Yes a lot less work Norm to smash the alloy when the time to dismantle is excessive to what the scrap is worth , even with an alloy housing on a gearbox you may as well smash the bellhousing off and what ever else breaks off easily.
All the scrap dealers are dishonest in my area ,if you sell them mag wheels they pay you for cast alloy that is about 40 cents a kg instead of the magnesium price that is about $2. a kg , but they put the mags in a magnesium bin and not a cast alloy bin so they are obviously selling the mags for more as magnesium.
The last bit of alloy I smashed apart was an outboard motor leg , it had completely corroded together,saved a lot of time.
One time I was at the scrap yard and they said a mechanic had just rang to abuse them for paying an apprentice such a low price for an alloy 6 cylinder head that the mechanic had sent the apprentice to sell ,the head was dismantled but they had not removed the valve seats and guides.
Not much point picking up free mowers these days unless you need one to use as it takes at least 10 days to sell a $70 mower and just picking up scrap you would probably make a couple hundred in 4 hours. Years ago I'd sell 15 mowers in 10 days off one gumtree ad.
