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I prefer a sawzall theyre quick. Still trying to find a good way to keep loops from flinging into the unknown.

I kind of have a thing for squarebodies

Recently been hauling around a ton with a fairly heavy but small tandem axle scrap trailer with 5 foot sides
My somewhat daily driver which is a 74 chevy 1/2 ton with an inline six. Has been pulling...

Be careful with you numbers. Most compressors from the average condensing unit weigh in at around 50-60 pounds. That's if you can get them from condensing units. It takes a lot if window air...

Before I got into scrapping ACS I didn't have much. I remember a few times I fit a full size top freezer refrigerator in the back of my ford pribe , a 2 door hatchback. I have loaded it with window...

I did a microwave install for a guy a few weeks ago and he had his tile recently replaced. He told me his tile guy would drive to the job in a beat down old civic. Then one day his tile guy showed up...

I look at it in terms of weather I'd be willing to pay for 1 ac or 5 ac's. Volume gets the money. Simple. When you look at the cost of attracting customers it's easy to understand their reasoning....

I know that many of the ads that the appliance shop I work for have been flagged and deleted. They've struggled a lot to get it under control. I've had a few of my ads flagged as well.

The other day i received hate mail in response to my ac recycling ad. I was stunned. It said the guy would charge me two dollars just show up at his place and that he was sick of my ad and that i...

DISHwashers make great storage bins if you take the racks and loose metal out. As you fill it youll break the wash arms off, so its best to break them off at the start. Take the door springs off...

I've heard that part of the colapse is due to over inflated prices of things like scrap. Also because we build with no planned occupants like china's enormous housing bubble. I was dumbfounded when I...

Non ferrous is the way to go. I've always delt with it. Only a few times have I hauled in just shred. I imagine it would be difficult to run an operation. Focused mainly on a commodity that was only...

Speed comes with practice. There is no short cutting it

The yard has slowed down. The yard workers can be seen either not doing anything or breaking down dirty non-ferrous. I've seen me people bring in copper than I use to, weird.

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AC condensing units 4 ton or bigger

Obviously loading scrap you find on the curb and hauling down to the scrap yard isn't something worth reading a book for, if you just want to curb shop and be small time. Buying materials (scrap) and...

There should be some used appliance shops that'll buy them up. If not then you have a whole market to start a shop in. If you have enough volume you could learn to fix them yourself or hire a...

I either listen to classic country like George strait and George Jones or punk rock like brand new and taking back sunday, but mostly I listen to alternative folk rock like Mumford and sons, iron and...

I second calling ourselves recyclers, not scrappers.
In terms of talking with plumbers and other blue collar workers versus talking to doctors and Lawyers I don't see much difference. If course it's...

I see guys stockpiling Al but not Cu only because I think Al is worth so little. Mostly see #2 and #3 Cu and Cu Al radiators. Seems a bit easier to come by than bare bright Cu. For me Cu pays the...

From my short stint in recycling crts before moving on to more lucrative activities, I found grounding crts very easy. I took a tent stake , a large copper wire and a screw driver connected them and...

I use Klein wire cutters or dikes. They are high leverage. There are different styles. It maybe hokum but some of the techs at our shop say the model sold at home depot is inferior to that sold by...

I remember a couple years ago we had a miscommunication that we just couldn't resolved for some time. We would buy a load of about ten frudges. Everyone had the cord cut off! This went on for some...

The scale is something to consider. Once a few years back shred prices unexpectedly dropped a couple cents, so my company found a yard that paid a little more. I hauled my trailer of appliances over...