View Poll Results: Do you specialize in one area of scrapping?

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  • Yes, computers only.

    1 1.23%
  • Yes, all e-waste.

    7 8.64%
  • Yes, televisions.

    1 1.23%
  • Yes, appliances.

    2 2.47%
  • Yes, vehicles.

    2 2.47%
  • No, I scrap everything.

    64 79.01%
  • Yes, copper.

    3 3.70%
  • Yes, aluminum.

    0 0%
  • Yes, precious metals. (Gold and silver.)

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Do you specialize in just one type of scrap?

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    Do you specialize in just one type of scrap?

    Trying to figure out what makes the most sense to the most scrappers.

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    if it fits in my truck i take it ,i have takn 20 ft light poles they did hang off

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    So that would be: "No, I scrap everything." ;-)

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    Equal Opportunity Scrapper hear. Love the payout for non-ferrous but there's something about the squat of the van that gets to me, when I have a good load of steel too.
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    Copper and aluminum wire is pretty much all I do.

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    Generally speaking scrappers are the self motivated entrepreneur types. In the real world that means opportunistic, so I'm not a scrapper I'm a businessman who just happens to run a micro empire

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    Thanks, Diesel! Where in Michigan is Jamestown?

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    Good thing there is a u in fecualfinder....
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    If I can scrap it, I bring it home!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER View Post
    Good thing there is a u in fecualfinder....
    Yeah I was thinking aliens and anal probes myself...

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    Even though I will scrap anything, I am starting to specialized in 2 things. Since I just got my EPA Certification as a Type I and Type II, I am starting to push for Refrigerators, Freezers, AC's and other small appliances. And since I have been doing computer scrapping for years, I am also specializing in this as well. Since I will be purchasing a U-Haul soon, I plan on sticking with just these 2 things and slowly phasing out the rest of it slowly.

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    If it is metal, or metal based it is coming home with me!

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    I get anything i can except paper, cardboard and vynal sideing. But for some reason I love cast Aluminum.

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    Burlyguy, Jamestown is just south west of grand rapids. My scrap yard is 60 miles south, just off I-94 in Hartford though.

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    Mostly batteries, but will scrap anything if I can make a buck. Most things I have to haul 200 miles or more, so it has to pencil out or I leave it where it is.

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    I would say I specialize in e-waste but I am not willing to pass up free scrap of any kind if it is worth my time.

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    everything, but i specialize in escrap and vehicles

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    Mostly vehicles and iron, but have piles with literally tons of non ferrous and e-waste to break down when/if opportunity arises...usually when my small iron pile is low and I need more stuffing material for cars.....then I spend a day or 2 breaking down. Usually take in 2-4 stuffed cars at a time, depending on their size.

    Non ferrous/e-parts, batteries and cores go in separately, when a worthy load of each has accumulated.

    If it will scrap, I pick it up.

    Edit...obviously, your skill set, equipment, and connections should play a large role in what you choose to spend most of your scrap time doing.
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    I specialize in anything I can sell for more than I paid for it. Often find me putting a torch to old farm machinery tho, due to the fact I live in rural America and that's what's round here to scrap. Couple of weeks ago sold my first load of e scrap, I'm always up to scrap anything that gets in my way. Gonna try to do more e scrap in the future, got $41 for 15# of high grade boards so Im liking it
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