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# Pick-n-Pull: Prices, Core Deposits, Exchange Policy and Yard Rules

> Pick-n-Pull’s own terms, read 17 Oct 2026: fixed prices that differ by store, core deposits, a 30-day exchange for store credit, and WarrantyPLUS at 30% extra.

*Detailing & Maintenance · 22 min read · 4,932 words*

## The short version

- Pick-n-Pull is a chain of self-service used-parts yards: you pay a small admission fee, bring your own tools, find the car and pull the part yourself. Its pages list 48 stores, 44 in the U.S. and 4 in Canada.
- Prices are fixed and printed per store. On the lists we read, Stockton charges $379.99 for a complete engine and Fort Worth $399.99; many heavier parts also carry a separate core deposit.
- Returns get you a matching part or store credit within 30 days at the same store, with the receipt and the yard’s marking intact. The only cash refund is the core deposit.
- WarrantyPLUS adds 12 months after the 30 days for 30% of the part price, on 24 listed parts. You still pull the replacement yourself, and labor is never covered.
- Jacks, torches, body saws, batteries and jump packs are banned, and nobody under 16 is allowed in the yard. No page we read prints the admission amount.
- Pick-n-Pull belongs to Radius Recycling, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho America on July 10, 2025 and then stopped filing with the SEC.

Pick-n-Pull sells recycled original-equipment parts that customers remove themselves from cars parked in its yards, at fixed prices set store by store. On 17 and 18 October 2026 we read its policies page (effective February 1, 2025), its WarrantyPLUS, safety, company profile and what-we-sell pages, the full price lists for its Stockton and Fort Worth stores, a store page, its Toolkit Rewards terms and the Radius Recycling legal notices its site links to. We also read Radius Recycling’s last SEC reports and its filings on the sale to Toyota Tsusho America. We did not use Pick-n-Pull’s inventory search, which its robots.txt file closes to automated readers. This site has no commercial relationship with Pick-n-Pull or any parts seller.

**Figure: What happens to a Pick-n-Pull part after you pay**

A two-column table of eight situations from Pick-n-Pull's own policies: a part that fails or does not fit within 30 days can be exchanged for a matching part or store credit at the same store with the receipt and marking, never for cash; only core deposits are refunded in cash, within 30 days; disassembled parts cannot be exchanged; used tires can be exchanged only within 3 days if not driven on; builder cars and thrift items are final; WarrantyPLUS, at 30% of the part price, adds 12 months after the 30 days on listed parts, with the buyer pulling the replacement or taking store credit; and labor is always the buyer's.

Read from Pick-n-Pull's Policies page (effective February 1, 2025), the policy text under its Stockton and Fort Worth price lists and its WarrantyPLUS page, 17 and 18 October 2026.

## How a Pick-n-Pull yard works, step by step

The company profile lays out the visit in order. You start online to see which yard has the car you need, then “Go to the location with your tools and pay a small admission fee.” Staff hand you “a map of the facility,” and they can run the “computerized Parts Interchange System” to show “alternative vehicles that have the same exact parts you need.” In the yard, cars are “placed in orderly rows and grouped by make and model” and “set on customized supports to raise them off the ground.” Each location “provides free use of wheelbarrows and engine hoists.” You pull the part, carry it to the cashier and pay the listed price.

The interchange lookup is the step most likely to save a trip, because the part you need may also sit on another model or year. If you are unsure of the variant, our guide to [matching parts by VIN](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/parts-by-vin/) shows how the decode gives the body, engine and drivetrain that interchange tables are indexed by.

**Money and hours.** The what-we-sell page says: “We accept all major credit and debit cards and cash. (Sorry, no checks.)” It also says “All locations are open 7 days a week.” Each store page posts its own hours; Stockton’s we read adds that the “Yard closes 30 minutes prior to store closing” and that holiday hours may apply, so the last half hour of the posted day is counter time, not pulling time.

**The admission fee.** Pick-n-Pull charges one, and says so in three places: the what-we-sell page (“pay a small admission fee”), the company profile and the Stockton store page (“There is an admission fee to enter our yard.”). Radius Recycling’s 10-K names admission fees beside parts sales, warning that a shortage of end-of-life vehicles could hurt “our ability to attract customers and charge admission fees.” None of the pages we read prints the amount, so ask your store before you go.

