East Kentucky Scapper

Welcome to the board i am in Louisville ky.



I heard there is all kinds of scrap in eastern ky

Originally Posted by Focker

Welcome to the board i am in Louisville ky.

I heard there is all kinds of scrap in eastern ky

Depends really. A lot of what I've been collecting is on family private property that has long been abandoned. Between myself, my dad, uncle, and a family friend, we own a little over 300 acres, and a lot of that "used" to be inhabited, and I've been finding 50 year old washing machines, cars buried in water-holes, etc.

There's plenty of people around here that scrap though, so it's hard to find publicly accessible land that hasn't already been picked to death. The other day when I sold the body to the Datsun pickup truck, I showed up around noon and there was 3 or 4 people in line to get weighed in before me. When I finally got unloaded and went to leave, there had to have been 50 people in line. T&B Recycling here in Salyersville bought and then closed Mr. Metal on new 460, so there's no competition within a reasonable driving distance of here. They still pay alright, but it forces everybody to go to the one scrap dealer left in the county.

BUT T & B had the best prices even when Mr. Metal was in. EASILY .20 more per lb on cans, consistently.

They also have a location in Louisa, and Allen, KY so we could expand; And drop the loads on the way home.

Not to mention, the yard workers are very helpful if you need a part cut out to sell separately; Or have a lot of plastic, they're MORE than leinient.

Originally Posted by Sidewinder

BUT T & B had the best prices even when Mr. Metal was in. EASILY .20 more per lb on cans, consistently.

They also have a location in Louisa, and Allen, KY so we could expand; And drop the loads on the way home.

Not to mention, the yard workers are very helpful if you need a part cut out to sell separately; Or have a lot of plastic, they're MORE than leinient.

Oh I'm not dogging on T&B, I love going to them because they're good people, but if I had been an hour later that day I sold the car body, I would have just had to turn around and come back another day cause' I'd have burned $20 worth of gas and a clutch pad inching down the hill toward the scale-house, lol.