Quote Originally Posted by ScrappinScott View Post
im having same problem in my town i hit all the alleys grab ass much metal as i can find. I rip out all the wire and sawsaw out all the brass i can get to. Then load up a f150 and with a average size load im getting anywhere from 15 to 30 dollars off each does that sound about right? im not sure what he charges me as maybe mixed metal? is there a better way to do this, my main income has been alluminum ive had alot of about 2 by 6 pieces of number 1 prepared averaged a 100 dollars 3 times i brought in a pile, i also have a buchet with 15 pounds of copper fittings and little pieces that all clean and a bucket thats 21 pounds of brass fittings and little pieces should all be #1 im hoping to get to junk yard tommorow but truck battery died this evening and its parked in town till my dad and i get to it tommorow, but overall should i be doing more to the extra metal or just leaving it as is and trying to bring as many bulk loads at 20 bucks a pop in low grade metals on the truck scale dumping them and going for another? seems faster as long as i keep having good finds but the area i am in is pretty urban/dense suburban area north of philadelphia which helps
Pile it high, and organize it to make it all fit better.. when i first started, i didn't know to sort any of the non ferrous out, and I was making $50-75 per trip with a chevy silverado half ton