## Yard rules: what you can’t bring, and who can’t come in

The safety page lists what is not allowed “For safety and environmental reasons.” We counted 10 banned items, plus a separate rule that children in the waiting area need adult supervision. The page also gives 9 safety tips. All tool boxes, bags, purses and other containers “will be checked,” parts are not allowed in the store except when buying or returning them, and Pick-n-Pull reserves “the right to refuse admission.”

**Pick-n-Pull’s yard rules as printed on its Safety and Policies pages (read 17 October 2026)**

| Rule | What the page says | What it means for your visit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cutting and heat | “No torches”; “No body saws” | Plan to unbolt, not cut |
| Lifting | “No jacks”; “Do not jack vehicles up”; do not move the wheel stands | Work at the height the stands give you |
| Power | “No batteries”; “No battery jump packs” | The page does not say whether cordless tools count; ask first |
| Cores and containers | “No cores with oil”; “No glass containers or other glass objects” | Drain a core before bringing it back |
| Conduct | “No alcohol”; “No smoking” | Applies everywhere on site |
| Age | “No children under 16 years of age in the yard” | The Policies page repeats it: no “minors under 16” |
| Clothing | Protective gloves; “closed toe shoes” | Listed as tips, not admission rules |

Nothing we read lists the tools you may bring; the profile says only to come “with your tools.” Hand tools such as sockets, a breaker bar, a pry bar and screwdrivers are not on the banned list. The “No batteries” line is the one that matters for a cordless impact wrench, and Pick-n-Pull does not say whether it reaches tool batteries.

**You carry the risk.** The safety page says that by visiting “you acknowledge and agree to assume any and all risks you may encounter,” and that Pick-n-Pull “does not assume responsibility for injuries to you or damage to your vehicle” on its premises. Wear gloves and closed shoes, keep out from under a car on stands, and leave the stands where they are.

## How Pick-n-Pull prices parts: one fixed list per store

The price page opens with the rule: “We offer OEM used car parts at competitive prices and eliminate the stress of negotiating by using fixed pricing.” Each store has its own list. The page’s location selector covers the same 48 stores as the home page, and each list sits at its own address, with letter tabs from A to U-Z plus an “ALL” view. Every line has five columns: item number, description, type (“Car” or “Pick-Up/Van”), price and core deposit.

The list prices a kind of part, not a part for a particular car. There is one line for “ALTERNATOR,” one for “STARTER” and one for “ENGINE COMPLETE,” whatever car it comes off. Stockton’s ALL view, read on 17 October 2026, had 474 lines, from a $0.99 lug nut to a $549.99 complete diesel engine. Fort Worth’s, read the next day, had 472. The home page advertises “PART PRICING on over 1000 car & truck parts!”, which only adds up if a line counts once for every model it covers.

**Standing prices on two Pick-n-Pull store lists: Stockton (read 17 October 2026) and Fort Worth (read 18 October 2026)**

| Line on the list | Stockton price | Fort Worth price | Core deposit (both) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Engine complete | $379.99 | $399.99 | $64.99 |
| Transmission/transaxle (auto) | $236.99 | $254.99 | $29.99 |
| Alternator | $33.99 | $32.99 | $9.99 |
| Starter | $30.99 | $30.99 | $9.99 |
| Radiator (without shroud) | $65.99 | $69.99 | $9.99 |
| A/C compressor | $52.99 | $61.99 | $9.99 |
| Door assembly with hinges | $84.99 | $87.99 | $8.99 |
| Headlight assembly | $34.99 | $34.99 | $0.00 |
| Taillight assembly | $36.99 | $29.99 | $0.00 |
| Windshield glass | $59.99 | $70.99 | $0.00 |
| Battery (used) | $39.99 | $37.99 | $12.99 |
| Tire (yard) | $20.99 | $18.99 | $0.00 |

Of the 16 parts we recorded from both lists, 9 cost more at Fort Worth, 5 cost less and 2 were the same, by our arithmetic. The gaps run from a dollar on an alternator to $20 on a complete engine, $18 on an automatic transmission and $11 on a windshield; a taillight was $7 cheaper in Fort Worth. The core deposit matched on all 16. So a price you saw quoted for one store is a guide, not a promise, at another; open your own store’s list before you go.

