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    With a rail spur and shredder I would also have high profits.

    I've seen $320-$350/ton

    Subtract $20 for shipping (for rail)

    25 cars per hour with an operator costing say $30/hour that's $1 a ton

    Operating cost for the shredder is around $120/hour or $5/ton

    You have say another $5/ton in other operating costs.

    Price where I am are only $165/ton



    Leaving you with a nice little profit of $124/ton or roughly $20,000 a day in profit just from shred. You obliviously wouldn't be making that by the time you account for drop in market price, being screwed over by haulers, etc. But even if you made half of that $10,000 a day is still a profitable operation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snowyscrap View Post
    With a rail spur and shredder I would also have high profits.

    I've seen $320-$350/ton

    Subtract $20 for shipping (for rail)

    25 cars per hour with an operator costing say $30/hour that's $1 a ton

    Operating cost for the shredder is around $120/hour or $5/ton

    You have say another $5/ton in other operating costs.

    Price where I am are only $165/ton

    Leaving you with a nice little profit of $124/ton or roughly $20,000 a day in profit just from shred. You obliviously wouldn't be making that by the time you account for drop in market price, being screwed over by haulers, etc. But even if you made half of that $10,000 a day is still a profitable operation.
    I'm not saying there is no money to be made. I am saying that you need a lot of cash on hand to run a yard, especially a yard that intends on keeping a shredder fed. with the numbers you posted, you are looking at 26,000 spent per day on cars to feed the shredder or 130,000 per week. that you have to wait until you ship it out to get payed for.
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