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Stories, lessons, and updates from forty years in auto recycling.

The Swiss Army Knife

The Swiss Army Knife

When I was a kid, my older brother at the age of 12 or so started his career in sales. He sold greeting cards...

The Butterfly Effect: Small Things Pay Off

The Butterfly Effect: Small Things Pay Off

You may be familiar with the term “butterfly effect.” You may even have a bit of an understanding about what that implies. The term...

Change Is On The Horizon: Are You Ready For It?

Change Is On The Horizon: Are You Ready For It?

There are going to be huge changes to our industry in the coming year. The changes will be expensive. They will be hard to...

Time and Space and Money

Time and Space and Money

You have heard the expression, “time is money.” We all understand that. We get paid an hourly rate to work for customers or get...

Burnout: How Did I Get Here?

Burnout: How Did I Get Here?

On social media, a question was posed by a fellow auto recycler on how to deal with burnout. You may know the feeling –...

Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts: The Rusted Kind

Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts: The Rusted Kind

We’ve all been there. You just sold that high-dollar, low mile overhead cam V8 engine from a popular truck series. Truck was just dropped...

Why Buy Salvaged Tires?

Why Buy Salvaged Tires?

You may have heard that buying salvaged tires is a bad idea. But, here at Rocki Top, we think it’s a great one! Our...

A Whole New Perspective: Take a Bird’s Eye View

A Whole New Perspective: Take a Bird’s Eye View

Recently, I received a message from an old friend who has moved back into the area, and we reconnected. He is a former Bible...

The Importance of Following Through

The Importance of Following Through

How’s your golf game? How do you do at the batting cages? Tennis? Ping pong? The company softball game, etc.? Are you like me...