**What the list does not show.** Neither list prints a date, a tax line or a “subject to change” note. The policies page says “your receipt will include an Environmental Fee” to help cover “handling and legally disposing hazardous materials,” and gives no amount. Store events and specials were not recorded. Radius Recycling’s 10-K describes the parts as “deeply discounted” from new and refurbished prices and says retail sales “are at listed prices,” and the profile claims savings “of up to 80%” against off-the-shelf original parts. To see what the same job costs done by a shop with new or remanufactured parts, compare our [alternator replacement cost](https://baronauto1.com/car-care/alternator-replacement-cost/) and [starter replacement cost](https://baronauto1.com/car-care/starter-replacement-cost/) pages.

## Core deposits: the second price on many parts

A core deposit is money you pay on top of the part price and get back when you return the old part, the “core,” which has rebuild or scrap value. On Stockton’s list, 151 of the 474 lines carry a core deposit above $0.00, about 32% by our count. The glass, lamps, mirror and air bag lines we recorded carry none, while a door, fender or hood carries $8.99. A complete engine carries $64.99, a transmission $29.99, an alternator or starter $9.99, a used battery $12.99 and an aluminum wheel $14.99.

The refund rule, from the policies page: Pick-n-Pull will “provide a cash refund of the Core Deposit up to thirty (30) days from the original core item purchase date as long as the original core item is returned OR you provide a matching core item, at the store of purchase.” Same store, 30 days, your old part or a matching one. The safety page adds “No cores with oil,” so drain an engine, transmission or compressor core before you carry it in.

**A worked example, our arithmetic.** An alternator at Stockton costs $33.99 plus a $9.99 core deposit: $43.98 at the counter before tax and the environmental fee. Bring the old alternator back within 30 days and $9.99 comes back in cash. A complete engine is $379.99 plus $64.99, or $444.98, and a used battery $39.99 plus $12.99, or $52.98. The deposit is the part of the bill you control: miss the 30 days and it is gone.

The price-list version of the policy adds one rule the policies page leaves out: “If you purchased a WarrantyPLUS extended warranty for the core item, the time limit for the refund of the Core Deposit will extend to the full warranty period.” If you buy WarrantyPLUS on an engine, ask the cashier to confirm that extension on your receipt, since the two printed versions disagree.

## The 30-day exchange: store credit, not cash

Pick-n-Pull’s standing return policy, effective February 1, 2025, lets you bring a part back “within thirty (30) days of the original purchase date, with the original receipt,” to “the original Pick-n-Pull location where the part(s) were purchased.” The conditions are strict and they stack:

- **Receipt.** “We will not accept parts for return or exchange without a receipt.”
- **The same part, still marked.** It “must be the original part purchased, properly marked with the original Pick-n-Pull marking and not disassembled.”
- **The original buyer.** “This Exchange Policy is only available to the original purchaser.”
- **No cash.** “With the sole exception of Core Deposits, we do not offer cash refunds for returned parts.”
- **Your labor.** Pulling a replacement or installing the part “is not included and is the responsibility of the purchaser.”

The policies page offers “a store credit that can be used at any Pick-n-Pull location”; the copy under each price list adds that items “can be exchanged for matching parts.” The profile covers a part that “doesn’t work, goes bad or is the wrong size.” Either way the remedy is a part or credit, never cash.

**Used tires: 3 days.** Pick-n-Pull says it inspects used tires “for noticeable signs of damage or defects only,” that you agree to have them inspected and fitted by a professional, and that tires can be exchanged “only if the tires have not been driven on and you return them within three (3) days.” **Builder cars and thrift items: none.** “All sales of builders and items from the thrift store are final.”

