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If you ever need any help, give me a holler. I just bough an old Mazda Tribute to start haulin scrap.

Welcome from So. Central Missouri.

"Covered in spider webs because they keep the flys away."

Good one.

Aslick... If you don't find anyone to help you out, let me know and I'll take a look at what you have. There's a scrap yard near me, and I'm not too far from St. Louis.

Mike O.

Welcome from Rolla.

Best wishes in your new venture.

Welcome from So. Central Missouri.

Thomas... Wish you success in your new venture.

There is a guy here in So. Central MO that made a lot of money refurbishing old mobile homes. He had a small lot on I-44 outer road where he parked them, and hired a good cleaner to scrub them...

Thanks for posting, I'll keep you in mind.

Welcome from Missouri; I'll keep you in mind for those items.

Good haul mudlight2; I'm sure there's a market for those old riveters. I sold replacement parts for punch presses, and one customer in Mississippi was running a press made in 1914 for the Ford Motor...

Welcome from Missouri.

Now that metals seem to be slipping, I've wondered what the next bubble will be. There was a technology stock bubble in the 1990's; I thought about investing in steel companies at that time, but they...

Welcome from Missouri.

abrent... I'm new to recycling, and am not sure if those prices are per pound or per piece; please clarify. Thanks.

AGW... Glad to help. Correction: Flowserve in Bridgeville, PA (near Pittsburgh), not Bridgeton. Other bar purchasers and sources of bar scrap in these alloys are Curtiss-Wright EPD and G.J. Oliver...

AGW... My last job was at a machine shop in St. Louis that bought random length (20 foot) 300 & 400 series stainless bar, and occasionally monel, inconel, and high chromium / high nickel alloy bars....

Welcome from Missouri; I'm not young, but new to scrapping, and appreciate your experience.

Welcome from Missouri.

Thank you; appreciate the humor and encouragement.

Thanks for the tips; alway looking for ways to improve speed and efficiency. Hope to get my bicycle on the road with something like a basket for storage; also thinking about a the best way to crush...

My return on about 10 hours of walking the ditches along rural roads was $20; mostly beer cans. Saw a lot of steel scrap, but did not collect it. One man drove by, and seeing me collect cans, went...

Joined the scrap metal forum to pick up tips from the members. Worked as an engineer for 30 years, and have some experience with aluminum (worked at an aluminum smelter), lead (worked for a battery...