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Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 04-15-2022
First the story:
Hawaii County officials within the next two years want to construct a building in Hilo to store abandoned vehicles.
There already is a lot there where commercial vendors tow abandoned vehicles, but the need has outgrown the fenced-in outdoor lot. It's a program that started to just take care of things, and over the years it got bigger and bigger and bigger, said Gene Quiamas, deputy chief of the county Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division. And the temporary facilities that we had are just not working out anymore. The Hilo site is prone to theft and vandalism. It's become a parts place for people looking for parts to fix their cars. The likeliest targets, according to Quiamas, are the nicer vehicles on the lot. The thefts make the vehicles less desirable at the county's sealed-bid automobile auctions.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2022/04/15/hawaii-news/new-site-planned-for-abandoned-vehicles-facility-would-be-on-state-land-near-hilo-landfill/
So the County wants to build a building to store abandoned vehicles, fence in a larger more secure area to keep out car thieves, and because it's the County probably hire extra people to guard and run the operation.
A couple of questions:
1) I know car parts are expensive, but will they make enough money to cover the costs of this facility?
2) Is this structure only for premium abandoned vehicles? What about mid range and budget? Will they need a building when someone declares the premium program a success?
3) If the County tows and hauls and stores abandoned cars anyway, why do they also have a program which requires extensive paperwork so a homeowner can have a car towed off of their property? Why can't we just pick up the phone and be extended the same courtousy as those who dump their cars on the side of the road?
4) what about private enterprise? Tow companies and junk yards?
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - kalakoa - 04-15-2022
probably hire extra people
At least four positions ... per HTH:
a pre-engineered metal building, would have additional space for four staff offices, a reception area, restrooms, a conference/lunchroom and other administrative spaces
I'm more surprised by lack of protest from the Hawaiians on nearby DHHL land. Anyone remember the composting facility?
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - ChunksterK - 04-16-2022
(04-15-2022, 10:22 PM)kalakoa Wrote: I'm more surprised by lack of protest from the Hawaiians on nearby DHHL land. Anyone remember the composting facility?
What would the Hawaiians be protesting, the proximity of a semi-industrial facility or the elimination of a nearby source of free parts for their cars? It could go either way.
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - Durian Fiend - 04-16-2022
(04-15-2022, 09:09 PM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: ..So the County wants to build a building to store abandoned vehicles, fence in a larger more secure area to keep out car thieves, and because it's the County probably hire extra people to guard and run the operation.I believe these vehicles would be auctioned off in their entirety to new owners. The County won't be in the business of selling used car parts. It would be for all abandoned vehicles. Premium is in the eye of the beholder.
A couple of questions:
1) I know car parts are expensive, but will they make enough money to cover the costs of this facility?
2) Is this structure only for premium abandoned vehicles? What about mid range and budget? Will they need a building when someone declares the premium program a success?
3) If the County tows and hauls and stores abandoned cars anyway, why do they also have a program which requires extensive paperwork so a homeowner can have a car towed off of their property? Why can't we just pick up the phone and be extended the same courtousy as those who dump their cars on the side of the road?
4) what about private enterprise? Tow companies and junk yards?
The difference between abandoning and junking a vehicle is with the latter you're legally relinquishing and destroying the title.
Junk yards-Are there any of these in E. Hawaii? A couple tire places I'm aware of.
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - kalakoa - 04-16-2022
the proximity of a semi-industrial facility
The burden of such a facility, when they already have to suffer the multi-generational trauma of being located near the dump and the airport. They also object to any PMAR alignment that includes "their" section of Railroad Ave.
Junk yards-Are there any
There's at least two in Hawaiian Acres.
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - Durian Fiend - 04-16-2022
(04-16-2022, 06:28 PM)kalakoa Wrote: Junk yards-Are there anyLOL. Please advise the addresses.
There's at least two in Hawaiian Acres.
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - kalakoa - 04-16-2022
With the caveat that they may not really be "open to the public". Proceed at own risk.
- 8 road between B and C, makai side, chain-link fence with blackout cloth. I think there's a short bus in front.
- B road between 4 and 5, closer to 5, spilling onto the lot next door and another lot up the road. Possibly a drug house.
There was another along Ainaloa, but it got cleaned up after a month or so, I think it was "too visible" (from a paved County road). The others have been going on for years without enforcement.
There's a tire guy on 130 just south of the water station, I've never been in there, but he might know where to find more junkyards.
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - Obie - 04-16-2022
Ryanktowing
Google that and their website will pop up. They are in Keaau.
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - AaronM - 04-20-2022
Ryan K no longer tows, but the junkyard remains. I believe a relative inherited that part of the business which is now called Legacy Towing.
RE: Hawaii County Used Car Parts Business - Durian Fiend - 04-20-2022
(04-16-2022, 10:17 PM)Obie Wrote: RyanktowingAnyone here buy from them? I'm curious to hear of their experience.
Google that and their website will pop up. They are in Keaau.