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    Scrap yard wants - are not all the same

    It goes with out saying a scrap yard wants 100% metal
    and some times there in the mood for such .



    Then there are times the yard men will watch you drop off Items with 50% metal .
    I have found figuring there mood the biggest challenge. But sure enough this weekend I found a metal couch from a bank with foam seats built in .
    Glass windows with hearty metal frames . Can't say they would take that 50 - 50 percent all the time but this weekend I got a thumbs up
    Maybe as prices drop they ease up on percentages. Or maybe they get hard up and are willing to have Mix with a lower metal content

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    Its probably pressure they get from their buyer. Checking them up. I get busy sometimes and I am not as diligent as I usually am and let to much non metal go in the truck. And they check me up

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    Most windows have aluninum frames, I know I would always strip those down... And as for my yard they take anything 75% metal or more for shred.. I would talk to them before they deduct u


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