Been a while! Hope everyone is still doing well.

I've been selling cars at a new car dealership for about a year now. I haven't scrapped anything for probably 2 years or so. Last week my buddy called me and told me he had a stove that needed to be swapped at a rental of his. We swapped it out and went right to the scrap yard. $11.78 for a 180lb range.

Oh man.... What a reminder of how much I LOVE scrap yards. The fire has been burning ever since.

Of course the dealership has a decent amount of scrap. I have no desire to worry about shred. All fenders and light iron get thrown into a cage and it's emptied out every other week or by a pair of guys in a regular cab truck. They can have that.

What throws me off is the rotors. We have a guy who comes and cherry picks our tires. He takes the good one for a price. He also gets our rotors. I've asked before, and it's said that he pays $1.00 per rotor, regardless of size, regardless of condition. It's really confusing me. I can't figure out if he's selling them to a shop that's cutting them or if they're all scrap. If they're scrap.... ****.. He's just barely breaking even (probably losing money) and puts food on the table with used tire sales.



I've asked about cast aluminum and most goes back as cores. Couple techs take what they can. All wiring harnesses are saved, they won't tell me where they go.


My question to you is this.... Would you try to infiltrate the system that's in place? I want those rotors (they're small, easy, and pay), but I can't pay $1 per like the current guy is. I work 55-65 hours a week in the showroom. I've doubled my income in the past year. I don't *need* to scrap to eat. But I have a shiny f250 with an 8' box that's begging to squat. I took 1800lbs of trash to the dump today and it felt good. Woulda felt better if it was them paying me $70 for scrap than me paying the dump $70 for a truckload.

May loads be heavy and your woes light guys.