Originally Posted by
PistoneScrapProcessing
Now comes my actual questions. Why is it costing over a 1000 a trailer? Are they hauling it 250 miles away or what? The trailers should weight in at what 15,000 lbs or slightly more or less according your math of close to 60,000 lbs the last time this event was held. Why aren't you breaking down the items in the trailers? Whats the point of holding the event to make a 1000 of it when you can make 10,000 or more if you break it down and process it yourself? I am just confused as to why you are just being a middle man when you could be the man period?
All great questions.
High cost for trans is due to the fact, yes I am transporting over 300 miles. I could get around 45,000 pounds into each trailer but in reality the material I'm hauling takes up most of the space. Sure the tv's can be heavy but even if you stacked them all the way to the trailer ceiling you still
wouldn't max out on weight. You can only stack so high and shrink wrapped onto a pallet for it to make it to its final destination. Keep in mind i also have time restraints. Gates open at 7am and close at 2pm i must be off site by 5pm. I have neither the satff or the time to break down on site. Nor do I have the time once the event is over to deal with all the less valuable material like printers, keyboards, radios and such. I don't do this full time, I have a job I obligate 50 to 60 hours a week to. Sure I could make higher margins if I decided to manage everything myself but that would take a lot of time, a lot of storage, full time staff and headaches I'd rather pass on at this time. If I did decide to do this full time, I would have made other decisions. I'm keeping my fingers crossed there's a good showing and everyone brings two CRT's each. I anticipate 1200 CRT's which will cover majority of my costs. Last years event produced 17 pallets of computer towers which which held 45 to 50 towers per pallet. This is where I will be making most of my money. With scrap value being $12 to $14 per tower that should bring in close to $10,000. Lead acid batteries could easily bring in another $2000. If $12,000 is all I make it would be worth all my efforts even though my estimations have me making even more. I have a very strong resell outlet so I do have high intentions of doing well in
that department as well. I may not ultimately be "the man" because ill be giving away profits to another company, but I will be a
man making a large amount of money in a very short period of time with little effort. Work smarter not harder.
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