MAJOR scrap metal score! cha ching baby! - Page 2

Originally Posted by corycouch

GB as much as you haul you shoulda been off the basic price sheet a long time ago, i get a minumum of %20 on all items but on breakage i get sometimes double, regardless when you negotiate your price take enough donuts for the whole yard

I am sure I could, but the thing is, I stopped primarily dealing with pure scrap metal recycling over a year ago, when the price dropped to 7.5/lb and has been that way ever since. Bad news is, is they are the highest paid around. When I did free pickup, I would get upwards of 10 pickups a week, but with high gas prices, and some being an hour or more away, wasn't making any money. Now that I charge, I am able to make a little profit, but to be honest, I make a lot more with pure junk removal and electronics recycling, and reselling stuff on ebay.

Thanks for the tip on the donuts. I will be sure to definitely hook them up, depends on what we work out.

Originally Posted by jghilino

you might even be able to work a deal with the yard on some rolloffs so they drop off and haul and all you have to do is stay onsite and load them, might be cheaper than hauling it yourself factoring in the labor hours

This is what I am hoping for. According to my wife's uncle, they tried that, and for some reason werent able to get it done...not sure why, but I know some of the higher ups, so I might have a chance, especially for all that stuff.

Originally Posted by corycouch

agreed %100, rent a skid steer with a grapple if you know how to run it and you can do the work of 20 to 30 men, just use your trailers to take home the stuff you want to break down

Unfortunately, when it comes to heavy or any type of machinery, I know squat about them. But if necessary, I make a phone call, I can have some solutions for sure.

Thanks to a post a made to my new facebook fan page recently, a lady emailed me the name and number of her husband who loves classic cars, farm stuff, machinery, etc.

Plus, last time I put an ad on craigslist in the farm and garden section, I got several good hits.

If that guy needed that stuff gone yesterday why are you waiting till tomorrow?

George, It sounds like you guys are under the gun as far as time is concerned. Most yards have a catagory called long steel which is farm equipment that they cut up at the yard. The current price here is $270/ton. I like to torch off the easy stuff as prepared and haul the rest in as long steel.

See if you can rent a skid steer w/ grapple and a set of forks for 2 weeks. If you have a farm implement dealer the rental price will be cheaper than a regular rental place. Heck you can probably even have it delivered. You can learn to operate in 5 minutes if you are out in the open, hell it's actually enjoyable and you'll never regret it.

Hey George ow did ou make out ?

maybe he fell in the money pit and cant get out?

UPDATE:

Finally met the guy at a local BBQ joint that my father in law and his band play at last Friday. We talked for about an hour or so. The guy is super crazy, but in a good way. Very laid back and chilled.

Apparently the county has no bearing on the situation. The land belongs to his gf, and her father passed away, and left it all to her. So they want to get rid of all the "junk" and use the monies to help spruce up the farm to what it used to be way back when.

The guy told me that if he had to guess, he would say there is easily over 500,000 lbs of metal, aluminum, steel, farm equipment, copper, brass, you name it. Great thing is, is that he has equipment on the farm and in place to crush anything that needs to be crushed, and pickup anything that needs picked up and laid on a trailer.

The guy informed me that if it wasn't for what they wanted to do with the monies, they would give me a better deal than 50/50. I told him that since he has equipment on side to crush and pick up stuff, and only having me there, then I am cool with a 50/50 split. Plus, the way I see it, even if everything was sold for pure shred price, at the current price for me, I would still easily make over $18,000...but considering there is tons of aluminum, brass, copper, farm equipment, I am looking at more than that.

I have a few sources that will buy any and all farm equipment at above scrap prices from me, and God only knows what else is there.

We are trying to set something up for one day this week for me to come out, scope it all out, and begin the work.

Since we both work full time, I am waiting on a day for him to be available to show me the property and all the items I am authorized to take. Then from there, it will be a sweet, sweet surprise.

Although, for this job, I might use my father in laws pickup, instead of mine, since his is a dually, and more than capable of hauling very heavy loads.

very nice gig there george

Sounds like a sweet deal. Having the equiptment on site to crush and load for you is a big savings as well...good luck and keep us updated.

Originally Posted by jghilino

very nice gig there george

Thanks. Hopefully it continues that way.

Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER

Sounds like a sweet deal. Having the equiptment on site to crush and load for you is a big savings as well...good luck and keep us updated.

I agree. That was one major concern of mine, but now I am more at ease with it.

Patiently awaiting to go see it all