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Junk My Car!

We Buy Cars! – Or anything with wheels including farm equipment, industrial equipment, busses, and so much more!
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Scrap Metal Recycling

We pay top dollar for all types of metal including steel, aluminum, copper, brass, batteries, rotors, motors, and more!
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Scrap Metal Dumpsters

We provide Scrap Metal Dumpsters and Car Removal! Click to Learn More about our convenient pickup and drop-off services!
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Boat & Camper Disposal

Have an Old Boat or Camper taking up space? Contact us to get a quote and learn more about our fast and easy disposal process!

About Rathe’s

Rathe’s Salvage is a full-service metal recycling company and salvage yard. Our goal is to provide convenient and professional service in a safe environment for all of our customers. We have competitive and transparent pricing across all of our recycling services. We offer pick-up and drop-off services including junk car removal, scrap metal dumpsters, and Boat & RV disposal.
If you’re looking for excellent service and a people-friendly approach, then you’ve come to the right place. With over 55 years of industry experience you can count on us for the knowledge and expertise to make your recycling experience a pleasant one. Fill out our “contact us” form or give us a call to learn more about our recycling process!

What We Provide

He have the equipment and experience to make any recycling job an easy one. Contact us to learn more about our fast and easy process!
Fair & Transparent Pricing
Convenient Location
Helpful Staff
Over 55 Years of Industry Experience

See Why Our Customers Trust Us

Rathe's Salvage - Scrap Metal & Automotive Recycling

4.6Out of 5 stars

Overall rating out of 172 Google reviews

Shawn Miller
4 days ago

Place gas great prices and treats you just as good.

Abraham Loscher
6 days ago

Was really easy to junk our car here

Katya Nolder
6 days ago

Was very quick and easy to junk my car here. Recommend!

Jackson Calvert
6 days ago

Super easy and nice people, very accommodating and look forward to working with them again!

Eric Merchant
2 weeks ago

Good communication came to get my junk car quick and always have my parts

Alex Robles
2 weeks ago

Great experience , affordable prices & great staff . Recommended business for parts !

Isaiah Ruhe
2 weeks ago

Very helpful they got lots of car parts!

Ryan Delorme
3 weeks ago

Very quick service and turn around. Came right to me to pick up my vehicle and gave me a fair price

Steve Roy
3 weeks ago

Rathes make it simple to drop off scrap metals.

Pablo Escobar
3 weeks ago

This is the place to go...

Daniel Morton
a month ago

Rathe’s has been very helpful every interaction I have with them. I appreciate their service.

Cory Collins
a month ago

Great prices on parts and always helpful!

Mark J
a month ago

I generally do not do reviews. Had a good experience here today. Don't know the name of the young man there but received an assessment very quickly on what they could do for me with no rudeness or unnecessary B.S. If it becomes necessary I would do business with them, no problem. Much better experience than Fairfax Salvage. sometimes it just the little things, like COURTESY.

Owen Guthrie
2 months ago

Over the course of the last year we’ve taken 4 loads of various different things to Rathe’s. Appliances, auto parts, random scrap metal, scrap copper pipe, scrap copper wire, and more. Everyone is very friendly, helpful, fair, and easy to work with! Would recommend them to anyone!

Phelan Alber
2 months ago

Friendly staff, good prices on scrap metal return. All around good experience

Courtland williams
2 months ago

Always amazing service and will always buy your junk

Nick “datpersonfromvt” Webb
2 months ago

They love my junk and always give good money for my junk

Jared Willey
2 months ago

Ben was great. No hassle, professional, and helpful. I highly recommend Rathe's!

Jonathan Johnson
3 months ago

As always great place to recycle metal, cars and buy parts!

Emilyo Galvin
3 months ago

Great service very fast and helpful

Cheryl Persitz
3 months ago

I utilized the form on the website and was pleasantly surprised with the same day quick response to my request. Ben called before heading out to let me know he was coming and was very professional and courteous. He picked up the car in the time frame promised on the call. I highly recommend their service! They will be my go to if I need again

Caitlin Maloney
3 months ago

Had a really good experience with Rathe Salvage. Originally I was going to drive my very rusty 16 year old civic over to them since I’m not far away, but Ben was able to pick it up and give me the same quote as if I’d dropped it off. It was easy to schedule the pickup and Ben was perfectly on time. Great experience overall.

Brian Bohannon
3 months ago

Always a good place to go! Friendly people and they help you unload if you need the help!

Mark Arvanigian
3 months ago

Ben and the team at Rathe’s are amazing. Super nice people and easy to work with.

Stephen Merena
3 months ago

Very responsive and professional. High recommendation.

Mark Beaumier
Edited 3 months ago

Great service, Friendly employees

Jess Maple
4 months ago

Thanks for the Awesome Jeep! And we were given extra pieces we needed. They even dug out the Jeep out of a 3 ft snow drift for us! Thanks for an awesome by. We love it.

Liz Fenton
4 months ago

Great service! Friendly, quick response time.

keith lance
5 months ago

Ben & Regina (in the office) were great and easy to deal with, simple transaction and no hassle, I would return to do business again. They gave a fair $ offer for my damaged vehicle which was more than other avenues had offered, Ben was prompt and professional with an emailed offer the same day.

Melanie Bennett
5 months ago

Made it super easy to recycle our vehicle. Pickup fee was also very reasonable making it even easier.

Ruben Ionnisian
5 months ago

Helpful people that are trying to meet all their customers needs.

Chet Nubbler
5 months ago

They are great here. Always friendly. Clear communication for helping me scrap

Dave Blittersdorf
6 months ago

Great, honest and efficient to buy a used forklift from. Thanks, Ben Rathe!

Sebastian R
6 months ago

Needed parts for an 01 CRV, had exactly what I needed. Lots of rims and other goodies

Emmett King
6 months ago

had the parts we needed readily available

Luke Beeson
6 months ago

Good prices for scrap and have the truck I’ve been looking everywhere for in the yard!

Maxwell King
6 months ago

Very friendly, good price for scrap metal

Bowen Malcolm
6 months ago

I had a positive experience doing business at Rathe's. Our communication was clear and respectful. This yard is organized and well-managed. Thanks, Ben!

Miranda Hayes
7 months ago

Rathe’s was an amazing at finding the part I needed for a great price. Highly recommend. Everyone was great. Thank you!

Visit Us or Get in Touch!

Our salvage yard sits on 20 acres along Interstate I-89 in Colchester located 2 miles north of Burlington. Come on down, we look forward to seeing you!
Open Tuesday-Friday 8am-5pm.