Is steel worth scrapping?

take my word for it dude< if you have anything less than one ton< its not worth it< I promise you>

Originally Posted by KINGOFSCRAPPING

take my word for it dude< if you have anything less than one ton< its not worth it< I promise you>

So it would be worth it to get $85 a ton for sheet iron but not worth taking in a truck load of 400 pounds @ $.0425 a pound? All metal is money...

Originally Posted by KINGOFSCRAPPING

take my word for it dude< if you have anything less than one ton< its not worth it< I promise you>

You have a lot to learn! You think you can turn down steel and everyone is just going to give you their copper and aluminum? Do you realize (provided you have the time to break stuff down) how much copper and aluminum can be found in appliances? I'll stop here before I get to rude and we need to find a safe space for you.

Originally Posted by KINGOFSCRAPPING

take my word for it dude< if you have anything less than one ton< its not worth it< I promise you>

Hey KINGOFSCRAPPING Jr. when you grow up you can play with the big boys and haul scrap cars, trucks and bus's. Use your truck mounted crane to yank out the radiator and wiring then grab the cats.

Some of our members sell parts and cores ie: engines and transmissions along with some other goodies.

I had a nice thread on the forum under another Nic when I was bored one summer, built a car trailer from the remains of an old RV trailer and made enough money to purchase an International diesel 3 ton with a nice Atlas truck mounted crane with a hydraulic winch mounted on it by the end of the year.

Sold some cats to a scrap yard then cut a bunch open then ball milled the comb into powder which filled a 45 gallon plastic drum that I shipped to a refinery in the US.

I retired from doing scrap and now grow garlic which is something not included in my diet but at $66,000.00 an acre when harvested I can put up with almost anything but a smart ass.

Originally Posted by KINGOFSCRAPPING

take my word for it dude< if you have anything less than one ton< its not worth it< I promise you>

Tuesday morning my auto body shop called saying there is a truck load of scrap for me. Ran it in wed to the yard. Had 720 lbs of car doors, hoods, bumpers, fenders, and some radiators. Didnt sell the radiators because i figure i would wait till i had a nice pile of them....

Anyways. 720 lbs of shred at 140/Ton I got $50.40 for like 30 minutes of "work". I would take $100.80 an hour any day