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    Quote Originally Posted by Copper Head View Post
    My yards all over the place , one day down on mix but up on short , then short goes down and mix is up . copper is up wile not much to do with spot price influence.
    Stainless hit .49 - Al down to .46 - the more I pay attention to it the more I see no point. We have the product they get it sooner or later.
    sure having a massive amt of CU or AL & other , we want to wait for that high paying day, but eventually we need funds so we sell
    Yeah wish i could hold on to some,but gotta have the cash flow,but i did notice the other day at the yard , i might be able to include more plastic, i really clean my stuff,but i saw a truckload come across the scale with whole tv's,baby stollers, printers, etc etc, all the plastic left on it.So if thats the case i can save myself some time on some items.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkansaw View Post
    Yeah wish i could hold on to some,but gotta have the cash flow,but i did notice the other day at the yard , i might be able to include more plastic, i really clean my stuff,but i saw a truckload come across the scale with whole tv's,baby stollers, printers, etc etc, all the plastic left on it.So if thats the case i can save myself some time on some items.
    Naturally all yards have deferent policies to plastic %
    For certain yards will always push for 100% metal But I have noticed with my yard that some times for a bunch of months they watch close and make high deductions for plastic then for 2 months that they stop looking .
    I feel it has to do with who buys it from them ,
    It's like a ebb & flow of the final customers purchase wishes .

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    I have never seen the local yard, dock anyone for plastic, but most of the loads i see when im there are generally low in plastic content,that load the other day just caught my eye,nothing was broken down. Now ive never had them complain about anything i ever brought them,but some of my buddies have seen them refuse large pipe,because of mud in them, and they said one guy came across with a cast iron tub full of dirt,They did loan him a shovel,LOL.and asked him to unload it off the premises.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkansaw View Post
    I have never seen the local yard, dock anyone for plastic, but most of the loads i see when im there are generally low in plastic content,that load the other day just caught my eye,nothing was broken down. Now ive never had them complain about anything i ever brought them,but some of my buddies have seen them refuse large pipe,because of mud in them, and they said one guy came across with a cast iron tub full of dirt,They did loan him a shovel,LOL.and asked him to unload it off the premises.
    A little fudging goes on , but some people take it to far. . Winter time ice filled water heaters . micro waves filled with bricks
    I am a dismantle scrapper to my stuff has no hidden bricks.
    The yard I sell to has dropped there mix metals to a low amt $185 $190 yet short $270 or so and Roters $300.
    They are not hot on the scrappers lately and i SEE more plastic lately, and YES they pay less.
    I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN THEY WATCH EVERY ONE HARD BUT PAID BETTER .

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    Yeah i like to dismantle my stuff as much as possible, gotta make every nickle i can,but the big advantage is i can load my trailer a lot tighter, I'm not hauling huge amounts every week,but when i do go i want to get the most for the trip.

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