New to scrapping. Trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks all for a very helpful thread. Questions asked and answers given. I like it a lot.

BTW I would like the definition of "shred" also. I suspect it is small ferrous stuff (since you all seem to have a shred bucket). Where does the shred go? Just dump the bucket on the ferrous pile or do you take it to the nonferrous scale? I hate the thought of just dumping who-knows-what sharp metal (nails, screws and such) on the ground, which is what you do with the ferrous stuff at the two yards I go to.

Thanks again for the helpful conversation in this thread.



Bill

From what I understand shred is just a term for ferrous metals. Because ferrous metals come in such large quantities they just shred it all up.