Starting Up a New Scrap Yard

**parrothead** · 10-22-2013, 08:51 PM

Without a drive on scale, forget about steel. Period.

Most places are either ferrous or non-ferrous. Without that drive on scale you will get no sellers. The labor costs involved in steel loads would be horrible.

You can make that a plan down the road, but for now get the non-ferrous side up and running regular in my opinion. I know they exist, but I have never been to a yard that handles both.

Keep asking questions, even though we may not have a bunch of actual yard owners here, (I know there are some), but most of us here have been to yards enough to hopefully give some incite.

Looking forward to your continued tale on this endeavor.

**ryanw** · 10-22-2013, 09:34 PM

Several yards here don't have drive-on scales, but a decent sized parking area. They put a dump bin up to your tailgate with a forklift, and weigh those minus the tare. Then they just dump it in a roll-off.