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    Any Idea Why Prices Are Horrible?

    Example: My yard averaged $280 a ton for sheet for a couple of years. About a year ago, the price crashed to an average of $80 a ton.
    I went to the yard today, and pretty much gave a load away for...
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    The one that I hate the worst is: "Free Firewood!...

    The one that I hate the worst is: "Free Firewood! Just cut down the tree, haul off the brush, and you can have the logs for FREE! Must be insured!" But then, I sell firewood for a living, so I have...
  3. From Scrap to Consumer Goods: Who Makes the Most Money?

    In my part of the country, scrap steel is selling for $70 a ton and copper is selling for $1.80 a pound.
    The cheapest brand new washing machine from the store is selling for $300.

    After a trip to...
  4. Ah, cool. I have enough iron that I was...

    Ah, cool. I have enough iron that I was attempting to sort it. Now that you mention that, I remember the 'heavy' being smoother. And it would be logical for cast to have a seem... It is casted. I...
  5. Yeah, steel is pretty easy to differentiate from...

    Yeah, steel is pretty easy to differentiate from iron. I've never really accumulated much iron in the past, so I never bothered sorting the different types of iron. One day, I was looking at the...
  6. Difference between Cast Iron and Heavy Iron

    I bought a commercial lathe yesterday. One piece alone weighs nearly a ton. It came with many different pieces. All of it is iron, but some pieces of the same size are much heavier than others. Any...
  7. Thx KZ. I left for an auction first thing this...

    Thx KZ. I left for an auction first thing this morning, and just finished up unloading everything :) I suspected I wouldn't have any free time today to get into an in depth Google search (I'm so...
  8. I've read that Drywall is about 95% recycled content

    Hey everyone, new member.
    Browsed the forums quite a bit, and figured it was worth signing up.

    I am thinking of incorporating general hauling into my scrapping business, and was curious about...
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