lesson's learned as a scrapper and trash company

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I was tired of the never ending price hikes and penalties from the trash services so I bought my own new 2 yarder. Now all they can charge for is to dump it once a month. Plus I get computer equip. from the same company. (stuff they retrieve from the back of the trucks)

That's great finding away to save money , But I see now
1) the fuel expense
2) operating expenses from A to Z
A successful company has to stay on top of all incoming trash .
Just like us but opposite , how pissed do we get (and stories abound ) when we got copper bearing price instead of dirty brass or got hit with dirty AL cause of one or two screws . Any price paid towards us not proper we are all on it.

So realizing a trash company does pay $10 per 300# and that weight adds up crazy fast 20 tons few days .
A trash company can NOT take away trash for free at all , the weight of trash is the enemy. thousands a week to dump trash .