Full Time scrappers

fulltime yes



the biggest obsticle for me is the learning of making it through the highs and lows, a few weeks back we were only getting a couple cars a week and one week we only got one, last week i got 8, and am scheduled to pick up 4 today unless they cancel. after several weeks of only a couple cars which is my primary source of scrap coupled with buying the extra truck we got way below our comfort zone, we try to keep the better vehicles to sell as projects or to strip parts. saying this we had 10 or 11 cars the end of the week before and we have 16 now, all have enough potential to keep for parts or projects. today we only have enough hard cash to get diesel and to buy the first car and breakfast of course, today shouldnt be an issue as all the cars should be undesirable, a 97 voyager, transport, sable and an achieva, so we can do a rush job on these just pulling the easy parts and hauling off the cars for scrap, at the end of the day i should be up 4 digits. if one of the cars we get today ends up being a keeper we have to decide what to crush instead. when i had a job i didnt worry about much, not saying i do now i just have to be a little more careful.

is it worth it? i think so but it will take a few years to see if i made the right decision

i'd love to be back to full time, but right now my wife's job has the benifits so i am home with my boys. like cory siad, it's the high's and lows. having the discipline to not spend when the money is rolling in and save it for the slow times was always my problem. when i was living out at the farm i could stockpile scrap to haul later, but i still had problems.

Originally Posted by corycouch

fulltime yes

the biggest obsticle for me is the learning of making it through the highs and lows, a few weeks back we were only getting a couple cars a week and one week we only got one, last week i got 8, and am scheduled to pick up 4 today unless they cancel. after several weeks of only a couple cars which is my primary source of scrap coupled with buying the extra truck we got way below our comfort zone, we try to keep the better vehicles to sell as projects or to strip parts. saying this we had 10 or 11 cars the end of the week before and we have 16 now, all have enough potential to keep for parts or projects. today we only have enough hard cash to get diesel and to buy the first car and breakfast of course, today shouldnt be an issue as all the cars should be undesirable, a 97 voyager, transport, sable and an achieva, so we can do a rush job on these just pulling the easy parts and hauling off the cars for scrap, at the end of the day i should be up 4 digits. if one of the cars we get today ends up being a keeper we have to decide what to crush instead. when i had a job i didnt worry about much, not saying i do now i just have to be a little more careful.

is it worth it? i think so but it will take a few years to see if i made the right decision

Hey congrats on going fulltime Cory, I didn't know that you had. I'm sure it was a tough call to make, but I know you made the right decision and it will be proven out over and over again as time goes on.

Yes, I'm fulltime as well. For myself, while I also hate the lows/slow times, I view it as time and opportunity to find new clients. Personally, my biggest obstacle is winter. A foot of snow last week and -15C today, bah humbug! Trying to drive around the city the morning after a fresh snowfall is very frustrating. Doing 3 stops in the same time it will take to do 10 in good weather sucks! Or having an out-of-town run planned, and then having to cancel and reschedule customers. Not to mention being soaked and frozen at the end of some days.

Originally Posted by corycouch

fulltime yes

the biggest obsticle for me is the learning of making it through the highs and lows, a few weeks back we were only getting a couple cars a week and one week we only got one, last week i got 8, and am scheduled to pick up 4 today unless they cancel. after several weeks of only a couple cars which is my primary source of scrap coupled with buying the extra truck we got way below our comfort zone, we try to keep the better vehicles to sell as projects or to strip parts. saying this we had 10 or 11 cars the end of the week before and we have 16 now, all have enough potential to keep for parts or projects. today we only have enough hard cash to get diesel and to buy the first car and breakfast of course, today shouldnt be an issue as all the cars should be undesirable, a 97 voyager, transport, sable and an achieva, so we can do a rush job on these just pulling the easy parts and hauling off the cars for scrap, at the end of the day i should be up 4 digits. if one of the cars we get today ends up being a keeper we have to decide what to crush instead. when i had a job i didnt worry about much, not saying i do now i just have to be a little more careful.

is it worth it? i think so but it will take a few years to see if i made the right decision

Pretty much describes my situation to a "T" except I'm just a one man show so I don't quite pull that number of autos. Not enough hours in the day.