What advice do you wish you could give yourself when you 1st started scrapping?

Originally Posted by hobo finds

First mistake for me was passing up all the steel as it paid less I wanted all the good stuff, copper, brass and aluminum. But guess what as you break down those items you are left with some steel! So if I was going to keep this steel I removed I may as well take other free steel I passed up and turn it in!

Common mistake, and not necessarily a mistake .Steel takes up a lot of space, some people just don't have that space. I avoided as much as possible at one time.