**Everything else is “AS IS.”** The same policies page ends with a disclaimer in capitals: all parts, tires, builders and thrift items are “sold ‘AS IS’,” the policy is “THE LIMITED AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY,” and Pick-n-Pull “EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WRITTEN OR VERBAL WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,” with consequential and incidental damages excluded. On Pick-n-Pull’s own terms, the 30-day exchange is the whole of the free cover. For contrast, here are a new-parts seller’s printed terms from this site’s Summit Racing reading:

**Printed return terms side by side: Pick-n-Pull (read 17 October 2026) and Summit Racing (read 16 October 2026, from our Summit Racing page)**

| Term | Pick-n-Pull, used parts you pull | Summit Racing, new parts shipped |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Window for an unwanted part | 30 days, receipt, same store | “new or unused part within 90 days” |
| What you get | Matching part or store credit; no cash | “we’ll refund the purchase price” |
| Cores | Cash refund within 30 days | “Most cores can be returned for up to 6 months” |

The businesses differ, so this describes terms, not a ranking; Summit’s full policy is on our [Summit Racing](https://baronauto1.com/car-care/summit-racing/) page.

## WarrantyPLUS: the paid 12 months

WarrantyPLUS is Pick-n-Pull’s paid extension. The terms page says it “protects your auto part for a full 12 months beyond the FREE 30-Day Exchange period” and “starts after our basic 30-Day exchange.” The price: “Just add 30% to the cost of your part to get 12 months of WarrantyPLUS protection.” It is sold on 24 parts by our count of the page’s table, among them the alternator, starter, radiator, A/C compressor, computer brain box, cylinder head, engine with accessories, transmission or transaxle, transfer case, rack and pinion and window regulator with motor.

**What it does.** “Pick-n-Pull will replace any defective or malfunctioning part at no charge. You must pay any labor charges incurred. You will also be required to pull the replacement part from our salvage yard.” If no suitable part is available, you get “a Store Credit for the base part price,” and the page says covered parts “can be Returned for Store Credit to the original Pick-n-Pull location.” It is not a cash-back warranty.

**What it excludes.** “Batteries, tires, builders or any part not covered” in the list; problems “caused by abuse, misuse, improper installation or an act of God (such as a flood)”; parts disassembled after purchase; and consequential and incidental damages. It covers “You, as the original purchaser,” and “terminates if you sell or otherwise transfer” the part. To claim, the part must be “properly marked (and stamped when applicable),” within the period, and presented “with the Warranty Tri-Fold Brochure and the Original Receipt.” Keep both with the car’s paperwork.

**What it costs, our arithmetic on Stockton’s list.** 30% of a $33.99 alternator is $10.20, which brings the counter total with the $9.99 core deposit to $54.18; once the old core goes back, you have paid $44.19. On a $379.99 complete engine the charge is $114.00, for $558.98 at the counter with its $64.99 deposit. On a $236.99 automatic transmission it is $71.10. Pick-n-Pull does not say whether the 30% is figured before tax or how it rounds.

**Whether it is worth it** depends on the labor more than the price: a failed engine or transmission costs far more to swap again, and labor is exactly what WarrantyPLUS does not pay. Before buying a major unit, confirm the diagnosis, for example the signs of a [failing transmission](https://baronauto1.com/car-care/symptoms-of-a-bad-transmission/).

**How federal warranty law frames it.** The FTC’s guide to federal warranty law says “the Act does not require any business to provide a written warranty,” but a business that offers one “must comply with the Act.” Under 15 U.S.C. 2308, “No supplier may disclaim or modify” an implied warranty on a consumer product if it makes a written warranty on that product, or enters into a service contract on it at the time of sale or within 90 days after. Pick-n-Pull’s policies page disclaims all implied warranties, while its WarrantyPLUS page says “This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.” How those fit together for a part sold with WarrantyPLUS is a legal question this page does not answer; your state attorney general’s consumer office can.

**Figure: Annotated photograph**

Three numbered callouts over the photograph mark the bare wheel arch, the empty engine bay and the stripped cabin, each with one fact from Pick-n-Pull’s safety and policy pages and Radius Recycling’s 10-K.

