I got freebies at the scrap yard yesterday

I am always nice to the lady that hands me the check at the scrap yard, and i told her about my mower resale business. So the last time i went, i brought her a sub and some pepperoni bread from our local family owned business. I had no idea that she gave me employee discounts whenever i took some mowers from the pile. They charge $0.50 per lb when you take out of the scrap yard, and employee discount (since she never uses hers) was $0.05 per lb. so i would include that a free gift. I also went in one day over the summer and they gave me a frisbee!
Cool people here in Erie!

Earth Day and at least one yard by me is going to do something extra. Not sure what yet, bbq, better prices or magnets & t shirts... I will have to go and see on Wednesday

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Originally Posted by skipster316

When I go to my yard it's like I've taken away part of their free time... they are cold here in CT..

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Thats how the new yard in siler city, nc is, used to be owned by a great company-- now just a couple rude pricks who act like there doing you a favor by allowing you to sell scrap to them, needless to say they lost the bulk of my business VERY quickly. now there just a convenient last resort yard if i need my trailer empty immediately to pick up another load.

This yard has a bonus program after 10 trips (punch card full) you get an extra $.10 per pound on all non ferrous and $10 extra per ton on steel for the next trip. Hopefully I can have the card full and see if I can Double Down with Earth Day prices..

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Originally Posted by hobo finds

This yard has a bonus program after 10 trips (punch card full) you get an extra $.10 per pound on all non ferrous and $10 extra per ton on steel for the next trip. Hopefully I can have the card full and see if I can Double Down with Earth Day prices..

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Couldn't you just take in 10 loads of shred then take in all your non ferrous?

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Originally Posted by Longhairboy

Couldn't you just take in 10 loads of shred then take in all your non ferrous?

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that's what I am doing

Earth Day radio station at the yard. Yard giving out hot dogs and an extra $10 a ton on steel today. Also made an extra $22.70 with the bonus for the full punch card

Richmond steel always sent T-shirts with the driver coming to pick up a loaded trailer at my yard, Westcoast Metals in Langley BC give away the best magnets, Ed Jackson frorm Amix Salvage gave me a two large piles of rail they had forgot to take from a job removing rail from the old Kettle Valley Rail-road.

Parts of the old Kettle Valley railway right of way have now become part of the Canada trail.

On another occasion Ed Jackson ( Amix ) gave me more scrap left behind from a job up Harrison lake, An Adams grader some partially dismantled D6's and 8's and some triple drum donkey winches. Any how Amix grabbed all the scrap that was marshalled into one spot, like 800 tons leaving the stuff that was further out at random locations.

Rypac aluminium in Surrey gave me a bumper sticker, I love scrap.

Nick in Edmonton gave me a gravel box for my tandem.

Not a yard but Taffy Anderson gave me an English double decker bus that she acquired with some property had purchased to set up a stud mill.

A scrappers life is far from boring.

Bit off topic, The weirdest thing I've ever owned is a Nodwell.