I think the key is breaking your stuff down and not settling on shred prices and making your trips to the yard count. I normally accumulate stuff, tear them down and get the motors, wiring, aluminum, copper, brass etc. out and throw that off to the side. Once my shred piles get full enough for a load I take to the scrap yard and get my 75-100 for small trailer load. Once I accumulate enough of the non-ferrous then I make a trip. My last non-ferrous trip was 300.00 for 800lbs of mixed. That 300.00 was broken down into 20 categories!! I had over 20lbs of wire I had collected from the teardowns. I'm not getting rich, but it is nice money on the side and I have fun doing it.
Oh, something else, do your research and make sure you are not throwing away something that can easily be sold for WAY more than scrap price.
Edit: Looks like we think alike ^^^^^^
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