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Welcome, Im from Beaver county, but have a shop on Neville Island, What part of Pittsburgh are you from.

Welcome from another scrapper from Pittsburgh, Pa

Welcome from Pittsburgh, Pa. Im sure with your experience you're a wealth of knowledge. Cant wait to hear your input.

Good luck with your project. Anytime you look at it and see that you're making more and more money, it gives you the ambition to be as productive as possible.

Nice score. Nothing better than knowing you helped someone out without expecting anything in return. Karma has a funny way of happening

I have been at the shred pile many times and see things that i dont think should scrapped. Just like the OP said things where i could barely see any metal, but i still try to be as stringent as...

Lurch,

I'd appreciate that. You can send me a pm if he had any leads.
Thanks again,
Mike

I know just what you mean, sometimes i walk into the shop and i end up venturing back to the house 15 minutes later. Lately i try to collect a decent amount and then i do a little at a time ensuring...

Matt,

I thought the same thing as you did so i have already had the owner of a local scrap yard at the site. The cars were pulled onto the site and then years ago the railroad pulled the tracks...

I really like your setup, everything is very organized. I like the way you have your bins set up, I dont have enough space but hopefully one day i can do the same. Ill have to take some pictures of...

I have been thinking of doing this for awhile living in a city that touches the ohio river which is known as being a dirty river with tons of metal laying around. So has anyone done this? Basically...

I know that if you are a regular customer that brings in a lot of scrap some scrapyards will pay you more than someone who brings in scrap once a month. So my question is, What does it take to get a...

Im not sure how big grease recycling is in your part of the country but over here in the north eastern US the companies literally fight for the grease. There are many biodiesel companies that will...

My parents save friskies cans for me and last time i had them mixed with aluminum cans and the yard sorted them out and paid them differently. The friskies were paid aluminum clip price. Not sure if...

Welcome from western PA, you're like the 3rd new Pa scrapper this week

Welcome from another Pa scrapper

Welcome from south western Pa

I bought a piece of property to develop and it has a few railroad tank cars that were turned into stationary storage tanks. I was just curious if anyone knew of parts of the car that are worth more...

Welcome Matt, What part of Pittsburgh are you from? I have a shop on Neville Island

I have a husqvarna k970 It can use either a 14 or 16 inch wheel. Make sure to get the biggest you can afford. I use mine primarily when im scrapping cars and you need to butcher something quick. ...

I cant speak for all slag but being from Pittsburgh there are many slag driveways near my house that have been there for years. All the old timers say that the blast furnace slag was the best because...

Hello from another resident of western Pa. I'm from Beaver county myself, aliquippa to be exact

Good luck man
Ive been reading your posts and you're doing well for yourself starting so young

I have scrapped a few fedex trucks depending on if it has shelves or not makes a huge difference. Last truck i scrapped weighed 10k and after it was all said and done i ended up with 2100 lbs of...

Ive been selling mostly P & S to a yard that is famiy owned because they are smaller and easier to deal with. There are 2 other yards within a mile drive and both of the smaller yards sell to the one...