A Tumbleweeds View of Scrapping

Originally Posted by hobo finds

What about all the other good stuff? Are you holding on to the non ferrous? I am glad that the steel price has gone up enough for you to move it. Will you start to stockpile steel again after you have removed all this stuff from the farms? And we should have a contest of how many tons of steel you will bring in!

I am still collecting the non ferrous to cash in when my wife retires. There is enough to pay for a year long vacation for the two of us. I am still income averaging the steel and yes a lot will still be stockpiled. Some of my customers are just happy to have it piled in one location instead of all over the property. The owner of the steel that I have been hauling for the last week just showed me a pile of metal he put into a pile on another section of land that I did not realize he had. In addition he showed me his sons place (passed away 10 years ago) that he wants cleaned up. What was suppose to be a week and half project has turned out to be a month long project.

As far as tonnage, I could not guess. I hauled in four tons Monday and three and a half tons today. I have a trailer full to haul in tomorrow that I guess will be six tons. Not bad for a 2000 F-350 with a 7.2 diesel and a home made built trailer built out of a stock trailer. This is using my skid steer only. When the tractor trailer and loader are put to work, the tonnage will increase. This month is my return to scrapping full time and I have hauled 50 + tons to date. Many new members will not understand that a lot of the weight is #1 #2 steel that was stockpiled. I will provide pictures as soon as my new computer and phone synchronize.