I don't have a truck :/

Originally Posted by HeartSpasms

Hey guys, I'm brand new to the forums and to scrapping entirely, it seems like a really interesting way to make money. I was just wondering if its worth trying to do if I don't have a truck, only a car. I'm not going to be doing this on a professional or career level, just something to do to earn extra money. Is it worth trying to do even though I only have a car? is there anything i can do to make moving loads easier?

Either buy or make a small trailer to tow behind your car that way you can unhitch leaving the load on while you attend to family matters or a call to go to work. Plus it save a lot of wear and tear on the car.

Originally Posted by biscuit

Either buy or make a small trailer to tow behind your car that way you can unhitch leaving the load on while you attend to family matters or a call to go to work. Plus it save a lot of wear and tear on the car.

I dunno If I'd wanna invest in anything like that at the moment, perhaps in the future after I've finished my post secondary education, Think I can make an ok amount of money with just the space I have in the car?

Originally Posted by HeartSpasms

I dunno If I'd wanna invest in anything like that at the moment, perhaps in the future after I've finished my post secondary education, Think I can make an ok amount of money with just the space I have in the car?

It can be done, I've seen dedicated scrappers the die hards using shopping carts, bycyles with a small trailer turning a buck. This old scrapper in Vancouver BC when he died it was discovered that he owned several apartment buildings.

Get a few 10 gallon buckets, set them aside and start throwing your copper, brass, small aluminum in them.

When they fill up load them in the trunk and take them in.

Look for resellable items, etc...it all adds up.

There's no rules on how or what you need to start with, just start, then you can decide how far you want to go with it.