A junkyard is more often than not called an automobile wreckers or a salvage yard. These facilities are places where people take totally wrecked, unusable or decommissioned vehicles for disposal. There are unique junkyards that are dedicated to boats, planes; motorcycles etc but by far the biggest number are for cars and trucks. A junkyard in Phoenix is usually a locally owned and operated business and end up being the destination for vehicles that are removed from accident sites or simply no longer function. Although the junkyard may be locally owned the age of computerization has allowed some yards to work in cooperation with others, allowing them to quickly source parts that they may not have available to satisfy a customer.
A junkyard in Phoenix is usually the final resting place for wrecked vehicles that are purchased directly from the owners or insurance companies; they also take vehicles that the authorities have been forced to remove as they have been abandoned. Most junkyards have wreckers or tow trucks of their own and can arrange to remove vehicles from where they lie. As vehicles are either brought in by owners or picked up by the junkyard they are inventoried; the manufacturer of the vehicle, the model and the year are logged as is a note of the general condition of the mechanical components and the body.
Once the vehicles have been inventories the junkyard operators set to dismantling the vehicle, they keep all parts which are salvageable and can be sold to people with a similar vehicle which is still in operating condition. That which cannot be sold is scrapped and sent to companies that do recycling. Parts that are kept are those which are in high demand; engines, transmissions, doors, windshields, starter motors, alternators, etc are just a few examples of what can be sold.
Over and above direct customers who will the junkyard in search of parts when they are repairing or rebuilding a vehicle, the junkyard in Phoenix is a key source for parts needed by auto repair service companies. Depending on the yard itself customers may be given the freedom to search the yard themselves for the parts they need, in other cases the junkyard personnel will have stripped the vehicles, inventories them and have them available off the shelf for the interested buyer. In some cases the junkyard may offer repair services themselves but more often simply sell the parts.
