Eric Garside Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Pull and Save/Spaldins is a opening a new "you pull it lot" in Mead. They will have 20 acres of just inventory (their current lot is about 20 acres with the buildings and back storage). It will be located on the corner of Parksmith Drive and Market Street, near the new 395 corridor. They are shooting for a late october opening but there isn't an exact date yet. Im super stoked and you can bet your Datsun luvin ass that I will be there opening day!!! Quote Link to comment
Emptytank Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Pull and Save/Spaldins is a opening a new "you pull it lot" in Mead. They will have 20 acres of just inventory (their current lot is about 20 acres with the buildings and back storage). It will be located on the corner of Parksmith Drive and Market Street, near the new 395 corridor. They are shooting for a late october opening but there isn't an exact date yet. Im super stoked and you can bet your Datsun luvin ass that I will be there opening day!!! Mead? isn't that really just "North Hillyard"? Keep us posted on Datsun parts, there are a lot of them in the Northwest Quote Link to comment
Eric Garside Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Pretty much... They have more or less merged together. I will keep all my fellow ratsuners posted on Datto parts for sure!! Quote Link to comment
Creepy Cruiser Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I was wondering when they were going to open. (been waiting myself, lol.) Quote Link to comment
Eric Garside Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I was wondering when they were going to open. (been waiting myself, lol.) You live in the area?? Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Yeah, creepy is in Spokane. Owns Graveyard Graphics. I'm torn between thinking the new pull and save is a good thing or not. The pick and pull has dirt cheap prices but doesn't take anything back. For me, I'd much rather do it that way. PNS tends to be greedy, a lot of times they dick you for every little thing. Like if you pull a motor, you better pull the distributor, carburetor, etc. Otherwise they charge you extra which is bullshit. A motor should include everything on the block. Sometimes they're not too bad, but unlike pick n pull, which operates just for the amusement of having a wrecking yard, PNS is a business. Granted a business should make money, but a lot of the old shit we try and grab, they want a premium for. They also are getting anal about charging cores. And when you're building 510s, you usually don't have cores for things you're buying because you're using parts from other rigs. I suppose we'll see when it opens, I just hope it doesn't become too expensive to be any value. If that happens, they'll just make their money crushing cars, which means less Datsuns and Datsun parts for us. Quote Link to comment
Eric Garside Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I see where your coming from. I have 620's though so its a little different. I thought pick and pull was a joke... He didnt have very much for inventory and what he did have was pretty well stripped... Quote Link to comment
Creepy Cruiser Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Yep, Fred (the owner of Pick N Pull) ROCKS. I love his place. I hope it doesn't impact him too much. I'm thinking it might tend to bring some people his way also though, because they will be so close by. (kind of like when furniture stores all seem to be located next to each other). I love Pick N Pull myself, it has a much better home type feel to it, lol. The one plus to pull n save is, they turn a lot of cars very quickly, so the inventory is always changing. Quote Link to comment
Eric Garside Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Creepy, Do you know Dave Price? He was (maybe still is) in a mini-truck club in spokane. drives a 90's standard cab short bed chevy bagged and has the '99 front end conversion. He is one of my buddies from sandpoint and it seemed like he always had graveyard graphic stickers. Quote Link to comment
Creepy Cruiser Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Yep, I've known Dave for years. Great guy. Next time you talk to him, have him call me, I've been meaning to come over and hang out. Quote Link to comment
Eric Garside Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 What a small world... I will tell him Quote Link to comment
wildmaninid Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Oh this is like a family reunion. Hi five for the only other person here to work for spaldings besides me! 1 Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Yeah, I wonder how many tons of cars have been crushed over the years at Spaldings? I'm sure the actual figure would be staggering. Todd, as for Pick n Pull, it's pretty much the last gasp. From what I gathered talking to his daughter he's not really going to try and compete, in fact, pick n pull may not be around much longer as a wrecking yard. Sad, but it's not worth it to him. And really it's a pretty hard battle to fight. Spalding's has the buying power in the area. However, Whitey's and Bill's Ford and Jeeps are still doing well I think, so there is at least a little competition. On an unrelated note/thread hijacking, did you hear the Hot Rod Cafe (Post Falls) closed their doors the other day? Truly shitty. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Used to live on Shady Slope road as a kid and walk to the little store just south of the high school. That new interchange going in there has sure change things up!!!! Maybe one of these days I'll get to move back :) Quote Link to comment
Creepy Cruiser Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 On an unrelated note/thread hijacking, did you hear the Hot Rod Cafe (Post Falls) closed their doors the other day? Truly shitty. That really sucks, I've got a $50 gift certificate to that place, lol. Quote Link to comment
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