel) compromise was a really sad move by Weber on an otherwise nice-looking grill that had flashes of bringing back some of the classic features of the earlier Gennys. I guess that is why I like the open cart ones with two real wheels, slats on the bottom, and even an available crimson hood.
 
I guess I could say I’m borderline hoarding… but my reasoning is pretty simple. Someday Weber curb finds aren’t going to be the 1,x000, silvers and golds. The easiest and best grills I think Weber ever made.

I feel the demand will always be there, but the supply (and quality of it) is dwindling, and noticeably, only in the couple years I’ve been doing it.
 
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Yep....very true......In the short 5 years that I have been plowing through Weber flips I can clearly see the old classics getting harder and harder to find with good boxes....no pitting or holes. Frames can be fixed but even the sidewinders are showing that they are getting close to end of life due to box failures. Too many people using oven cleaners or very acidic cleaners and pressure washers and not rinsing or neutralizing thoroughly. Currently the front control Genny's still sell in a day or two but when you list a Gen II you get 20 people begging for them. So if ya wanna flip em...Gen II's are where the game is at. So far nobody wants a backyard full of 200 Weber grills.....even on a Weber forum. If I was single and had some land......... :)
 
Josh Dekubber said:
It is sad to see a Weber junkyard full of leftovers and definitely a hard sell even for free I think most people are more selective especially if they have been in the grill game for a while. I do wish him well.
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I agree 100%.

Expanding on Josh's post a little ....
The read and especially the pics last night gave me a headache.
If there was anyone out there that had the true means and resources
for this undertaking they would be very foolish to do so.
If you actually were close by, you could easily spend 5 to 10k just in
getting all of them moved and to develop a basic means of tracking
the inventory. Where would you put them? I would
certainly hope it wouldn't be in a wooded back yard, again. Covered,
or better yet, fully enclosed storage would be ideal. If you rented the
space, that would north of $500 per month I'm sure. Maybe much
higher depending on where you live.
You would likely need to use 10-15% of the inventory just for parts grills,
to reduce costs. In a perfect scenario, you would have the grills stored
onsite where you are refurbing them. Otherwise you are wasting lots of
time running back and forth.
Once you have the mess moved, sorted and ready to begin rehabs, an
experienced guy that is a go-getter could redo 10-12 grills per week
to a nice, fully serviceable condition. If you are working with classics,
doing complete teardowns, blasting fireboxes, yadda/yadda- reduce
that to 3 or 4 a week. Having the means and ability to do all of that,
does not take into account your market. Just because you can crank
out 10 a week, doesn't mean you can SELL 10 a week.
If you just brought 200 grills home, didn't have room or want to spend
the $$ to store properly, put them out back in the weeds, and
went from there, what are you going to do with them once they are
restored and you find that you have 20 prepped, ready, posted and
but only 1 or 2 buyers per week because tomorrow is Dec 1st?

Like Josh, I wish this guy well, but I really think he should be ready
to begin parting ways with his collection by any means necessary.
 
Jon Tofte said:
I am sworn off to buying ANYTHING more after going to Illinois to buy my capstone unicorn Vieluxe. But if I ever whittle down my collection of older grills for flipping before I am too old - or dead - to do more, I think I would leapfrog from x000 to Genesis II grills. To do those right means getting good at rust repairs. I have wondered if the bottom slats on the open cart models (my favorites) could be replaced with Trex or even nicely done wood. One of my very favorite Webers was the open cart Crimson with the extra sear burner. I think it would be fun to substitute stained wood on those slats and change the frame color and end caps from dark gray to black to make a "last redhead" grill.
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Yah, rust. My sworn enemy. The problem with those Gen2 grills, even the open cart ones is that the supports rust just as bad as the slats and those are welded in. So not easily replaced.
 
yep you guys are all correct. Especially about the being selective part. Anyone that knows the game is walking right past the Spirits and other fluff. Oh well........I will let you guys know how this pans out in the future. I will be plucking one and two at a time until they are gone.
 
I get big collections of metal stuff on a regular basis. The highest value is usually scrap metal once someone is ready to part with it.

If the collection owner is telling you they want the collection gone it’s already been picked over. The collector usually has talked about the collection with family and friends whether they are interested or not. So if anything good was there someone has already spoken for it. Gold, silver, Coca-Cola stuff is long gone.

Next thing is someone emotionally attached to the collection. If they or you are emotionally attached, walk away.

Figure out a timeframe for removal. Longer the better. If it’s short you have to charge.

If you are honest to yourself about your costs and you can figure out how many a day you can pickup and cash in you should know if you can worst case breakeven or not.

If you think you can at least breakeven and you are not just moving the collection to your storage you should be ok.
 
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