Pick-n-Pull’s safety and policy pages and Radius Recycling’s 10-K, read on 16 October 2026: Cars sit on wheel stands: don't move them, and jacks are not allowed in the yard (callout 1); Per Radius's 10-K, converters, aluminum wheels and batteries come off before the yard (callout 2); Keep the yard's marking on the part; a part taken apart can't be exchanged (callout 3). The photograph is illustrative.

## Where the cars come from, and what is gone before you arrive

The profile says Pick-n-Pull buys “used and salvage vehicles from tow companies, private parties, auto auctions, charities and insurance companies.” Radius Recycling’s 10-K names “four primary sources: private parties, tow companies, auto auctions, and municipal and other contracts.” Before a car reaches the rows, the profile says, staff “inspect them, remove and recycle vehicle fluids and hazardous materials.” The recycling-process page this site read on 6 October 2026 adds that batteries “are removed, tested and resold or recycled,” mercury switches are taken out, and cars go on stands that limit contact with storm water.

The 10-K is blunter about the valuable pieces: “Upon acquiring a salvaged vehicle, we remove catalytic converters, aluminum wheels, and batteries for separate processing and sale prior to placing the vehicle in our retail lot.” Do not plan a trip around a converter. The price list still has lines for wheels and batteries: at Stockton $29.99 for an aluminum wheel with a $14.99 core, $39.99 for a used battery and $62.99 for a “refreshed” one, each with a $12.99 core. A “BATTERY HYBRID/ELECTRICAL” line is $538.99. If a converter is what you need, our page on [symptoms of a bad catalytic converter](https://baronauto1.com/car-care/symptoms-of-a-bad-catalytic-converter/) covers the diagnosis, and new-battery warranties are compared on our [car battery warranty](https://baronauto1.com/car-care/car-battery-warranty/) page.

**How fresh the rows are.** Pick-n-Pull’s pages say “New vehicles arrive daily,” that stores “average over 1,200 cars and trucks to choose from,” and that they “specialize in those that are 7 or more years old,” with “an inventory covering 20 years of all makes and models.” The 10-K says “we regularly rotate the inventory to provide customers with greater access to parts.” Neither says how long a car stays. A rough figure, our arithmetic and not Pick-n-Pull’s: the stores bought 258,000 cars in fiscal 2024 across 50 stores, about 5,160 a store, or 99 a week. Against a yard of 1,200, that would turn the whole yard over in roughly 12 weeks if every car bought went onto the lot. Treat it as a reason to go soon after a car appears, not as a schedule.

After a car has spent “some time on the sales floor,” the recycling page says, Pick-n-Pull removes what can be reconditioned, including “engines, alternators, wiring harnesses, compressors, torque converters,” and then crushes the hulk for shredding. The profile adds that refurbishable parts such as “radiators, alternators, compressors” are “sold for remanufacturing.” That helps explain the core deposit: your old alternator has value to the same chain.

Pick-n-Pull’s site offers an inventory search by make, model and ZIP code. We did not use it, because its robots.txt closes the results to automated readers, so nothing here says which cars any yard holds.

## Who owns Pick-n-Pull, and what Radius told the SEC

Pick-n-Pull’s footer reads “Pick-n-Pull Auto and Truck Dismantlers, a subsidiary of Radius Recycling.” Its profile says the first store opened “in Stockton, CA in 1984,” that Pick-n-Pull and Radius “have worked together since 1989,” and that Pick-n-Pull “became a fully owned subsidiary of Radius Recycling in 2003.” Radius was Schnitzer Steel Industries until early 2024: EDGAR lists “SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.” as the former name of Radius Recycling, Inc. until January 31, 2024, and the legal notices still open with “Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. dba Radius Recycling.”

**The Toyota Tsusho sale.** On March 13, 2025, Radius announced a merger agreement with Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., “a U.S. subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation,” to buy all its shares “for $30.00 per share in cash.” The release said Radius would keep its Portland, Oregon headquarters, “teams, operating facilities, strategy, and brands,” and it named “Pick-N-Pull branded auto recycling and used parts retail stores” among the businesses. Radius’s Form 8-K of July 10, 2025 reports the deal done: Radius “is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent,” defined as Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., a New York corporation. Radius asked Nasdaq to suspend trading before the open on July 11, 2025, and filed a Form 15, a notice of termination of registration, signed July 21, 2025. Radius’s privacy policy, updated July 1st, 2026, refers to “the Radius and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) corporate family.” Pick-n-Pull’s own profile does not mention Toyota Tsusho and still calls Radius “a Fortune 1000 company.”

