MAJOR scrap metal score! cha ching baby!

**GeorgeB** · 02-27-2013, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by corycouch

GB as much as you haul you shoulda been off the basic price sheet a long time ago, i get a minumum of %20 on all items but on breakage i get sometimes double, regardless when you negotiate your price take enough donuts for the whole yard

I am sure I could, but the thing is, I stopped primarily dealing with pure scrap metal recycling over a year ago, when the price dropped to 7.5/lb and has been that way ever since. Bad news is, is they are the highest paid around. When I did free pickup, I would get upwards of 10 pickups a week, but with high gas prices, and some being an hour or more away, wasn't making any money. Now that I charge, I am able to make a little profit, but to be honest, I make a lot more with pure junk removal and electronics recycling, and reselling stuff on ebay.

Thanks for the tip on the donuts. I will be sure to definitely hook them up, depends on what we work out.

Originally Posted by jghilino

you might even be able to work a deal with the yard on some rolloffs so they drop off and haul and all you have to do is stay onsite and load them, might be cheaper than hauling it yourself factoring in the labor hours

This is what I am hoping for. According to my wife's uncle, they tried that, and for some reason werent able to get it done...not sure why, but I know some of the higher ups, so I might have a chance, especially for all that stuff.

**cobre collector** · 02-28-2013, 09:14 AM

[QUOTE=GeorgeB;135626]I am sure I could, but the thing is, I stopped primarily dealing with pure scrap metal recycling over a year ago, when the price dropped to 7.5/lb and has been that way ever since. Bad news is, is they are the highest paid around. When I did free pickup, I would get upwards of 10 pickups a week, but with high gas prices, and some being an hour or more away, wasn't making any money. Now that I charge, I am able to make a little profit, but to be honest, I make a lot more with pure junk removal and electronics recycling, and reselling stuff on ebay.

This seems absurd that at $150 a ton you can't make a profit. That might be lower than many of us are getting but it is still a substantial amount. Especially when there is probably tons and tons of steel just sitting on that property. There would be no reason that you could not haul in 10 tons a day with your equipment available.

I participated in the cleanup of two like jobs that you were presented with and steel price for us was 135 a ton at the time. We had 2 trucks, one trailer, and one cutting torch. WE MADE BANK! When something like this arises you show up with sledge hammers-a-swingin!