Originally Posted by
DakotaRog
Maybe its this part of the Midwest but when these yards are talking about "tin" they mean light steel, what some of you call "shred". It took me a while to wrap my head around it as well.
That sucks H, you're in a tough spot without many places to sell unless you want to put on some road miles. Your "local" buyer is probably low on the food chain as well. Just a thought, but have you ever determined what yards in Neber land sells to NuCor (or whatever they're called now even if they're still operating) in Norfolk?? Or are they choosey on what they'll take? That young kid (can't remember his handle right now) from the Omaha burbs used to get a lot higher price for his various steel stuff then what Sioux Falls was offering at the time. I often wondered if the yard he sold to sold to NuCor or some other nearby end-user of steel scrap. He hasn't posted for quite a while...
Hi Rog, to my knowledge Nucor doesn't buy from individuals. It's a terminal for the big yards and then they're quite fussy about what they get. (Scanning for radiation etc.) There were two yards buying there in Norfolk (one went broke last year), so if they were paying a premium at Nucor, it seems everyone would have been going there. I think they only buy in bulk and they're not easy to please so I hear.
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