Because Radius stopped filing, the last public numbers on the stores come from its 10-K for the fiscal year to August 31, 2024 and its 10-Q for the quarter to May 31, 2025:

**Pick-n-Pull stores and the cars they bought, from Radius Recycling’s SEC filings (read 18 October 2026)**

| Period | Stores at period end | Cars bought by the stores |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fiscal 2022 (to August 31, 2022) | 51 | 312,000 |
| Fiscal 2023 | 50 | 286,000 |
| Fiscal 2024 | 50 | 258,000 |
| Nine months to May 31, 2024 | 50 | 195,000 |
| Nine months to May 31, 2025 | 50 | 182,000 |

Purchases fell about 17% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024, by our arithmetic. The 10-K says the stores “procure the majority of our salvaged vehicles,” that the network “spans 16 states in the U.S. and two provinces in Western Canada,” and that “retail auto parts sales are at listed prices and are recognized at the point of sale.” It reports “Retail and other revenues” of $171.5 million for fiscal 2024, about 6.3% of total revenue; the filing does not break out the stores alone. Its risk factors name electric vehicles: a falling supply of end-of-life cars, “including due to increasing trends over time in the proportion of electric vehicles sold,” could reduce admissions and parts sales. The legal-proceedings item describes environmental matters at Radius’s metals sites, including the Portland Harbor Superfund site; none of the matters it names concerns parts sales at the stores.

Today’s store list is 48: the price page’s selector names 44 U.S. stores in 15 states, 19 of them in California, and 4 in Canada, 3 in Alberta and 1 in British Columbia. That is two fewer than the 50 in Radius’s last filing, and Pick-n-Pull’s pages do not explain the difference.

## Builder cars, Toolkit Rewards and selling a car to Pick-n-Pull

**Builder cars.** Many stores also sell whole vehicles that Pick-n-Pull calls “builders.” Its cars-for-sale page says “These salvaged cars are ideal for parts or project cars,” and the what-we-sell page says they “come with clean or salvage titles” and that “Buyers are responsible for meeting local, title and safety requirements.” Sales of builders are final and they are excluded from WarrantyPLUS. The same page says that “when you buy a car from us, you save 33% on all parts you buy!”; ask the store how long that applies, because the page does not say. Before buying a salvage-titled car to drive, read [what a salvage title means](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/what-is-a-salvage-title/) and get a [pre-purchase inspection](https://baronauto1.com/buying-guides/used-car-pre-purchase-inspection/).

**Toolkit Rewards.** The loyalty program is joined at a store. Its page says you “Get 1 Point for nearly every $1 spent” and “Earn 350 points and get a FREE $20 reward certificate via email.” Parts, services, thrift purchases and admissions earn points; sales tax, state fees, core charges, environmental fees, builders and “restocking fee” do not. By our arithmetic the certificate is worth about 5.7 cents a point, so roughly $350 of point-earning spending buys one $20 certificate.

**Selling instead of buying.** Pick-n-Pull also buys cars, and its junk-car prices “are based on scrap metal prices, not traditional methods of car pricing like Kelly Blue Book.” Our guide to [selling a junk car](https://baronauto1.com/trade-your-car/sell-a-junk-car/) reads its buying programs, towing zone and paperwork rules against other buyers’ terms. Pick-n-Pull is not the only self-service chain; [Pull-A-Part](https://baronauto1.com/car-care/pull-a-part/) has its own page with its own terms.

