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    If it's easy to separate and will make you more cash (diff types of metal) go for it, if it takes a while and it's a pain in the butt, you need to decide if it's worth your time or not. Say something takes an hour to tear down, and only increases your earnings by a buck or there, I'd probably just leave it.

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    Check the table with a magnet to see if it's aluminum, check the screws and stuff too. If there's ferrous metal in there you might only get dirty aluminum price, which isn't very good.

    I used to clean things up real good before hauling them to the yard, and watch guys with a truckload of bycicles, tires still on em, getting paid the same price I got. In time you'll get to adjusting it accordingly. Where I am now there's few things to do with plastic and glass, so I'm careful about taking it loose unecesarily. I kinda go by my own rule of loose plastic don't go, and let them decide, actually I haven't even asked. I just take it and if they dock me any, I guess that's just too bad ; )

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