Following our 3-step process is the quickest and easiest way to get rid of your scrap cars or unwanted vehicles.
Olds sits about 89 kilometres north of our yard, straight up the QEII to the Highway 27 exit, and the drive takes a little over an hour. With around 9,200 residents, Olds College, and a wide farming area on every side, it sends us everything from student hatchbacks to grain-truck-era pickups that have not moved since the last harvest.
If you have one of those, we will buy it. Junk car buyers in Olds should be straightforward about the price, so here is ours: $100 to $10,000 depending on year, condition and what can be recovered from the vehicle. Towing is included whether the vehicle is on 50 Avenue or ten kilometres out on a township road. Call 403-390-0585 and we will quote it while you are on the line.
Olds is far enough that we schedule it as a northern route, generally with stops in Carstairs or Didsbury on the same trip. Most Olds pickups happen within two to four days of the call, and we confirm the day and a morning or afternoon slot. If the vehicle is at a farm, describe the approach: paved, gravel, or field. Our driver phones about an hour out, which is roughly when he passes Airdrie.
Two kinds of vehicles show up most from Olds. The first is the cheap commuter car a student bought for a year at the college and then abandoned when the head gasket went. Those pay near the low end unless the body is clean. The second is the farm half-ton or three-quarter-ton that did decades of chores and finally quit. Heavy trucks are worth more to us because the frame, box and axles are heavy and sought after. Bring keys if you have them; it helps but is not required. A running vehicle is not required either, and neither is a working battery: our driver winches the vehicle onto the deck exactly as it sits in the yard.
Alberta does not run a scrap-car program, so the sale is a private one between you and us, documented by the bill of sale we give you. Keep your plate. Your registration can be cancelled at Olds Registries, 6-5219 50 Avenue, which also lets you close the insurance without a gap. We can buy the vehicle with an expired registration as long as you have the certificate or an earlier bill of sale proving it is yours.
The QEII north of Crossfield is exposed and can close in ground blizzards a few times each winter. When that happens we shift Olds pickups by a day rather than risk the flatbed. In summer the only slowdown is the construction season around Airdrie and Carstairs. We keep you informed by text if the truck is running late, and the quoted price never changes because of weather.
Typically two to four days, depending on what else is booked on the northern route. If we already have a Didsbury or Carstairs pickup that week, Olds slots right in beside it.
Yes. Even a small car with a blown engine has a catalytic converter, wheels and metal value. Expect the lower end of our range for those unless the body and interior are unusually clean.
Often, yes. Estate sales need the ownership document plus something showing you are the executor or heir. Call us and describe what paperwork exists; we will tell you if it is enough before booking.
No. Our flatbed can enter most farmyards and back lanes in Olds. If the vehicle is in a shed or fenced pasture, tell us so the driver brings a longer winch cable.
Olds Registries at 6-5219 50 Avenue. Take the plate and the bill of sale we give you. Cancelling ends your liability for the vehicle and lets your insurer close the policy.
We do, as long as it fits on our flatbed or can be towed with a wheel-lift. Anything larger than a one-ton, call and describe it; we can often still arrange it.
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