Time to finish this story. Final tally for this project: $ 140 in diesel for truck, $ 40.00 for diesel for skid steer, roughly $ 100.00 for oxygen and propane, wear and tear on equipment and tools equals about $ 100. Hauling it to the scrap yard will be three trips at about $ 50 per trip. Eight tons of ferrous @ $ 70.00 a ton equals $ 560. 41 hours to complete including hauling it home. Was it worth it, roughly a dollar an hour profit means cheap entertainment, greater education, and more opportunities. This does not include the non ferrous which should come out to about $ 120. Even when scrap prices rebound it will only be $ 3.00 per hour. If you take one on, I recommend your charge for your time.
Picture of the field when the project was completed.
One of three loads of pipe taken from the project.
With less than three hours left on this project I got a call from the owner of the first farm that I scraped. They had a grass fire blow through the property taking down the barn and several other out buildings. I just cannot get away from water and fire.
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