I'm in Michigan so the winters suck but is it still possible to make at least 40 a week?
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I'm in Michigan so the winters suck but is it still possible to make at least 40 a week?
How should we know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scarface550
We don't live there. We have no idea what gets put out, how much luck you have, or how much fuel you spend looking.
Start buying. Then you will have a steadier stream of scrap even in the winter.
I wrote a clever true line in my article about curb shopping - it has its ups and downs. Its not like everyone throws out the same amount of scrap everyday, let alone the weather conditions. I find free craigslist works better in the winter. Curb shopping is not necessarily dead in the winter, but its not like spring cleanup season either. Re-sale items are good finds in winter, people are stuck indoors and they clean the attics out.. not necessarily scrap, but good resale. Winter sucks too because someone will throw out some shelves or stuff sideways, snow covers it up, plows come by, and you wont know its there till the hole where it was shows up when the garbage man drives by
For now, wait and see. Every area is different. I live in PA, so NY would be similar to my weather.
Cheers
You could make $40 off the can and bottle deposits alone...
Try to develop a client list so you have know product places to drive to. Mike
Winter brings a bunch of different items that I love. After thanksgiving smokers and deep fryers show up. Then after Chrstmas Christmas trees, lights, old bikes, old electronics all the new replaces all the old. You just have to go get it.
A week??? Got to make way more then that a day to pay the bills.
If you going to scrap cars then I would say yes, but curb shopping is so hit and miss. No way I could rely on just curb shopping here. That's why I do appliances, general scrap metal, ewaste, etc. And breaking everything down adds to the bottom line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scarface550
Get some contacts.... Contractors, plumbers, electricians, business's, dumpsters to dig thru. Curb shopping could easily make you $40 a week but if you drive around for a week $40 isn't enough for even some gas....
If you advertise in the winter that you do pickups....get way more than curbco in winter. People don't want to bundle up just to put out a dryer, but will shove it on the porch real fast if they know someone's coming to get it. It's appreciated by folks around here.
You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.
Elisabeth Rohm
SNOWBLOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last year we made over 1.5k in snowblowers people threw out cause it was gunked up and bad gas. I love this time of year
thats a good idea-i think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypoman
no snow here ever, so i cant talk from personal experience but it makes sense that when its very cold, ppl will appreciate having someone they know who will pick up stuff without them having to go to the curb.
That's only if you fail to consider the fact that most people in Michigan also pay 10 cents per container at the time they purchase the beverage (so, an extra $1.20 for each 12-pack) which comes out to $0 net. If the OP isn't in a border area, this is probably the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
Depending on the vehicles and the ditch, maybe a scrapper could make some money pulling cars out of ditches, with their own scrapping trucks or long rope around a tree. If the ditched vehicle is still driveable, then the driver may not need a standard towing service. Incompetence could put the scrapper's truck in the ditch, so try at your own risk.