Possible job, need some opinions and advice please :)

i have a great set of scales i got for 25 dollars on ebay...they are the size of a set of bathroom scales..they weigh up to 345 pounds...they are great...i use them for large ebay packages..when i started buying escrap items from locals i found the scales needed to be bigger... i just cut a good size square platform from a piece of plywood and i set it on top of them...they are very accurate..ive never had them more than an ounce off, and an ounce is no big deal when dealing with steel and aluminum....



you may want to browse ebay and see about high capacity portable scales...just make sure the model you get has a detachable screen..if it doesnt it is sometimes hard to read your scales when you have large or bulky items on them

Well in my opinion I would buy the load. By eye balling it and giving him a price.now if you don't have the knowledge or money than I would ofer him a 50/50 split, you are doing all the work and increasing the value on the whole load. He would do much better that way and he would not be taking advantage of you, there is a reason the guy that used to do it is not doing it any more, the owner of the scrap sounds to me to be a greedy person, really 80/20 and you do the work, sounds to me to be a great deal for the other guy
I wish I had a dollar for every time some one told me give me so much for this load and then the next load we would work out another deal, Don't sell your self or your time to short, Some times the best deal is a deal you pass on.