Well... I got banned from a yard today

Howdy y’all, long time no post. Pretty stupid move on my part but I’m pretty sure I got banned from a yard here in BHAM today. I picked up a fire proof fire cabinet from work today, first time I’ve ever seen one. The thing weighed at least 400lbs and I thought it was going to be made of two thick layers of steel with a thin layer of fiberglass or concrete in between. Was expecting to have a weight deduction for the filler.

Anyway, I go to the closest yard to my work and the scale manager tries to move it but assumed it was a normal file cabinet since I had it strapped in my truck. He waves me on, and the magnet operator takes it out of my truck and smashes it on the ground. The thing has a paper thin layer of steel around 3” of concrete, so basically all garbage. The owner got real pi$$ed off and I apologized over and over again to the foreman but I heard over the radio that I wouldn’t be allowed back. They loaded it back into my truck and I took it to the landfill.



100% the stupidest thing I’ve done in my 8+ years of scrapping, as well as my first ever rejected load. Oh well, learned something new and there are many other yards in the city I can use instead. The sun will rise again tomorrow.

He probably knew already what those fire proof cabinets are made of. I'm sure it was yellow and has fireproof stickers all over it if its similar to the cabinets we have for chemicals and paints. He maybe just wanted to break your b@lls . Thats why he smashed it in front of you thinking you were trying to get away with something and he'd nail you. Oh well..... live and learn right ?

I went a yard once and the guy opened up all of my appliances and file cabinets that I had stuffed with small shred items. I was getting a little pissed off at him and then found out earlier in the week someone had dropped off items full of bricks. So I get it. Could be why they seemed so angry on the safe. Would have been way more productive to just have told you we can't take those items.