## Where Pick-n-Pull’s own pages disagree

We found 10 places where Pick-n-Pull’s documents, or its parent’s filings, say different things. None changes the basic deal, but several matter at the counter:

- **Exchange or credit.** Store credit on the policies page; a matching part or credit under the price lists.
- **The core refund and WarrantyPLUS.** Only the price-list copy says WarrantyPLUS extends the core refund to the whole warranty period.
- **“AS IS” and a warranty.** The policies page disclaims every warranty, written or implied, on the same page that offers “an extended limited warranty option.”
- **Replacement or credit under WarrantyPLUS.** The page promises to “replace” a failed part and also says covered parts are returned “for Store Credit.”
- **A restocking fee.** Toolkit Rewards lists one; no policy we read sets one.
- **The founding date.** “Established in 1987” and a first store “in 1984,” on the same profile.
- **The store count.** 48 on the site today, 50 on the Cash For Junk Cars page this site read on 6 October 2026, and 50 in Radius’s filings through May 31, 2025.
- **Vehicles a year.** “More than 350,000” in the profile; 258,000 bought by the stores in fiscal 2024, per the 10-K, a gap of 92,000 that may reflect different counting.
- **Parts priced.** “Over 1000” on the home page against 474 lines on Stockton’s list.
- **The parent.** The legal notices still name Schnitzer Steel Industries, and the profile a “Fortune 1000 company”; the SEC filings say Radius has belonged to Toyota Tsusho America since July 10, 2025.

## Before you drive to the yard

- **Open your store’s own price list.** Prices differ by store; note the part price and the core deposit for what you plan to pull.
- **Know the variant.** Decode the VIN for engine, drivetrain and body, and ask at the counter for the interchange list of donor cars.
- **Pack to the rules.** Hand tools, gloves and closed shoes; no jacks, torches, body saws, glass or jump packs, and ask before bringing cordless tools.
- **Leave under-16s at home.** They are not allowed in the yard.
- **Bring the old core, drained.** “No cores with oil,” and the cash refund runs 30 days from purchase, at the same store.
- **Decide on WarrantyPLUS at the counter.** It adds 30% and covers only the 24 listed parts; keep the tri-fold brochure with the receipt.
- **Keep the receipt and the marking.** No receipt, no exchange; a part without its marking, or taken apart, cannot be exchanged.
- **Arrive with time.** The yard closes before the store does; Stockton’s page says 30 minutes.

## Common questions

### How much is the entry fee at Pick-n-Pull?

Pick-n-Pull charges an admission fee to enter the yard, and its pages call it “a small admission fee,” but none of the pages we read on 17 and 18 October 2026 prints the amount. Ask the store you plan to visit. Admissions do earn Toolkit Rewards points.

### What tools can you bring to Pick-n-Pull?

Pick-n-Pull publishes a banned list rather than an allowed list: no torches, body saws, jacks, batteries, battery jump packs, cores with oil, glass containers, alcohol or smoking. Hand tools are not on it, and stores lend wheelbarrows and engine hoists free. Bags and tool boxes are checked.

### Does Pick-n-Pull give refunds?

Not in cash for parts. Within 30 days, with the receipt and the part still marked and in one piece, the store where you bought it will give a matching part or store credit usable at any Pick-n-Pull. Core deposits are the only cash refund. Used tires get 3 days if not driven on, and builder cars are final.

### What is the core charge at Pick-n-Pull?

It is the “Core Deposit” column on each store’s price list, paid on top of the part price: at Stockton $9.99 on an alternator or starter and $64.99 on a complete engine. Return the old part, or a matching one, at the same store within 30 days for a cash refund.

### Are Pick-n-Pull prices the same at every store?

No. Each store has its own fixed list. On the lists we read, 14 of the 16 parts we compared differed between Stockton and Fort Worth, including $20 on a complete engine, while the core deposits were identical.

### Who owns Pick-n-Pull?

Radius Recycling, Inc., formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries, which has owned it outright since 2003. Radius itself became a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, on July 10, 2025, at $30.00 a share, and no longer files reports with the SEC.

## Sources and further reading

- [FTC: a businessperson’s guide to federal warranty law](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/businesspersons-guide-federal-warranty-law)
- [15 U.S.C. § 2301 (Magnuson-Moss definitions)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/2301)
- [15 U.S.C. § 2308 (Implied warranties)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/2308)

Recall, complaint and safety-rating figures on this page were retrieved from the federal databases above on August 19, 2026. Federal data changes — re-check any VIN before you rely on it.

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